Landlore: Alternative Travel Lifestyles

Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place. ~ Seneca (the Younger)

Toroweap Rainbow by Kantiki Story - Docking the Canyon, Pt 3, Flushed : It's the Grand Canyon. I can't just start off with how we flash-cooked a pot of beans and rice along with our eyebrows... and it wouldn't be as fun to kick it off with the side of the mountain that we climbed in our sedan to get to this place. So we'll kick it off with the storm that flushed us out of the Canyon. In all honesty, my brother Skybreak and I were blissfully ignorant to the full scope of the ruin that had been brought to the canyon in our wake. To us, the sprinkling rain and showers had been a refreshing change from the heat of the day, lasting long enough to cool us as we hiked, then picking up the pace when we began to drive back outta the canyon. It wasn't until we got back to civilization that we were met with one message after another asking if we were alive. Tiki : "Should we tell 'em we're dead?" Skybreak : "I'll tell them you died and I carr...

There is a peculiar pleasure in riding out into the unknown--a pleasure which no second journey on the same trail ever affords. ~ M Edith Durham, "High Albania"

Story - A Dab of Mayo on a Big, Big Apple : Before the smoking bans came to NYC, a peep could find warm shelter for a smoke at the TGIF just off o' Broadway. That's where my friend Marf 'n I were innocently pounding coffin nails into our lungs... where we'd cross paths with one o' the most interesting characters we'd ever meet... a Dutchmen named Weird... Richard d'Weird. And how did we meet him? Oh... this is good... From down the bar, we heard someone asking the bartender, "Where are your prostitutes?" Now, prostitution may be just another aspect of life in some Asian cultures, 'n just another marketable product in The Netherlands, but in America it's no bueno... es muy muy bad. The Puritans who replaced this land's native population weren't too hot on sex... prostitution even less... throwin' around words like "sin", "crime" and "witchcraft". Whatever corncob they had stuck up their ass, it ...

Getting Kidnapped (and Shot At) in Caracas, Venezuela : There are some stories that you have to laugh at because you can't believe that you survived them. Marcello's return-home trip definitely falls under that category. "Welcome home! Care for a complimentary kidnapping? It comes with free bullets." On another note, while I don't buy into the fearmongering in the media, I do definitely take tips from other travelers. I'm not in any rush to pay a visit to Venezuela anytime soon. Don't miss the full article, as the humorous style he brings to the situation makes it a priceless experience.

Traveler, there is no path paths are made by walking ~ Antonio Machado

This is what the LORD says:   "Stand at the crossroads and look;   ask for the ancient paths,   ask where the good way is, and walk in it,   and you will find rest for your souls. ~ The Holy Bible, Jeremiah 6:16, New International Version [excerpt]

Photo by 73k Note : As the first book in the series nears completion, I wanted to share an actual excerpt from the writings (and as written in English Vulgar). Enjoy! Story -- NYC2K : We live in a time of legends. A single person can cross the globe and it won't even make headlines. I can check into a hostel in Mexico and videochat with someone at a hostel in Amsterdam... and neither of us will pay a penny for it. We've seen the turning of the millennium, the coming of 2K, and we'll even witness the 2012 apocalypse. If we don't survive that last one... well... I loved you all. XOXO Kisses! I've never been much of a spectator. I wanna be right up in the action with everyone else. I'm more into the mosh pit than I am the rafters... 'n Heaven forbid anyone ever let me on the stage. It's that drive to "be right up in it" that forced my hand to buy a ticket to New York City for the 2K balldrop. No one cared that it wasn't the new millenniu...

I hesitate to talk about my DJ-side here on Landlore. He's Jaya, I'm Tiki, and we keep our lives fairly separate. But the fact is, out of 890 remixes, he's sitting at #6 in the world as I write this. This is Daft Punk and Disney we're talking about. I'd be a bastard to make him fight this one out on his own. As an added bonus, you'll find the link to download the remix for free in the description on the voting page. Here's where to click the big blue "Vote" button. Indaba/Disney: Daft Punk - TH3 GR1D (Jaya Prime's Icon-of-Monkey Remix) The album art for this remix was awarded a Daily Deviation [ Here on deviantART ] today. So much thanks goes out to Lilyas for the feature, and to the dA community for their support. It's never a one man show. Last year, Jaya was one of the runner-ups in Peppermill's " 2999 " competition for his track "Escape from Hunahpu". This year, it's For-The-Win! You're a part of ...