There was a time when I couldn’t salsa dance. At all. And I lived in Ecuador for 1.5 years–a country where there are plenty of opportunities to learn and practice. Loco, no? As hard as I tried, I felt like I had two left feet. And it bothered me as […]
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Coming Back to Life at the Dead Sea | Chicky Bus
Last summer, when I traveled to the Middle East, I was not in the best frame of mind. After several stressful months, I seriously needed to relax—and to let go of some things that were bothering me. I hoped that traveling would help in some way. Sure enough, it did. […]
Read MoreThe Woman Who Used My Arm as a Handrail (Random Travel Moment 14) | Chicky Bus
Written on August 10, 2015 by CB Driver in Asia, Travel Stories I had no clue, but I’d just gotten on the wrong boat. I was on my way to Nainathivu, an island off the coast of Jaffna Penninsula in Sri Lanka. (Story coming soon.) Hundreds of people, on their way […]
Read MoreHama, Syria’s Water Wheels: Wild, Weird and Wonderful? | Chicky Bus
Written on May 16, 2011 by CB Driver in Middle East, Miscellaneous It’s a sort of pretty city that almost feels like a small town where time has possibly stood still. Its norias–ancient water wheels–are from the 13th century yet somehow they’re still spinning today. And grinding loudly, the way they […]
Read MoreTrippy Travel Photos | Chicky Bus
Trippy Travel Photo 28 is of hedera algeriensis—aka, Algerian Ivy. Did I know this when I shot the photo? No, absolutely not. And where the heck was I when took it? State Capitol Park, Sacramento, CA., home of the California Legislature since 1869. The person who won the game is listed […]
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