Category Archives: Travel
The Serbs Are After My DNA
“I can tell from the hue of skin, your blood is blue, like mine,” lisps the wan, wheelchair-bound man in his high-pitched Eastern European accent. “You must come visit your home. Come visit Zvezdara.” The lanky giant of chiseled stone … Continue reading
Racing to a Finish
Photo:Flickr/Nygus The Dakar Rally 2008, scheduled to begin January 5 and end on January 20, was cancelled on January 4, 2008 for the first time in its thirty-year history. This legendary race, originally known as the Paris-Dakar, usually began in … Continue reading
Kodumudi and the Cauvery
Photos by author Cool weather, green surroundings, flowing river, scenes of adolescent youths diving and bathing, full bloom of colorful flowers, ready to harvest sugarcanes, smell of earth and to-be-harvested paddy present a lively picture of the countryside which is … Continue reading
Travel Picks of the Week – 01/11/08
Photo:Flickr/JavierTC Adventurer, explorer and conservationist Sir Edmund Hillary passed away on Jan 10th, 2008, at age 88. He was the first to conquer Mount Everest, along with the sherpa, Tenzing Norgay. Known for his humility and humanism, Hillary founded the … Continue reading
A City of Deception
Photo: Flickr/Pavangupta Pushkar Lake in central India is unnaturally vibrant green in color and has a visibility no greater than half of a foot down. An accumulation of tobacco wrappers, cardboard boxes, and diapers clog the shores which sit stagnant … Continue reading
Reminisces from Beunos Aires, Argentina
Photo: Flickr/jess_f_okeeffe I´m on my way home, and it´s really late, from the best party I have ever been to … and had a FAB-U-LOUS time. The Gay Mardi Gras was on tonight beginning at Plaza De Mayo, and ending … Continue reading
Of Legs and Livestock
Photo : Flickr/Fustos Ow. What the hell was that? Did something just stab my foot? I try and lift my leg up enough to see what this piercing pain in my ankle is but it’s no use. These dilapidated bus … Continue reading
Travel Writing Contest! Win $150 Cash Prize
Read the current TSM Writing Contest submissions HERE. Who is ready for the next Traveling Stories Magazine writing contest? Our last contest was a serious success with over 50 original stories being submitted. These are stories that would otherwise remain … Continue reading
A Trip to the Tailor
Photos by Author When I left Bay Ridge, I left a number of things behind, including tons of clothes that I dutifully dropped off at the Salvation Army. I was not entirely sure what I would need here in Senegal, … Continue reading
Travel Picks of the Week – 01/04/08
Photo: Flickr/Nikond200 A sculptor wields the chisel, and the stricken marble grows to beauty, said the American romantic poet W. C. Byrant. The same could be said of the fascinating sculptures of Harbin, Heilongjiang province in China, albeit these were … Continue reading