Nearly a year after losing my mom to metastatic small cell lung cancer, I was still grappling with waves of grief. As the one-year anniversary approached, I felt an urgent need to escape—to embark on a journey that would take me far from my regular life and, hopefully, offer some […]
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The day the bus (blog) crashed…and how a Pakistani man named Hamid saved it
I never thought I’d be facing the digital equivalent of a fatal bus crash, but there I was, last fall, staring at the wreckage of my beloved travel blog, chickybus. A blank webpage with nothing on it except the word ‘suspended’ and the name of the webhost. It began […]
Read MoreCathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, NJ (Trippy Travel Photo 29) | Chicky Bus
Written on October 7, 2013 by CB Driver in Trippy Travel Photos As you can see in this photo, the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart (more info below), located in Newark NJ, is both beautiful and trippy–especially when you look at it up close. The winner of this round […]
Read MoreMexican Woman Making Tortillas (Photo of the Day) | Chicky Bus
I was on a day tour in Chiapas, Mexico, when I met this woman who was making tortillas. We’d visited the mysterious Chamula church and the nearby Mayan cemetery in the highlands, then stopped off at a local arts and crafts center to check out the weavings. While there, we […]
Read MoreJapanese WWII-Era Caves and Tunnels—Sumatra, Indonesia (Trippy Travel Photo 30) | Chicky Bus
Written on October 28, 2013 by CB Driver in Trippy Travel Photos When I took photos of Lubang Jepang, known as the ‘Japanese caves’ from WWII in Bukittinggi , Sumatra, I knew I’d use one of them in the Trippy Travel Photo game. The place was mysterious and eerie, and […]
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