June 2009 Archive
Living Large on a Small Budget: Interview with Nora Dunn
If you’ve ever dreamed of quitting your job, selling your stuff and setting off to travel the world, it may be comforting to know that others have treaded that path before you.
Take Nora Dunn, for example. In 2006, she set out to travel the world with her boyfriend, Kelly. Three years later, they’re still travelling, and Nora has just published her first book. In this interview, Nora talks about what inspired her to set out to travel, some of the downsides of long-term travel, and her new book.
My Life in Havaianas
In March 2008, Loquinha Gauchinha moved to Brazil with a simple desire to take ownership of her life. She is now living the expat life in Porto Alegre.
Ploomer’s Plight
With no job, house, or car to speak of, Rich Plumadore took the plunge and headed out to travel around Indonesia (and beyond).
Late, For Nowhere in Particular: A Reflection
Rolling down some back-road cloaked in the bliss of anonymity, one arm in contact with the wheel at the point that encourages my wrist to flop carefree at the end of it, head bobbling to a slow rhythmic beat that doesn’t match my rousing vocal accompaniment to Life is a Highway that’s cranked up so loud it’s oozing from the Yukon like displaced mortar, I come across this.
“Quest for the Kasbah” by Richard Bangs
I haven’t yet made it to north Africa, so when the chance came to read Richard Bangs’ Quest for the Kasbah, I snapped it up. Richard tries to take us with him through a narrative of several visits to Morocco. He also makes a few philosophical detours to connect his growing understanding of the kasbah with modern, western life.
The book is a tie-in to a new American TV show called “Adventures with Purpose” and, specifically, an episode called Morocco: Quest for the Kasbah which is also hosted by Richard Bangs. The advertising copy makes great claims for the author; how have I never heard of this “renowned explorer” and “the world’s foremost adventurer”? It must be something to do with the lack of PBS shows in New Zealand because he’s produced several TV documentaries and thirteen other books.
Canada’s Adventure Couple
Dave and Deb are self-confessed adrenaline-seekers who climb, paddle, hike and bike their way from continent to continent.
Bob Welch’s Blackberry Tales
Bob Welch’s blog is a collection of stories, observations and other nuggets from the road, with posts about everywhere from Yellowstone National Park to New Orleans.
Do Solo Female Travellers have it Easier than Guys Travelling Alone?
It niggled at me in Morocco. It snapped at me in Hungary. It tore chunks out of me in Iran and by the time China came along I’d given up on noticing how solo women travelers seem to get away with more than solo men. But, having spent so much time in the Philippines traveling solo, it reared its head again when I bumped into Jodi, another solo traveler in the Philippines.
The Travel Expert(a)
Marina Villatoro is a passionate traveller-turned-expat who just moved to Guatemala with her husband and son, after living the expat life in Costa Rica.
Long Way Home
After living in South Africa for the last two years, Rob and Pol have decided to cycle all the way home to Wales, while raising funds for charity.
