Landlore: Alternative Travel Lifestyles

1 week and 1 day, and here I am across the ocean avec the woman I love, and time to take a brief moment to update everyone. Yesterday, my woman took us near the center of Paris and to the Eiffel Tower, including and especially the nearby super-fountain, as well as the parks, the monuments, and the beautiful weather that came to Paris on Saturday. And best of all, passing the day with this incredible beautiful creature in my arms. [ Watch the Video on YouTube ] Note : Daylight Savings time is being fired!! I lost one hour in America before I flew over the ocean. Now, because Europe changes the time later than America, I lost 1 MORE HOUR on this side of the ocean. Can't we stop this Daylight Savings craziness already?? Song of the Day : San Jaya Prime - Watch Me [ Download ]

"The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before." ~ Einstein

This Friday, I get on a plane to cross the ocean. Normally when I'm packing, I tell all of you what I'm packing and why I'm packing it. Not this time. This time's different. This time I am not flying to a place, in so much as the place is inconsequential, because this time I am flying to a person. I am flying to the woman I love, and who fucking loves me. I am flying to a woman who also hears the call of the horizon. And this is not a trip or a visit, but something entirely new. Since I won't be covering "the list" this time, let's look back on other lists. The easiest is from my journey into Mexico with my brother Zero in 2004. Other than the clothes I was wearing, this is all that I took with me: Yes, I took juggling balls with me. My passport, a compass, a Swiss Army Knife, a book that I will not name here, and a bag with items that I will not disclose here. We were riding on the winds of fate, and we were well taken care of. Mad love for Mexi...

Not everyone is fortunate enough to make it to Rio for Carnaval. And for those who don't make it, this tilt-shifted video makes for one hell of a runner-up for the experience. Click play. Enjoy! Tilt Shift Video - The City of Samba Carnaval party in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil [/w thanks to Marf for sharing the video in the first place!]

"If you're twenty-two, and physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel -- as far and widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them -- wherever you go." ~ Anthony Bourdain

Paulo Coelho, who wrote "The Alchemist", "The Pilgrimage", "The Valkyries" (and many others), talks about the meaning of life. Normally when any person starts talking about the meaning of life, the speaker does not even realize the subjective nature of the meaning of life. Coelho focuses on the subjective nature of the meaning immediately, then follows with brilliant examples to show how the meaning of life reveals itself to each person. Beautiful!! [ View the original post here on Facebook ]

"Your first time out of the country of your own skin, I didn't bring a map. You always hated that I'd been lucky enough to pick my way through streets I couldn't pronounce to find cathedrals, graveyards. If you were a city, you said, I'd only like to know your suburbs. If you were a city, I said, I'd like to know your poor neighborhoods, your inner parts. Read your graffiti. Drink your tap water. Feel your smog and dirt stick to my sweat. Hear your orchestra of sirens and gunshots. I'd know which of your streets to walk. If you were a city, I'd expect to be robbed." ~ Heather Sommer