In the back seat

I saw a documentary about the origins of surfing and in that video they explained that the first Polynesians that had their culture wrapped around surfing believed that the final goal of a man was to surf. That was the ultimate goal in life.
Sometimes I think that in the world of travelers something very similar [...]

Traveling in a motorcycle is different than traveling any other way. In a car you go from one place to another without ever seeing anything on the way. In the car your attention is focused inwards: to the music, cell phone, conversation, anything but the scenario that is moving through the frame of the window. [...]

The Things You Own End up Owning You
That is one of the most memorable quotes from the movie Fight Club. I was painfully reminded of that when moving from Providence (Rhode Island) to Miami (Florida) last July.
I spent considerable money and much effort putting all my stuff, or most of it, in a cargo van. [...]

Some thoughts I would like to share with my friends:
My comments in other boards and conversations with friends that don’t know CouchSurfing.org have always raised the same questions. Most of the surprise, or concerns, surround the very existence of such a community, and the security of such a proposition.
As a practice on itself couch surfing [...]

“(…) I would like to repeat the advice I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and [...]