Landlore: Alternative Travel Lifestyles

Pink Pirate Princess Graffit by Kantiki Resources - The Open Air Museum : The world is a canvas... and there's alotta peeps who don't like it this way. But they're not gonna stop all the street artists until spray paint's been banned. That ain't happenin' anytime soon. Until that day, and traveler can take a trip to the open air museum just by taking a wrong turn down the right alley. I've seen some pretty damned impressive art out on the streets, everything from random tagging, to wildstyle signatures, to full-wall murals, to Banksy-style political statements. Stencils like the one above are common these days, and it's likely you've seen this one before if you've spent any time touring the back alleys of the world. I took this particular shot in Amsterdam, just across the canal from the Reich Museum. For the record, I didn't even bother checking out the actual museum. Nothing against it for other peeps, but urban art's just more my ...

It's time to start building the list of travelers who'll be part of The Worldwide Teleporter Race and Scavenger Hunt . Yes, the tech could be ten or twenty years away, as science has been behind schedule on this one, but we're going to start the list now. Who are the racers? • christineletts • HostelsandTours • KatrinaMauro • GoSaraBeth • iTikiTweet ...and: • Olivia Demdem • Andromeda Ross • Pierced Hearts and True Love • Xoltan Maje What does the race entail? Once there are at least seven or twelve working teleporters in cities around the planet, the race will circumnavigate the globe a single time. The locations depend on what cities have the first working teleporters. Also, the race will be part scavenger hunt. Fun! To teleport to the next city, you'll need to find the item on your list. There's a 24-hour time limit, giving about two hours per city if there are a full 12 working teleporters at the time. Racers who want to ge...

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. ~ William Shedd

Story - Rock Like Ozzy : My brother Zero and I stopped and stood quietly for a moment after passing thru the border guard... now truly on American soil. They'd asked us what we'd been doing in Matamoros. With a shrug, we told 'em that we'd been out for a night's drinks and some writing... no hitchhiking... no drugs... and certainly no demons. Just drinking. They bought the story. Looking back towards Mexico, Zero said, "Well... that was Mexico." I smiled, saying, "If there's one thing we've left behind, we've taught their children how to rock like Ozzy!" I'd thrown up a fist, with index and pinkie fingers extended--The Horns. Zero met my horns with his, laughing, "Rock like Ozzy!" This was victory. And there's a damned good story behind all this silliness. Here's how I like to tell it... We'd found a bus stop in Coatzacoalcos de Mexico, one that edged up nicely against the railroad tracks. The trai...

Why You Need to Walk More: a Conversation with Context : If you haven't heard it enough times, they key to really getting to know a place is to immerse yourself with the ones who live there. Paul and Lani [with Context] add to this mix one o' my favorite special ingredients--walking. But the recipe isn't done, and you're gonna have to read the full article for the rest of it. The concept they've tried and tested is tempting as all hell and it actually works. Fav phrase lately, /w thx to Vernaye: (Korean) 행운 (phonetically: haeng-un) "Good Luck"

The rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those to follow. ~ Finding Forrester

Outhouse @ World's End by Kantiki also on: [ GoogleMaps ] [ Tumblr ] [ deviantART ] [ Facebook ] Story - Docking the Canyon, Pt 1, They call this a road : Boondocking means camping for free. The difference between "squatting" and "boondocking" is that the latter of the two is legal. If someone doesn't own the land, or if it's legally open to the public, then it's free to boondock. This includes primitive campgrounds like Toroweap in the Grand Canyon... and, lemme tell ya, some 'o these sites take "primitive" to a whole new level. The very name "boondocking" comes from the fact that most of this land is as far out into the boondocks as you can get. Toroweap, however, is easily the most impressive primitive camping ground that we've found to-date. Take the outhouse above for example. This crazy facility's literally been built on the very rim of the canyon. It has two rooms and it's been cleaned by park rangers...