Landlore: Alternative Travel Lifestyles

[Resource] 360 Panoramas : This one comes in thanks to LiLi, who showed me this site ONLINE, where you can look around Paris while perched on The Eiffel Tower. Check that one out [ Here on PhotoJPL ]. Oh, but there's more, and a LOT more! Like hitting up Time Square , or spinning around the Chinese Lantern Festival . Now WARNING! Danger Will Robinson!!! They have sound and it's almost always annoying music. Quick, when you click a link, go to the bottom of the panorama and click the square audio icon to turn it the hell off. OFF!!! I don't know who is browsing the music and actually WANTS to hear sound coming from a website, but it ain't me. Moving on... while there is no way that PhotoJPL can replace that true experience of a place, it makes for a tasty exploration to get your mouth wet and to familiarize yourself with a target before you actually go there. Check out http://photojpl.com/ for panoramas of places, museums, festivals, and more!

[Port] The Shadow of Vegas : After reading the article " Lost Vegas " in The Sun, I realized that the world being built beneath Las Vegas is even more extensive than the one in the New York City subways, and worlds away from the ratfest beneath Tucson. Underground cities are nothing new to our civilization, and they're perfect destinations for darklovers such as myself. Entering the tunnels beneath Vegas is no "holiday in the sun", but it sure beats out trying to outrace a subway train. Similar to Tucson, the storm tunnels themselves are the entrance. You're looking at 'em: Photo by Rex And inside the tunnels? Rats? Falling pieces of metal and concrete? Zombies? You'd be surprised. Photo by Austin Hargrave I'll tell you, this is already more organized than the tunnels in New York. Also, it shows a heightened degree of trust in this community, as these bikes in the photo would never be safe sitting out like that in New York. The organizati

The Himalayan Balsam is no plant to be trifled with. What's that you say? It explodes, but it doesn't hurt you. Well then. Actually, yes.. . yes it is meant to be trifled with. And yes, you read that right, the seeds of the Himalayan Balsam actually explode. You've got to see this: If you're feeling particularly feisty, consider the fact that almost all of the plant is edible. Ever tasted an exploding flower before? Me neither. If you have, I want your full report.. but I might just beat you to the finish on that one. To get you started, get your read on [ Here on Wikipedia ]. Cheers!

The Most Colorful Holiday on the Planet: HOLI

Tribute to Og : Remember Sayward, from the Landlore post " Escaping Life on Replay "? This wandering wayfarer has just self-published her very first book earlier this year, a sci-fi epic that journeys in both time and space, and in a specific blend of love, adventure, and suspense. She calls it: " Tribute to Og: Memories of a Future LifeMate ". You really need to read up on the extended description and check out the book. Nuclear Reactor in Hartsville, TN -- Photo by Richard Gubbels Modern Sci-Fi Ghost Towns : Yes, you read that right... science fiction ghost towns... or, to put it more properly, "ruins". My sister Gaea sent me this article from Cracked and I frakking lost it! 7 Modern Ghost Towns That Look Like Sci-Fi Movies . Fact #1: I need a better camera. Fact #2: I need to be hitchhiking me onesies in a beeline right towards one of these. Fact #3: THESE ARE FRAKKING REAL!!! Pyestock (England) by Matt Emmett 10 Life Lessons People Learn Too La

"Get Off Our Property" by LiLi Yes. Them. Exactly them. It's almost traumatic. They haunt me, right? Months after and they haunt me. The very first time I flew to Austin, I met these people. For real. Do they look nice to you? Maybe. For me, they are not. Ok, I have to say, they were older. I think. But! The same energy. Oh yeah, I can recognize their energy. Me, I flew to Jaya in the United States... for me another world. I come from France in a suburb of Paris, where all is damn different... the places, the weather, the environment, the languages, the expressions, the feelings and... the people. I heard a lot before coming to Austin. People seemed to be smiling all the time to me in this place... like shining, as if the sun were always a part of them. People seemed to be positive and greatly open. They are. Yes, they are. Except these women. I met them for real the very first day I landed. Ok, maybe the third day, but whatever. I did not know anything abo

Today's road news highlights a guy crazy enough to walk the world, as well as a little piece of technology that has earned its praise, and finally a bit on the new site Wikivoyage. Pull up a stump, set your onesies down for a few minutes, and have yourself a gander... Wait. Did he say "walk"!? : Yes, Chili Pie, el hombre did indeed say "walk". Paul Salopek already has almost two decades of experience in travel. He's currently 19 days into his seven-year journey, walking from "The Cradle of Life" and following the primary migration pattern that humans followed out of Africa, across Asia, into North America, and down to the tip of South America. You can see an estimated path for his trip that I drew on the map above. As I write this, Salopek's just north of the Horn of Africa, nearing the crossing that will take him into Saudi Arabia. Color me envious. Bastard! Mad shout out in thanks to Gaea for sending me the story. For others who are inte