Hobo TRAVEL TIPS -
NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE - South of the Equator
172
April 27, 2005
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H.O.T.E.L.
Hot Other Television Eating Locks
LOCATION: South of the Equator - Peru
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
~ NEWSLETTER INFORMATION
~ HOBO TRAVEL QUOTES
How I feel today...
~ HOBO PHOTO GALLERY
This weeks pictures.
~ HOBO DAILY TRAVEL LOG a.k.a. Blog
Travel Blog! A daily web diary of my travels.
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~ HOBO MAPS, NOTES AND THOUGHTS...
Map of present location and plans.
~ HOBO STEW (A Dish of Meat and Vegetables)
I AM NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
Hobo is in Peru, south of the
Equator
~ TODAY’S TRAVEL TIP
H.O.T.E.L.
Hot Other Television Eating Locks
~ SENIOR BACHELOR
Following Richard the Senior Bachelor
~ EXTREME HOBO TRAVEL
Please send recommendations.
~ TODAY’S TIP FROM THE - “Peanut Gallery”
A Joke Tip that is ... hmm sarcastic
~ HOBO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions for Hobo Andy - Take Care.
~ HOBO GOSSIP and/or Jaded Remarks
A jaded remark on world travel.
Thank you, Lord - I'm doing fine
CONTACTING THE EDITOR a.k.a. Andy
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How I feel today, or a start down
the proverbial travelers path.
A bachelor lives like a king and dies like a beggar.
- Attributed to L. S. Lowry (1887 - 1976) British painter.
~ BACKPACKER JARGON
Traveler
- Person that does not have a home.
~ HOBO SLANG
Flop house
- A cheap lodging house or any hobo hotel.
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A lot of photos - The world unedited...
Rurrenabaque Bolivia
http://www.hobotraveler.com/172_23_rurrenabaquebolivia.shtml
Tourist Food
http://www.hobotraveler.com/172_24_touristfood.shtml
Bolivia Expat
http://www.hobotraveler.com/172_25_boliviaexpat.shtml
Coca Bolivia
http://www.hobotraveler.com/172_26_cocabolivia.shtml
Requested photos - Plaza Murillo La Paz Bolivia
http://www.hobotraveler.com/172_27_plazamurillolapazbolivia.shtml
Requested photos -
Plaza Murillo La Paz Bolivia
http://www.hobotraveler.com/172_28_plazamurillolapazbolivia.shtml
Gear
http://www.hobotraveler.com/172_29_gear.shtml
PHOTO REQUEST
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SENIOR BACHELOR
http://www.seniorbachelor.com
He is on Oprah Winfrey today Wednesday, April 27, 2005
http://www.oprah.com
I AM NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
Hobo is in Peru, south of the Equator
I am always amazed how the Wizard of Oz invades my brain, it
appears to be parts of my life, as I am always somewhere over
the rainbow and for sure not down on the farm in Indiana.
I went to La Paz, Bolivia over to the Jungle of Rurrenabaque,
the back to La Paz and have returned to Cusco, Peru.
because I am working to make the perfect backpack with Kikko
who has a sowing shop in Cusco. I am having problems with parts
and will probably have to buy in the USA.
I will soon go to Lima, check out the beach for my friend Chris
make sure the scenery is good, work on the tan. Then goo north to
Quito, Ecuador stopping at a couple of beaches along the way,
probably Máncora just before the border of Peru.
I am excited to eat some Empanadas Argentinas in with Ahi
in
Otovalo, Ecuador and wander towards
Bogotá, Colombia
to visit with German of the Platypus
Bogotá probably one of the
world best traveled persons and most knowledgeable travelers.
http://www.platypusbogota.com
SENIOR BACHELOR ON OPRAH WINFREY
http://www.seniorbachelor.com
I met a man in Bangkok, Thailand with the help of
http://www.johnnyjet.com
Him and his some traveled and made a movie called
Pop and Me about them sharing the trip.
BROKE URL
http://www.chrisroe.net/popandme.html
My blog on in Thailand.
http://www.hobotraveler.com/2004/12/pop-and-me-movie.html
OK
So Richard the "Senior Bachelor"
has been writing me, and I
even called him trying to help him arrange his fun project
called Senior Bachelor. He has
written me often about where
I am, and what I am doing helping with comments.
I will probably travel along or meet up with him and I believe a
female companion as he travel also in South America.
Hopefully we can follow along in the Newsletter and I can tell
you folks where he is located.
HE WROTE:
Dear Friends, I just received word that the Senior
Bachelor segment will be broadcast on The Oprah
Winfrey Show Wednesday, April 27. I hope you will be
able to see it and I would be most grateful if you
would pass this information on to anyone you feel
would be interested. I will pass on details as soon as
I get them. Thanks for following along on The Senior
Bachelor Journey. Richard Roe
SMALL PLANET
The planet is shrinking.
I fell like a Jet Set Hobo as I find I am becoming able to fly
from place to place because "Life
is Good"
http://www.hobotraveler.com/jo2lifeisgood.php
My blog is becoming better
and better with lots of Photos
and I am having lots of fun. I am exploring new ideas of
travel. I hope to go to the "Campo" soon with an Amiga.
She invited me to go about five hours away from Cusco
to a Quechua, Village. This is one of them times I may
feel confident to say I am going to see the "Real Peru."
I am still trying to learn how to go to the Campo.
She says three hours in a bus and two hours on a Horse.
Who knows? I have decided to go to the mountains even
if she is confused, so I can explore the Quechua Culture.
This Hobo is having fun as I can meet up with people like
Richard of the SeniorBachelor.com
and Johnnyjet.com
I wrote Johnny and told him,
"I keep meaning to tell you, I like the international flavor of your letters
now. Nice that you travel outside the USA more. ...
Of course you can always come visit with me, life is getting easy...
He wrote,
"Thanks Andy! I am trying to be more like you!"
Today’s tip
TIP:
H.O.T.E.L.
Hot Other Television Eating Locks
Just another day in Paradise!
PLAN YOUR ESCAPE...
Be a Hobo, and leave your mark.
X
Hobotraveler.com was HERE!
Life is good.
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HOTEL CHECKLIST
H.O.T.E.L.
Hot Water
Other People
Television
Eating
Locks
I have lived in too many Hotels, Hostels, Hostals, Aubuergues,
Pensions, Guesthouses, and any other name you can think of
for a Flophouse.
I am not choosy, I be Hobo, however I like to flop with the minimum amount
of services. Fortunately I have been able to upgrade from a minus
one star Hotel to a zero star hotel recently with good fortune from
the finding a job.... (HoboTraveler.com is solvent)
However I am still having problems, money does not guarantee
a good room, the only thing that guarantees a good room is me
checking the room before I pay.
I forget.
I forgot.
How could I forget to check?
Hot Water
I need to check to make sure the water is really hot, not just
an illusion.
Other People
My big request in a Hotel, I want a common area that is...
Not a bar.
Not a restaurant.
Where I can meet other people, compare notes, and have good
conversations about life.
Television
I like a television with cable TV, HBO, Cinemax, etc...
I have to check to make sure the TV works.
This is sad, I cannot believe they rent rooms with out the TV
working in either the room or the common areas.
I cannot be a tourist 24 hours a day, I need some fun.
Eating
I want a kitchen for me to cook, great way to meet people.
Locks
Does the room have a hasp or a way for me to put my own
padlock on the room. I only feel safe when the room is secure.
I do not let the maid or the owner enter my room.
Just me trying to remember what day it is?
Every Hotel needs inspected before you enter, a reservation
removes you ability to say.
No, not acceptable, I want another room, or I will go to another
Hotel,
Thank you.
Have fun! Life is Good!
As always, these are suggestions. Please realize I am
giving guidance, and there are always other opinions.
“One mans paradise, is another mans hell”
This way we do not all go to the same place.
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~ SENIOR BACHELOR
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SENIOR BACHELOR ON OPRAH WINFREY
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Thanks for following along on The Senior
Bachelor Journey. Richard Roe
BACHELOR QUOTES - Fun!
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young,
he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
-Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) U.S. writer Bracebridge Hall, "Bachelors"
Bachelor's fare; bread and cheese, and kisses.
- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman. Polite
Conversation
A bachelor lives like a king and dies like a beggar.
Attributed to L. S. Lowry (1887 - 1976) British painter.
BENEDICK The world must be peopled. When I said I would die a bachelor,
I did not think I should live till I were married.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) English poet and playwright.
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 3
It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible,
and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Irish playwright.Man and Superman
A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer
of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married
or a bachelor.
- Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) English essayist, poet, and statesman.
Spectator (London)
Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.
- Helen Rowland (1876 - 1950) U.S. writer, journalist, and humorist.
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TODAY’S TIP FROM THE
“Peanut Gallery” -
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Fun tips - Here's a little tip from me, to you,
as an experienced traveler.
1. No Commitments
2. No Family Close
3. Nobody watching.
4. No values or morals.
The Tourist and Traveler.
Egoistic Hedonism turns the corner.
It is a wonder what happens when no one is watching.
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COMMENT OR QUESTION:
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REQUEST FROM ANDY
Please read these emails or letters to the editor, and
help me answer these questions.
ARE YOU A TRAVELER?
WHAT IS REAL CULTURE?
TRAVEL SNOBS?
WHY TRAVEL?
This is quite a mess, however it is it intriguing to understand
hope people view themselves and how they view culture,
travel, what is a traveler, and of course, me, Andy of HoboTraveler.com
I would love to have you reply and tell me your thoughts on these
letters.
LETTER ONE
From (I will keep anonymous, Thomas Has an Opinion)
Subject: User Sent Message - [Traveller/Bus vs Tourist/Plane]
love all your stuff and tales..however I have to disagree with your
opinion.
I am a budget traveller..travelling on a shoesting..around the world.
One thing that I find among travellers is what I call \"reverse snobbery\",
usually
practised by super budget travellers. Sometimes, I find these travellers think
that
they must travel with bone crunching weight on their backs, stay in the cheapest
of the cheap rooms(roaches no problem), travel endless hours by foot or bus
along with livestock, eat at greasy questionable establishments and endure other
hardships. I think they do this because they want to be \"travellers\", and
experience
the \"real\" culture. I, like most travellers, would hate to be stuck in an
overpriced,
plastic resort sipping drinks at the pool, being surrounded only by other
travellers
and never going beyond resort property. ButI feel that the real culture of any
country is experienced at any comfort/income level. Each expereince gives you a
different!
, real insight into the culture. You can interact and meet native people on a
plane or a
bus. You can interact and enjoy a foreign culture and the people if you stay at
a Hilton
or a hammack on a beach. Who is to say that the realness of a different culture
can
only be expereinced below a certain comfort or poverty level? So I say to all
the
bannana pancake eating snobs...widen your horizons and stop with the moralizing
simply becasue you don\'t have lots of money....Thanks
Thomas HASANOPINION
thomasHASANOPINIONATyahoo.com
ANDY REPLIES
Hello,
I am making MANY dollars per month now, still believe
the snobbery is with the Hilton folks.
Andy
LETTER TWO
I'm sure they make MANY DOLLARS a month too, but its more likely
( but not guarranteed) they have lots of energy because they sleep like a
dream, they go to
cheap, outstanding neighborhood safe restaurants frequented
by the locals
because they make freinds with the staff, they may be invited to
enjoy great
local music in comfortable surroundings in concert halls, they have
an extra
time to shop and bargain in the local markets because they took a plane,
they
were invited to a local wedding because they rode first class on a train
( that
had a clean toilet) and sat next to local guy who just graduated college
and
landed a great job, they didn't get sick when they ate the local specialty of
fried crickets because they knew where to buty them ( rather than from the
market lady scooping them out of a burlap bag with her dirty bare hands), they
played with the kids at the nursery because they met a local teacher at the gym
at the hotel....and best of all, they ate bannana pancakes and were very
comfortable and non-judemental about hanging out at the beach like beach
bums,
along with everyone else.
You prove my point- you have cast braod discriminating judement on those
"Hilton
folks". I don't think all backpacker hobo travellers share your opinion
of the
Hilton crowd. Those that do are the ones guilty of snobbery in its most pure
form.
Happy Travelling ( guilt free to enjoy whatever you like)
Peace
Thomas HASANOPINION
thomasHASANOPINIONATyahoo.com
Hello,
I am the one making MANY dollars per month now.
Why are you angry what a Hobo says?
I will have fun in the newsletter with this one.
Andy
LETTER THREE
No..I'm not angry...I'm happy about this wonderful wide world..it's all about
options....
having the option to be comfortable, happy and free.. If you make 5
dollars a month
or MANY a month..if you can afford to spend a little more..it
doesn't mean that
you are missing the "real" local culture..local culture and
great travelling can be
had at any income level...if you can, but choose not to
spend money on travel
expereinces..that's fine........but to label the "Hilton
crowd" or the "taking a plane"
as not true travellers, is rather narrowminded
and judemental. And isn't that why
we all travel...to experience new and discard
the old tired ways of thinking?
Glad to provide you with some stuff for your publication! Keep up the good work!
Thomas HASANOPINION
I WROTE: 4-18-2005
Hello Thomas,
I have enjoyed reading your letters offline, I try to be careful and not say
much about longer letters until I have time to read a couple of times.
I have some questions and I believe you are addressing some real important
questions.
QUESTIONS
1. Where did you get the term "Hilton Crowd."
Did I use this or say this somewhere, I may have, however I can not find where.
2. What is the "Real Culture"?
3. What is "Shoestring travel?"
4. Where do they eat "Banana Pancakes."
5. Where do you live?
6. Why do you think this, when you say?
"Keep up the good work!"
What am I doing good?
Thanks for the enjoyable reading or your letters to me, I dwell on the points or
ideas
you talk about in your letters, and try my best to clarify for myself the
thoughts.
You opinions are interesting and thought provoking for me.
Thanks
Andy in La Paz Bolivia
NO REPLY
I am still waiting, if no reply then a roast... hehehe
RESEARCH HELP FROM ANDY
BOOKS - HOW TO BE A TRAVELER? Not a guide, but
by example type books.
- Alex Garland
The
Beach
- James Michener The
Drifters
- "No shitting in the toilet." By Peter Moore
- Jack Kerouac "On the Road" (1957) - Maybe more about
how to be crazy.
- Are You Experienced? by William Sutcliffe
MARK TWAIN
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of
our people need it sorely...Broad, wholesome, charitable views cannot be
acquired by vegetating in one's lit |