It was the perfect recipe for transformation: A month-long trek around a clump of stupendous mountains. An ancient pilgrim path. A motorcycle through the jungle. A summer of scraping by with a baritone sax.
So what happens when you finally reread your journals and realize the pages are filled with mental dandruff? Quick shots of confusion, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sensory Overload'
What if you don’t get the inner journey?
October 31st, 2009 2 Comments
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The Effects of Two Months in South America
October 10th, 2009 1 Comment
Adam the Traveler has just posted reflections from his first two months in South America, along with some solid photos. Here are a few:
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The Hazards of Prolonged International Exposure
September 11th, 2009 1 Comment
The right mix of cigarette smoke and cologne puts me on a sidewalk in Granada. A grey-blue overcast sunrise through a crack in the blinds is another Utica snowstorm. The smell of rare wood burning (a piano, let’s say) is the rush of India.
The more places we visit, the more elsewheres we can be transported [...]
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Thinking About Spain?
August 28th, 2009 No Comments
This combo should just about get you to Granada…
El Camarón de la Isla — Volando Voy
Photo by Tobias Mallock via Flickr
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What Do Travel And Storms Have In Common?
August 26th, 2009 No Comments
Travel and storms are both the changing of a place. You sense a distant rumbling that something’s brewing. An oncoming pressure drop. When the wind gets in your hair, you know it’s on.
It hits and jars your senses. There’s adrenaline, fear, and giddyness in some proportion, cut with the awe of something immediate and massive. [...]
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Put Yourself Inside a Falling Aircraft
August 25th, 2009 No Comments
Do you imagine the worst when you fly? You don’t necessarily have to dwell on it–an unexpected what if or a quick flashback to the disaster movie of your choice both count.
Maybe you get the jitters while waiting at the gate. Maybe you slap the side of the craft as you step through the cabin [...]
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Real Travelers Don’t Get Homesick
August 17th, 2009 No Comments
Yeah, right.
Have you ever had a bad bout of homesickness? I’m talking severe–where you start missing traffic, and junk mail, and having plaque scraped off your teeth at the dentist? How did it hit, and how did you deal with it?
It suffocated me as a feeling of having slighted my family and friends. As [...]
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