Travels

[jawnbc]

I've had the privilege of travelling quite a bit. Here's a photo taken while snorkelling on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands:



I'm in the UBC t-shirt. To quote the musical Carousel, lookit that clam!

Ten years working in the travel industry made into quite the travel slut. And I still feel compelled to travel, though I actually have to pay regular prices to do it. Here's some of the places I've been:

All of Western Europe 'cept Portugal, Norway, Iceland and those piddlin' principalities, Japan, Singapore, Java, Bali, Australia, NZ, Cook Islands, French Polynesia ("Tahiti"), Fiji, Jordan, South Africa, Mexico, Caribbean...plus much of Canada (BC/AB/ON/QB/NS/NF/PE/NB) and the US (ME/CT/MA/NH/VT/NY/NJ/PA/MD/DC/VA/FL/TX/NV/ID/WY/MT/CO/CA/OR/WA/AS/HI).

In other words, I bin dere, I done dat. Or quite a lot anyway.

So time for my first LJ poll:

[Poll #127047]

In about 25 sleeps I'll be back in Hongcouver for a visit--cannot wait.

Comments

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

Well, I made a mistake saying I raced in Baja Calif., although I certainly went there. I chose to use my trips as a retreat, something I do on a regular basis, and stayed about one-third of the way down the west coast. It was pretty isolated because I was camped out but, the water was beautiful and intense blue. Tijuana was a place I tried to avoid by driving thru at odd hours to miss the heavy traffic. Things have changed since I was there last. I was living in L.A. and I moved out of there in 1971. ;-) Meditative retreats, isolated away from civilization, are an important part of my life.

[guywithmonsters.livejournal.com]

That sounds like I imagined it. Retreats are important. I don't get to do them often and it's usually only for a day or so. Isolated areas are a little hard to come by as day trips here. I usually settle for some alone time someplace quiet - like the beach in winter.