Men Playing Chess II
Brasov, Romania
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- Does anyone else's heart race when an alarm clock wakes you from a dream? 2 days ago
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Currently Reading
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
by Gail Sheehy
The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition
by Richard Dawkins
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Currently Listening
- Speak Spanish For Beginners
Michel Thomas - The Inner Wisdom Library
Dr. Wayne Dyer - Persuasion Factor 2008
Kenrick Cleveland
- Speak Spanish For Beginners
- TED: Ideas worth spreading
Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers - The Blog of Tim Ferris
Experiments in Lifestyle Design
Other Great Websites
- TED: Ideas worth spreading
- Bicycle Touring Pro
Great long distance bike tour planning resource. - Crazy Guy on a Bike
A place for bicycle tourists and their journals. - Down the Road
Husband and wife bike touring the world since 2002. - Raderfahrung
Friendly and helpful German guy traveling the world on the ultimate touring bike! - The Road South
Friend of a friend of a friend’s travels by bicycle from the tip of North America to the tip of South America
Bicycle Touring Websites
- Bicycle Touring Pro
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World Travels by Country
- Austria
An old fashioned autumn festival in the farmlands and a short stay in Vienna. - Bulgaria
Dinner on the Black Sea coast and struggles at the border. - Cambodia
An extermely short, but wildly dynamic backpacking trip to a healing country - Canada
Cruising to Alaska from a port in Vancouver - Czech Republic
Reading Franz Kafka and getting robbed in Prague - Egypt
Kicking up sand at the Pyramids of Giza, Thanksgiving on the Nile & the sound of Islam - France
Living at Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris. Oui oui! - Germany
Visiting Berlin with locals, Dresden at midnight and a driving on the Autobahn - Greece
Touring ancient ruins and dealing with a crazy taxi driver in Athens. A visit to the white washed cities and black sand beaches of the Greek Islands. - Hungary
Soaking in outdoor public baths and dodging rubber bullets and tear gas at a proper Eastern European protest. - India
Culture shock, rickshaws, cows, monkeys, tourist scams, beaufiful temples, friendly smiles, meditation, delicious Indian food and so much more - Italy
A short stop in Venice and other ramblings from my first visit to Europe some years ago. - Malaysia
Night markets, high rises and the Hindu Thaipasum Festival - Netherlands
Buying a VW bus in Holland and locals on bikes in Amsterdam - Romania
Broken roads, wandering dogs, breathtaking landscapes, Halloween in Transylvania, time preserved ways of life. - Singapore
A little rest and reflection before heading to India - Spain
Hosteling at the beach, dinner with Iranian ladies in Barcelona and my first and last bull fight in Seville - Switzerland
Paragliding in the Swiss Alps and plenty of friendly local hospitality - Thailand
Two separate backpacking trips to one of my favorite countries - Turkey
Challenges at the border, twirling with Allah, the wonders of Istanbul and a reflective dinner between continents. - USA
Sundance Film Festival, hiking in Death Valley and not gambling in Las Vegas
- Austria
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World Travels Other
- Audio & Video
Videos and mp3's recorded during my world travels - Plans & Itineraries
Flight times, next destinations, packing list, money and so on - Thoughts & Reflections
Things happening inside my head while moving travelling. - Travel Stories
A mixed collection of totally true and slightly embellished travel narratives.
- Audio & Video
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Brasov, and we'd love to have this added to the group!