Imagine You Have No Fear...
IN THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE...
February 5th, 2010
I was walking through a ghost town with no ghosts. Maybe that’s why it never whispered any clear answers. Ancient Akrotiri was a city of 30-thousand souls, until they vanished, every last one of them.
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Tags: by Cara Lopez Lee
Posted in Danger Zones & Dark Sides, Europe, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
January 22nd, 2010
For years, I wasn’t a joiner. I felt socially awkward. I cherished my independence, and feared group-think. I had interests in common with some groups, but found they either took things too seriously, or not seriously enough. After years of dancing to my own drum, I’ve achieved a strong sense of self. But, recently, I’ve been running into people who dance to a beat that harmonizes with mine. At last, I’m finding my tribe. The wise council of this new tribe, is my book club.
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Posted in Adventures in Books, Girl Power | 4 Comments »
January 15th, 2010
When I tell people I’m an avid traveler, I say so with both pride and shame. Pride: because world travelers tend to be among the most environmentally conscious, culturally sensitive, socially progressive people you’ll ever meet. Shame: because, as a traveler, I cause more damage to the environment, and more disruption in the lives others, than people who stay home.
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Tags: by Cara Lopez Lee
Posted in Africa, Asia, Girls Trek Too, Mexico, South America, Spirit of Adventure, Travel Issues | 7 Comments »
January 7th, 2010
“It’s not contagious,” I repeated, as friends backed away from me in horror.
I couldn’t resist telling a travel tale involving skin-tunneling parasites. In turn, my friends couldn’t resist shifting back just a hair, although they insisted they understood there was no chance of worms leaping from my body to theirs. It didn’t help to explain that I wasn’t even sure I had schistosomiasis.
“Schi-what?”
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Tags: by Cara Lopez Lee
Posted in Advice for Adventurers, Africa, Danger Zones & Dark Sides, Girls Trek Too | 6 Comments »
January 1st, 2010
It’s a New Year, time for your next 365-day trip around the sun, and your new opportunity to resolve on the life of adventure you’ve always wanted. Let my trek through China’s Tiger Leaping Gorge inspire you, as you consider where you might want to go, or what you might want to read, in 2010. Come with me, as we conclude our journey to The Far Reaches of Normal.
Tags: by Cara Lopez Lee
Posted in Asia, Girls Hike Too, Girls Trek Too, Monthly Trek | No Comments »
December 30th, 2009
’Tis the season of special effects glasses. This time it’s not 3-D, but HoloSpex, whatever that means. I don’t want to spend the extra dollar. A young guy leans over to me and says, “They’re totally worth it,” in the conspiratorial whisper of a pot dealer. Not that I’d know from direct experience.
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Tags: by Cara Lopez Lee
Posted in Day Tripping, Spirit of Adventure, U.S. Travel | 2 Comments »
December 25th, 2009
While everyone else is napping, watching TV, or washing dishes this holiday weekend, let’s you and I sneak away, and continue Part 2 of our trek through China’s Tiger Leaping Gorge…
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Tags: by Cara Lopez Lee
Posted in Asia, Girls Hike Too, Girls Trek Too, Monthly Trek | 6 Comments »
December 18th, 2009
For your holiday pleasure, and my holiday break, come with me to China for a trek through one of the deepest gorges in the world. This is a 3-part journey. For parts 2 and 3, check in with me on Christmas Weekend and New Year’s Weekend, for a trip out of the house to the mountains near Tibet…
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Posted in Asia, Girls Trek Too, Monthly Trek | 4 Comments »
December 11th, 2009
As we close in on the steaming mountain that killed some 80 people in 1968, I ask the driver, “The hotel is not this close to the volcano is it?”
“No.”
Whew.
“The hotel is closer,” he says.
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Posted in Central America | 2 Comments »