In town for the 2015 Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships, I didn’t get much time to tour.
But the highlight of what I saw was the Water Park.
Category: travel
abortion, Gay marriage, prison, religion in the USA
… If you know whether a state was part of the Confederacy, it is possible to make a reasonably accurate guess about where it stands on a range of seemingly unconnected matters, from party politics to gay marriage. …
Today, only five states have no minimum-wage laws; all were Confederate 150 years ago. Of the ten states that lock up the highest proportion of their citizens, seven were Confederate. …
The 11 states of the Confederacy were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.
I was in Alabama last year. Very nice. I saw no visible signs of the legacy of slavery. I’m headed for Texas next week.
South America next winter
I stayed in Canada this past winter. What a mistake. How can people live in this frozen wasteland? 🙂
January I’m tentatively (again) planning to travel to Patagonia for hiking and cycling. Here’s some inspiration.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
That stunning footage was taken over a 5 week trip through Chile | Bolivia | Ecuador | Brazil | Argentina | Peru.
(via Adventure Blog)
Texas, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica
Tickets booked.
NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships 2015 in Fort Worth.
Then in April returning to Panama City and San Salvador as a volunteer for the International Gymnastics Federation. And adding a new nation (to me) on the same trip – Costa Rica.
As driving might take 97 hours, I’ll fly. 🙂
I’ll stay in Costa Rica an extra week or so to do some hiking.
LOVE airport Timmies
Like most Canadians, I’m a Tim Horton’s fan. Could eat there every day. Fast service. Great value.
In the Toronto airport a 591ml Diet Coke costs $2.15 plus tax at Timmies.
A few steps away, at Front Page News, a 500ml Coke costs $2.59 plus tax.
Over at Fionn MacCools a 500ml Coke costs $2.79 plus tax. I assume the same Coke delivery guy drops off the same product before the HUGE mark ups.
Northern Lights over Saskatoon
A friend of Warren Long captured this image. I can’t recall seeing any better from the city.
(via Best Hike)
10327×7760 pixel video of Rio
… while everyone is busy talking about 4k resolutions, the filmmakers behind this demo have made the leap to 10k.
Shot with a camera … resolution of 10327×7760 pixels. In the short film we get a glimpse of what this looks like with some fantastic timelapse images shot in and around Rio De Janeiro …
(best in full screen)
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
visit Azerbaijan
Kate and other journalists recently headed to Baku on a tourist junket. Gary Crallé posted an entertaining trip report on their November 2014 trip to Azerbaijan.
I’d LOVE to go. I was hoping to travel there for the First European Games in June, but I’ve got a dreadful conflict. I’ll be in South Africa and Namibia. 🙂
Economic growth boomed 2003-2007. Due to oil.
It’s slowed now, of course, but the nation feels they can handle the hit from reduced revenue.
travel 1 year with a 20lb Backpack
David Danzeiser:
… the decision to travel so light turned out to be one of the best decisions I made, and the number one piece of advice I give anyone getting ready to travel is to pack less.
But why, and more importantly, how?
… People I met along the way couldn’t believe how small my backpack was when I told them I was traveling for a year. I had everything I needed, just not very much of it.
As the architectural saying goes, “Anyone can design a bridge that stands. It takes an engineer to design a bridge that barely stands.” …
(via Lifehacker)
Rick McCharles 