This Week on the Webnets: Dec 19
Posted: December 19th, 2009 | Author: Shawn | Filed under: blah blah blah | 8 Comments »
Tomorrow I depart for a few weeks of holiday travel. Just cities in Canada and the USA for a mix of visiting friends and goofing off. Which means today I’m doing laundry and syncing up the trusty mp3 player. Which gives me time to slap together this little look back at stuff I have particularly enjoyed from the previous week in travel blogs and whatnot.
Last week I totally forgot this awesome post on Legal Nomads, so just pretend it isn’t two weeks old. All three of Jodi’s top travel secrets are bang on the money. It’s almost like she knows what she’s doing. Rob, also has 30 great safety tips for the traveler. Oh, and speaking of pro tips, always carry an umbrella because the dragon ladies hella swoon for a man with a sturdy brolly.
This one is only for people who eat and/or drink. So if you do neither of those, then skip ahead. Forks and Jets have been rocking my tummy’s imagination since I found their blog. Check out these pierogi‘s, and if you’re up for a drink, well then Na Zdrowie!
There’s still time to chip in to build a school in Cambodia and get your hands on some fabulous prizes over at Passports With Purpose. It’s just $10 and a super quick and easy payment system. Just don’t pick the damn ukulele.
Over on Vagabonding, this month’s featured BootsnAll forum question is by some ridiculous dork. I don’t know where they find these people. Am I right?
If you’re still thirsty for some weekly recap action, then clicky over to Two Go Round-The-World‘s far more in-depth summary. They have way more energy than I do for this sort of thing. Plus I can’t help but praise their impeccable taste since they said such nice things about me.
Still with me here? Those are all the posts I have the attention span to share, but if you want to see the pointless pics I pulled off my phone this morning, then keep on keeping on below. Otherwise, have a cool weekend. Peas.
I was staring at my old travel pack (left) which is 65L, but somehow smaller than the new hotness (right) which is 60L. The old pack is small enough to use as a carry-on, but it smells like shark farts. So I’m a bit torn still on which will get the call come Jan 31st.
Capturing the pristine blank pages of my new passport for posterity sake. My old one is nearly full, nearly expired and inexplicably moist.
A wise travel friend I made in Nicaragua once said that the self-pic is a crucial skill for the solo backpacker. Actually, she may have said it twice now that I think about it, but whatever. I’m horrible at taking photos. I mean I am both technically bad at it, and I never do it often enough. I feel uncomfortable taking them. Like I’m being tacky or inappropriate. Anyways, yesterday I was walking to work for my last day on the job, and was thinking about my photo issues. So I took a self-pic right then and there to confront the issue. Yes, I look sleepy, I’d been awake for about 20 minutes.
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// shawn
If there is ever a time for a self-pic, it’s right before your last day of work. Congrats!
.-= Dave´s last blog ..Video – Images of Papa New Guinea =-.
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Bang on the money! The travel pic rocks. You’re ready!
The best thing Eva ever did was choose her smaller pack (a micro 42L! but shaped more like your 60L). Having a smaller pack is a freakin’ godsend. It’s no sweat to shlep and it makes you take those trips to the post office when things just need to go back home instead of pile up (for the record – everything we’re sent WORLDWIDE had made it).
The blank pages? Those are beautiful — but the local art will fit nicely :) Thanks for finding us!
.-= Eva & Jeremy Rees´s last blog ..Culture Vulture =-.
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hey this is a real nice post and i also like your blogs’ layout too, have bookmarked your site and will be looking for more updates.
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Thanks for the mention and congrats on the last day of work. Did you get a 48 page passport or the regular one? Try not to lick this one so much; maybe it will actually dry out.
I’ve got a 60L as well, but on you it’s going to look far more normal. Being a midget and all, it still looks gargantuan on me.
Have fun traipsing around in the snow!
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Sweet collection, and congrats again on ditching the corporate world!
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Last day on the job — woot! Good on ya! Lookin’ forward to dispatches from the road and keeping abreast of yer posts!
.-= Daniel´s last blog ..Looking Back: Luang Prabang =-.
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Travel blogs often frustrate me, but yours is awesome, and you haven’t even left yet. You have your own voice. Keep writing.
/Nico
(I’m departing early March for NZ, then ??? Also a little older than the average backpacker. Also wondering how my old 65L looks so much smaller than the 65L currently in the store. So maybe I like your blog because it feels like I could have written it. ;-)
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thanks for the mention! i look forward to reading more! i’ll be done with this round of school in 9 months, so maybe i’ll follow your lead and just head off into the wild blue yonder!
ps. the self portrait is excellent. you’ll get the hang of it in all sorts of scenarios!
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