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The TSA Is Stupid.
Today the TSA announced that they would allow some knives in carry ons. Yet you still can’t have more than three ounces of mouthwash. Well you can. Just not in the same bottle. You can technically have 333 ounces of mouthwash, so long as they are in 111 3oz containers, but I digress. Continue reading “The TSA Is Stupid.” »
The Gallivanting Explorer Is Changing Its Mission Statement
This is supposed to be a travel blog. But the truth is, I supplement my travel income – or, to put it more accurately, my travel income is supplemented – by not traveling. I get paid to not go anywhere, and it happens in chunks of time. And, when it happens, there’s no time for gallivanting about or exploring. Continue reading “The Gallivanting Explorer Is Changing Its Mission Statement” »
Travel – Then and Now
A recent essay I published brought back to me how much and how quickly travel is changing. And how quickly history is forgotten. Unless you’re watching an old movie (wow! people went to baseball games in 3-piece suits?) or looking at old pictures, technology and time can sneak up on you–and you realize that fond memory of yours sounds like complete gibberish to someone of a younger generation. Continue reading “Travel – Then and Now” »
Ode to Semester at Sea
Twenty years ago I took three months away from college to take a ship around the world. Well, not me personally. I didn’t drive the thing, but I was on it. It left from Vancouver, British Columbia in September of 1992 headed for Japan, followed by Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, Spain, and Venezuela. It was only three months, but it changed my life forever. Continue reading “Ode to Semester at Sea” »
Worldhum Essay
As both of you know, sometimes I branch out away from my duties here at Gallivanting Explorer and freelance. Sort of like Mick Jagger does with The Rolling Stones, only on a much smaller scale.
My latest example went up on Worldhum yesterday. I’m very humbled and happy to be published there, as their editorial standards are much higher than my own.
Here is a small excerpt:
My friend Dale and I were on our way to the Chennai airport when I saw the picture. It was on a poster promoting tourism in India. It showed a train so full of people that the very roof was filled with them. A brightly colored array of happy Indians sprouted from the top like flowers. And I suddenly, very desperately, wanted to be one of them.
You can read the rest of it, and ‘like’ it and send it to famous and important editors here.
8 And A Half Things To Do In Telluride When The Snow Sucks.
I’m very lucky. I’ve been going to Telluride, Colorado for 36 years now. I go in all four seasons. I love that little Old West box canyon town.
It’s no longer much of a secret though. This year the World Cup was there. All that was missing was snow… Continue reading “8 And A Half Things To Do In Telluride When The Snow Sucks.” »
Climax Jerky – A Review
My plane was right there, out the window, only forty feet away. But this was the holidays, and the San Francisco airport hadn’t planned properly, and there was no one to direct the plane the final thirty feet to the gate.
It sat there for forty minutes. Waiting. So close. And my connecting flight out of Los Angeles didn’t care. Continue reading “Climax Jerky – A Review” »
It’s Time To Move Christmas
After two weeks of skiing over weeds and rocks and logs and small dead wood varmints I have decided to move the holidays to the end of January. With global weirding really heating up, it doesn’t make sense for Christmas to stay where it is. Especially if you are dreaming of a white one. Continue reading “It’s Time To Move Christmas” »
Digital Detox
I was attending a conference last year, and one of the speakers, when asked by an owner of a deluxe hotel in the middle of the mountains of Mexico if there was any way he could get away with not providing access to the internet, gave this response: “Taking the internet away from people or not providing it is going to give them withdrawal. It’s no different than a hard drug, in terms of its effects on the brain.” Continue reading “Digital Detox” »