Any time you get the chance to look down and see a bird flying below you, that is grace. Humans fly in a tin can and it’s amazing, but imagine gliding free with the wind against your skin, nothing artificial holding you aloft. I sit in the ruins of this ancient building, watching the birds…
Month: July 2015
Florins and cents
I’m cheap. Both in my real life and my travel life, which is mostly why I can afford to leave the country on a semi regular basis. That’s part of why Aruba hurts my soul. $5 for a regular box of cereal. $3 for a cup of ice topped off by a splash of Sprite….
Desert and Sea
The landscape is amazing here. Miles of desert and cacti and the sound of howling dogs. Then a slight shift of the eyes to the right and the sea, big blue and wide, comes into view in all its magnificence. An unexpected companionship.
Ticks, ticks, and more ticks (or Does this look like a tick bite?)
So, our internet went out. In the course of getting us reconnected to the digital world, I found two ticks. One dead and dried up and one alive and crawling toward me, on the hunt for a “blood meal” according to the Internet. I tried not to freak out, but once our digital connection was…
A fine and gentle breeze
There’s an unrelenting breeze here. Reports say they are 20 (or so) miles per hours gusts. Because of this, there is a near constant howling in the cul de sac where we are staying, the strong wind whipping through the trees, battering against the door, slapping your face as if to make sure you have…
The Lizard or Us.
Angela almost killed us braking for a lizard. Our rental car, possibly the oldest and loudest car in all of Aruba, already has squeaky (dodgy) brakes, so the sudden stop in the middle of the road accompanied by the Mom Arm across the chest was a bit of a surprise. I thought we had at…
Aruba, the first day.
I’ve never been to a Dutch island before. The people don’t look how I’ve maybe subconsciously trained myself to think island people are supposed to look. Maybe that should be my next thing, visiting different islands around the world. Unsettle my expectations. The airport reminded me, oddly, of Naples, Italy, my visit there last…
Started in Atlanta now I’m here
Everything moved at the speed of slow this morning. After getting up three minutes before my 3 am alarm, I breezed through a shower and airport ride only to wait for about an hour with Angela to get checked in for our flight. We got to the airport in plenty of time, but after…
Hola! Bonjour! Muchos Besos!
For no real reason, I’ve decided to start a travel blog. The plan is to have random photos of the places I visit. Sometimes I’ll be in these photos, most times I won’t. Right now I should be sleeping to get ready for my 3 am wake up call (in two and a half hours)…
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