Just the musing of a writer and traveler
A friend of mine was asking me the other day what is the most popular food on the road. He thought it might be the burger. See, in the states, you can get a hamburger wherever you are. No matter what restaurant you go to, you can find a burger on the menu. I don’t consider that a travel food.
Accountability is a great concept. Whenever I travel, it is interesting to see how other cultures deal with accountability. I hear a lot of people talking about how we as Americans are not wanting to accept personal responsibility for the things we do and usually in the same breath people are talking about legal compensation claims and the lawsuit happy people.
I remember my grandfather would always ride his motorcycle rain or shine, even in the winter. He used to deride those motorcyclists who would only ride when the weather was nice as fair weather riders. In his opinion, the mark of a real motorcyclist was someone who rode in every type of weather and in every season. It was someone who really enjoys the thrill of riding year round.
I know many people are looking at going abroad to teach. I know, I am back home here in the states after several years aboard. It can be a good experience if it is done right. You have a chance to experience the good life, teaching, traveling and having adventure. A big positive to the lifestyle is that you can devote time to other pursuits like writing or photography.
Why would anyone do any travel writing? Why would someone visit a place with the sole purpose of just writing on the place and maybe earning some perks? I have been asked this question many times, but I find it hard to answer.
I am really curious where our next stop is going to be on our journey through life. Sometimes the road beckons us to go back abroad, but other times we are content where we are. When you have lived a life with a motto of wheels stay under me then it can be difficult indeed to change from a rolling stone to a immovable boulder. I guess that is where we stand right now. It is our reality and our future. It’s been our past and our present.
Every time I go onto YouTube I see these Davos Questions where famous people are doing a question or appeal. I don’t really know what it is for and there doesn’t seem to be a good explanation, but I enjoy hearing what people have to say. This is a video by Paulo Coelho the author of the book, The Alchemist. My wife and I are reading this book now and I guess if I am going to touch upon these questions, I might as well use this one