Mick MacO.
Venturing to the Brink on Mick MacOs TRIP
http://www.mickmaco.org
Dublin - Leinster - Ireland
2008-02-20 10:04:34
This is the true story of what happened to somebody-s head while travelling through 28 cities and 15 countries in 31 days, alone. TRIP documents, with modern slang and an Irish twang, one man-s whirlwind tour of places as varied as Amsterdam to Auschwitz. In a light-hearted way, Mick MacO tells the story of what must have been a mind-blowing experience. The languages, currencies and national traits fly by, but the trip gradually takes its toll on the storyteller. The book contains notebook entries from the time of the trip and there are photographs from each of the cities. Some are nice and some are just plain weird.
Mike
On A Junket
http://www.onajunket.com
Miami - FL - USA
2007-09-07 16:55:03
Unspoken Tales Of A Journey. Travel Stories, Photos, Adventures, Misadventures.
Submit your life - The world is curious.
Jennifer Bove
Family Adventures
http://www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
Ellensburg - WA - USA
2006-05-19 02:14:44
Eric Pasour, Photo Editor
The Alternative Travel Magazine
http://atravelmag.com
Cherryville - NC - USA
2006-04-03 01:02:29
We are an exciting new travel magazine that is currently accepting stories and photos related to travel.
ros
All\'Ussero
http://www.ussero.com
Pisa - San Giuliano Terme - Italy - Tuscany
2006-03-01 21:17:44
Journeying on to Florence through the Tuscan countryside: Lucca, Pisa, Siena, Arezzo and other delightful towns dot the road to Pisa where who are guested of the Agostini family Villa di Corliano. The family - and 2 resident ghosts - still welcome guest at the Villa, much as it they were at the height of its fame in the 1770’s.
The stay at Bagni di Pisa (health giving waters are still offered to an international clientele) and visit Pisa during one of the city’s festivals. The Villa has hosted many illustrious guests such as Gustavus III of Sweden, Christian II of Denmark, the Royal Family of Great Britain, Benedict Stuart Cardinal of York, General Murat, Luigi Buonaparte, Paolina Borghese, Carlo Alberto of Savoy, the poets Byron and Shelley, and various other personages from the history books.
Legend has it that in the Villa della Seta at Corliano along the road running at the foot of the mount between Pisa and Lucca, there still moves the apparition of Teresa della Seta Bocca Gaetani, of famed beauty, descendant of an ancient Pisan family and given in marriage, in 1755, to the Count Cosimo Baldassarre Agostini. It seems that the noblewoman appears every now and then in the rooms of the mansion, moving tapestries and ornaments. Other times she has been known to slam doors and open windows. Some of the local peasants recall her arriving on certain nights by the light of the full moon. She appears on the drive of the park leading a coach and six, and then stops on the bend of the Ragnaia (“Cobweb cornerâ€ÂÂ, so-called from the old name for the nets that hunters formerly used in the woods to capture small birds) to cast a glance towards the home where she once lived happily. The ghost, obviously of good nature, has been heard other times hurrying along and giggling in the underground passages of the villa, beneath the large wine cellars. The years go by and stories are told and retold, and there are still those who recall the evening in which there was the sound of an almighty clatter as one of the crystal chandeliers of the hall crashed to the floor. Those present dashed to the hall, only to discover on arriving there, that the chandelier was very much in its place. And still today odd episodes occur …
The area of the Pisa hills was already an attraction for enlightened travellers in the first half of the 1700s with the growth of the thermal spa of San Giuliano, which became a fashionable spot for the well-off classes. The mansions on the road along the hills, already renowned as places of gentle idleness and relaxation in the heart of the countryside and also for their small industrial facilities for the transformation of agricultural products, soon assumed the characteristics of true leisure resorts, just like those narrated by Carlo Goldoni and which we can continue to enjoy today.
ros
Pisa - San Giuliano Terme - Italy - Tuscany
2006-03-01 21:16:33
Journeying on to Florence through the Tuscan countryside: Lucca, Pisa, Siena, Arezzo and other delightful towns dot the road to Pisa where who are guested of the Agostini family Villa di Corliano. The family - and 2 resident ghosts - still welcome guest at the Villa, much as it they were at the height of its fame in the 1770’s.
The stay at Bagni di Pisa (health giving waters are still offered to an international clientele) and visit Pisa during one of the city’s festivals. The Villa has hosted many illustrious guests such as Gustavus III of Sweden, Christian II of Denmark, the Royal Family of Great Britain, Benedict Stuart Cardinal of York, General Murat, Luigi Buonaparte, Paolina Borghese, Carlo Alberto of Savoy, the poets Byron and Shelley, and various other personages from the history books.
Legend has it that in the Villa della Seta at Corliano along the road running at the foot of the mount between Pisa and Lucca, there still moves the apparition of Teresa della Seta Bocca Gaetani, of famed beauty, descendant of an ancient Pisan family and given in marriage, in 1755, to the Count Cosimo Baldassarre Agostini. It seems that the noblewoman appears every now and then in the rooms of the mansion, moving tapestries and ornaments. Other times she has been known to slam doors and open windows. Some of the local peasants recall her arriving on certain nights by the light of the full moon. She appears on the drive of the park leading a coach and six, and then stops on the bend of the Ragnaia (“Cobweb corner”, so-called from the old name for the nets that hunters formerly used in the woods to capture small birds) to cast a glance towards the home where she once lived happily. The ghost, obviously of good nature, has been heard other times hurrying along and giggling in the underground passages of the villa, beneath the large wine cellars. The years go by and stories are told and retold, and there are still those who recall the evening in which there was the sound of an almighty clatter as one of the crystal chandeliers of the hall crashed to the floor. Those present dashed to the hall, only to discover on arriving there, that the chandelier was very much in its place. And still today odd episodes occur …
The area of the Pisa hills was already an attraction for enlightened travellers in the first half of the 1700s with the growth of the thermal spa of San Giuliano, which became a fashionable spot for the well-off classes. The mansions on the road along the hills, already renowned as places of gentle idleness and relaxation in the heart of the countryside and also for their small industrial facilities for the transformation of agricultural products, soon assumed the characteristics of true leisure resorts, just like those narrated by Carlo Goldoni and which we can continue to enjoy today.
Josh
Crap Hostels - Your worst travel stories
http://www.craphostels.com
Honolulu - HI - USA
2006-01-26 04:46:43
CrapHostels.com is a new site where you can post your own worst travel stories and photos. You can vote on others\' travel stories and the best ones will appear on the front page. You can even create a free ongoing blog of your worst travel stories.
Paul
Oriental Tales
http://www.orientaltales.com
Seoul - Seoul Province - South Korea
2006-01-22 08:07:03
Oriental Tales Magazine specializes in a diverse selection of fresh, entertaining, and informative travel stories from people who have experienced life in East Asia.
Travelers-Online.com
Travelers-Online.com
http://travelers-online.com
Belgrade - Serbia - Serbia and Montenegro
2005-06-24 05:41:58
Travelers-Online.com - Worldwide Travel Destinations, Trip Ideas, Travel Artices and Tips, Travel Deals...
Michel
Website with travel stories and pictures
http://www.vanloonweb.net
Rotterdam - Zuid-Holland - Holland
2005-06-17 13:03:17
Website with several travel stories (kenia, tanzania comming up) and pictures of our holdiday\'s.
Peter Powell
Angel Weekend Walks - Literary / Historical Strolls through London\'s Islin
http://www.angelwalks.co.uk
London - England - United Kingdom
2005-05-12 00:00:22
Lost for things to do in London? Why not join Actor/Historian Peter Powell on one of his Literary/Historic Strolls. Thousands of other people from London and all over the globe, have joined him over the years and enjoyed his walks and chats.
I am already listed with your site, but I want to update my links. The url and email are new. Would you please update them to the latest links.
Thank You,
Edward Unruh
Director
Long Riders Association
This website has been created by and for people who love to travel. \'Stories from the Road\' contains sent in travel tales and journals from all sorts of trips and countries.
Sandra Jordan
Go see Ambaraluwa in Sri Lanka
http://sumithwickramasinghe.tripod.com
York - - - Great Britain
2004-09-14 07:37:06
Suddenly backpackers wanting to see rural Sri Lanka are talking about the lovely village of Ambaraluwa near Gampaha - in the western part of the island. Ambaraluwa is accessible by bus - if you want to see a different side to Sri Lanka then visit the rural village hamlets like Ambaraluwa. It is well worth the visit. You can base yourself in Gampaha - there is a reasonable rest house. Travelling to rural Sri Lanka is an experience.You get some lovely cashewnuts in Gampaha by the way. Ambaraluwa is where Sumith Wickramasinghe was born. There is a really interesting website http://sumithwickramasinghe.tripod.com - it\'s like reading a book on someone you haven\'t come across before and yet you are taken on a journey through his life and it is a journey through Sri Lanka and the history of the island. I found the life story of Sumith Wickramasinghe so absorbing - he seemed such an interesting person.Many Sri Lankans are like him. Ambaraluwa is highly recommended to backpackers wanting to meet the lovely people of this lovely island. Can\'t believe how friendly they are. Well worth looking at the place where Sumith Wickramasinghe was born. You get fed up of beaches beaches beaches all the time and these hotels in Sri Lanka look all the same so it\'s nice to \'opt out\' do something different on the eco-tourism trail and travelling to Ambaraluwa where you can have a dialogue with people in rural hamlets - it\'s an added bonus to your trip and you actually learn something new. Why didn\'t Sri Lankan Airlines tell me about Ambaraluwa? It would be great to have more information on eco-tourism in Sri Lanka.
Cameron
TravelJIVE
http://www.traveljive.com
Reno - NV - USA
2004-07-08 23:36:27
Read our growing database on asia travel or contribute by submitting your own travel story. Browse the travel articles, most frequently asked questions about asia travel and/or read the travel notes.
virtualDavis On the Superhighway (vDOTS) is a digital collage consisting of one part flâneur\'s diary, one part travelogue, one part storytelling, one part blog, one part this, one part that,... It is destined to remain forever in beta, a perennial rough draft. It is new and dynamic even when it seems to have sunk into static old age. Dust settling on the surface of the oak mantelpiece betrays the fabulous, intricate work of the termites building beautiful branching cities underneath. Until you cozy up to the fire on a snowy evening, place your cognac on the dusty mantle, and observe--in delayed time--your snifter sinking into the spongy wood, you might easily and justifiably overlook the mysterious new tunnels beneath the surface. The superficies may likewise betray vDOTS\' evolution, but enter nevertheless, enter and see what\'s new.
David Wise
Travellers\' Tales wanted for UK Documentary
http://www.rdfmedia.com
London - -
2003-06-05 11:55:06
Do you have an interesting tale to tell of how you overcame an unexpected problem of the major kind, while travelling? If so, please contact david.wise@rdfmedia.com
Edward Unruh
Long Riders MC
http://www.longridersmc.org
Cannon Falls - Minnesota - U.S.A.
2002-12-17 01:52:51
Travel stories from a motorcycle enthusiast who has enjoyed exploring a few parts of the world on two wheels.
Jim Joyce, Editor
The Bicycle Exchange's Feature Articles
http://www.bikexchange.com/features.htm
Pittsburgh - PA - USA
2002-03-07 22:27:00
Peruse over 50 original and exclusive articles, stories and essays on America's 2nd Most Popular Form of Recreation (walking ranks first). Numerous travel features. Stories sent by a wide range of professional and amatuer writers. This online magazine/resource has been cranking proudly on the Web since 1996.
