I’m the Type of Guy That Likes to Roam Around
Rough Guide has a book called First Time Around the World. As fortune would have it (or perhaps if misfortune would have it), my plan to circumnavigate the globe didn't come into fruition (at least yet), and I was left with the booby prize of a two-month journey through Southeast Asia. (By the way, my trip was amazing and I still have a job I like, so I'm being a bit melodramatic.)
Anyway, in the book they talk about how tough it can be adjusting back to "real life" after an extended period of living out of a rucksack. It hasn't been as bad for me as I've expected - and so mostly I've been focusing my childish whims on buying a houseboat rather than traveling. But you know, no matter how often I scratch the travel itch, it comes back. Rough Guide's suggestion to adjusting back: go somewhere, even if just for a weekend. And the truth is it's been almost a month since I've left metro-DC: I gotta move.
And I looked and behold, a pale horse, and it's name it said on him was "Williamsburg".
So I'm off this weekend for a visit to fellow ABA member Moose. Little Sister - a unique quasi-member of the ABA as a non-blog-owning blog poster - will also be there with spousal unit in tow. Should be good fun, but I'm afraid it'll be so hot I'll be jumping like a jumping jack. Then again, it can't be hotter than Singapore, so I'm sure I will survive. Check back here or at Nat's blog for details on the weekend. If it works, maybe I'll have an ABA party.
Anyone got any cool travel plans this summer? Anyone got any cool thoughts on travel? Here are two of my favorites:
Not all who wander are lost. - JRR Tolkien
There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says, 'Anywhere but here.' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anyway, in the book they talk about how tough it can be adjusting back to "real life" after an extended period of living out of a rucksack. It hasn't been as bad for me as I've expected - and so mostly I've been focusing my childish whims on buying a houseboat rather than traveling. But you know, no matter how often I scratch the travel itch, it comes back. Rough Guide's suggestion to adjusting back: go somewhere, even if just for a weekend. And the truth is it's been almost a month since I've left metro-DC: I gotta move.
And I looked and behold, a pale horse, and it's name it said on him was "Williamsburg".
So I'm off this weekend for a visit to fellow ABA member Moose. Little Sister - a unique quasi-member of the ABA as a non-blog-owning blog poster - will also be there with spousal unit in tow. Should be good fun, but I'm afraid it'll be so hot I'll be jumping like a jumping jack. Then again, it can't be hotter than Singapore, so I'm sure I will survive. Check back here or at Nat's blog for details on the weekend. If it works, maybe I'll have an ABA party.
Anyone got any cool travel plans this summer? Anyone got any cool thoughts on travel? Here are two of my favorites:
Not all who wander are lost. - JRR Tolkien
There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says, 'Anywhere but here.' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted by Jason at 08:04
7 Comments:
It will be hot, but at least there will be accessible beach nearby. And, we can spray you down with the hose if necessary.
I love the Emerson quote, particularly if considered in relation to his protege, Thoreau, who would likely have said of Concord "Only here."
Nigela, that's awesome about Spain! I hope you'll consider keeping a travel blog while you're there for those of us chained to our desks.
Thoreau's obviously one of your favorites, Hamel, and I don't doubt his wisdom. Still, I think if he lived today his neighbors would sort of think of him a little like the people in Montana thought of Ted Kazinsky. Solitude is nice - no, it's VITAL for a healthy person - but it's good to get out and see the world, even if it's just the world around the corner.
Moose, see you soon!
It's wonderful to have guests to appreciate where you live, which is the flip side of travel. We went on a ghost tour of Williamsburg last night, something that would never occur to me to do on a normal night. It was fun and I learned some good stories about my town.
I agree, Jason. I love Thoreau, but the fact is you can be alone anywhere in the world. Is there such thing as a travelling hermit? That'd be my style. Walking the globe by myself with a t-shirt that says "Don't talk to me, I'm just passing through." Of course it would be in small type in numerous languages.
I've always been a traveler, but this year the bug has me firmly in its wriggly grasp. It's already July and I still have at least four trip ideas.
Get this: I'm such a geek that I have a spreadsheet outlining my travel plans for the year.
My current fond travel dream is to go someplace tropical for Xmas - probably alone.
p.s. Found your blog through the Gas Guy.
I've been getting the travel itch again lately and bad. It's been 2 and 1/2 years since I spent 8 months traveling through SE Asia, India, and Europe.
I'm not sure what to do about my current itch. I really like the job I've had now for 8 months. I'm going somewhere for a week in September, but I don't have tons of money to spend.
Nigela, I hope you love Spain. My heart still flips for a dark-haired flamenco singer in Seville.
I, too, found this blog through Gas Guy.
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