Aprll 19, 2022 Back from San Miguel de Allende. Me-he-co. Back to the same ol’, same ol’. LA, California. Going on 40 years now! Like most trips, upon your inevitable return, why does it always seem –…
Anthony Bourdain, a Reflective Appreciation
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Go the the PODCAST: “e-travels with e. trules”
Ahoy there, Maties! I know, I know! No recent posts on this blog site. That’s because all my recent efforts have gone into creating my new travel podcast, also with the same name as this blog: “e-travels with e.…
“Servas”, an Open Door to Travel the Lonely Planet… for Free!
“Servas” is an Esperanto word that means something like “open doors.” It’s the best translation we have. And Servas.org is an international non-profit organization “dedicated to world peace through cultural exchange.” What exactly does that mean for members? Well, long…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 2, 9 Lives and Letting Go in My Banana Field
October 21, 2014 Mimba Village, near Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia The immediate reward of travel is perspective and being forced to let go. Don’t learn quickly and BOOM! You’re down. It didn’t take me more than 60 seconds on my freedom-loving…
Bali, 2014, Chapter 3, “Percaya”
October 27, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia There is a word in Bahasa Indonesia, my wife’s native language, for “trust”. It’s “percaya” (pronounced “perchaya”). It’s a beautiful, complicated, difficult word. Beautiful because it means that you invest your faith and belief…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 4, Greetings from the Island of the Gods
October, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia It is so simple and beautiful where I am in the middle of a banana & coconut tree field. Roosters crowing, cows mooing, dogs barking… the slowness of rural village life. Nothing to do. Quite…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 5, Notes from the 3rd World
Oct 28, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia Two things don’t matter here in Padangbai. 1- America doesn’t matter. Uh huh. You heard me right. Nobody thinks or talks about it here. It’s not the center of the universe. It doesn’t define…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 6, Savoring Time in My Banana Field
November 4, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia It’s very strange to be in one place for so long. It certainly doesn’t happen in LA. We drive drive drive. Go go go. How many trips a day? But here, at the villa…