And so we went. And so it went. And, slowly, I began to learn: speaking in the same language does not equal communication, especially when there is a cultural divide.

No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.

Whether by plane, bus or carpet, own the magic in your ride.

Travel is a joy, full of surprises and astonishing new experiences. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster; the risks add spice.

Keep taking new paths to expand your horizon.

A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.

It feels like flying and landing to all the continents of the world with the use of my imaginary paper that can floats in the air.

It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when the language is incomprehensible.

An unlimited supply of wonder and trust, bolsters life lived as a process of discovery.

The treasured vistas of our solo journeys are not always about the landscape.

Be determined to live for your dreams.

too young to live, too old to die

A traveller moves among real people in their own milieu and learns from them, soaking up their wisdom and philosophy, their way of being in the world. A tourist simply hops from one tourist highpoint...

Sometimes there’s a tackiness about Route 66 that out-tacks any tackiness I’ve ever seen anywhere else. And the Meramec Caverns are the pinnacle of that tack.

My post-cruise sabbatical would spark the idea for my first book, Cheaper Than Therapy: How to Keep Life’s Small Problems from Becoming Big Ones – The Lesson of the Paper Clips. How? In my data...

Endings are the embryos of new beginnings.

Driving down deserted early morning roads. Round and round. Round downtown. Through naked streets. Lips pursed on two litre bottles of beer, but pursuing the lips of freedom’s night. Swapping cars. Winding up at karaoke...

You have to know where you are going to reach your destination.

Nous sommes tous des naufragés de l’ me vois-tu, la peinture n’est que le reflet de ce chagrin, antichambre de la grande joie à venir.”Nous sommes tous des naufragés de l’ me vois-tu, la peinture...

Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here … and here. These are the nerve-ends of the world …

If you want it badly enough, it’s yours.

Keep moving. Your next big thing may be just around the corner.

Blood-coloured bottlebrush trees and scarlet hibiscus looked too bright for this devastated world.

The most amazing journey on earth is the journey of oneself.

By seeing how small the world is, I realize how capable I am. I can conquer anything. Anywhere. Anyone.

A challenge that tested Tom to his limit but in return gave him more than he could ever have imagined.

Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist.

Those who walk the talk get the work.

Some-times it’s very good to break the rules and do what you want and supposed not to do. It gives a new mould to life. New place, music, new weather and on a very right...

We’d never seen anything as green as these rice paddies. It was not just the paddies themselves: the surrounding vegetation – foliage so dense the trees lost track of whose leaves were whose – was...

…setiap kita punya keinginan, apa pun itu. Karena mimpi inilah yang membuat kita punya harapan. Dan segala keinginan dan mimpi mampu kita wujudkan. Tinggal bagaimana usaha dan kerja keras kita untuk meraih cita dan asa...

You wind back the clock several decades when you visit a Lonely Place; and when you touch down, you half expect a cabin attendant to announce, “We have now landed in Lonely Place’s Down-at-Heels Airport,...

Finally, after a glance at Notre Dame and a brisk trot through the Louvre, we sat down at a cafe on the Place de l’Opera and watched the people. They were amazing — never had...

The gift of solo moments is that they are wholly ours. On or off the road, solo moments connect us inward to ourselves with heightened clarity and insight. They also direct our energies out into...

people actually grow up in New York.

We only live once, so why not do something different?

Dare to travel on new paths.

After all, one travels in order for things to happen and change; otherwise you might as well stay at home.

I went to Africa to work. Finding myself and falling in love were not items on the agenda. Those were the stuff of daydreams, borne of long, icy Canadian winters. At age 30, I felt...

As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to reconnect with a long-held love.

No map? No problem. Let commitment and determination lead the way.

Take a great adventure to a place, learn the rich history and make your own observation about the place.

As we travel to new places we gain new perspectives and renew our thinking.

People add color to their story because they think it happened in black and white.

Sicily is paradise. I live in paradise. Now pass the pasta please.

Embrace those parts of yourself that you’ve skillfully avoided until now. That’s your true adventure.

bucket list.

We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301).

When you follow the right steps you will never get lost.

Kadang kita menemukan teman, sahabat, saudara di tempat yang tidak kita duga. Dan mungkin juga cinta. Tapi yang paling menyenangkan dalam sebuah perjalanan adalah menemukan itu semua, termasuk cinta. Apa pun bentuknya.