In my opinion, you just can’t get enough sunset photos. And those frmo exotic locales, why, that makes it all the better. So take a look at this lovely photo from morrissey of, in his words, Guaratuba a Caioba, en el sur de Brasil.
South America
Travel through South America by country:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Travel through South America by popular city:
Bogota, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
Travel through South America by popular things to do:
Adventures in the Amazon, Falkland Islands, Iguazu Falls, Tierra del Fuego
One for the Road: Places in Time: Reflections on a Journey
Here’s a book that looks promising for its breadth and depth of reflection. Maxine Rose Schur’s book, out in paper back, is called Places in Time: Reflections on a Journey, and chronicles her round-the-world honeymoon more than 30 years ago. The year and a half adventure starts in Berkeley in 1971. She and her new husband discover free spirits and the kind of raggedy weirdness that all travelers discover, both then and now. They hit the road, going full-bore through Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, eventually settling in New Zealand. There are exotic locales and banal ones, but her effort to look back really is what seems to make this a fine summer read, perhaps worth checking out.
World Cup Cuisine
Oh, hey, and while I’m posting about the World Cup, let me draw your attention to a nice entry over at Slashfood about food and eating at the World Cup.
The post calls out a piece in The Guardian wherein you will find a food guide to the 12 cities that will play host to the tournament. German cuisine is pretty good. Why, just this weekend I was in Brooklyn and had myself a very tasty schnitzel.
But we’re talking here about more diverse foods than that. For example, treat yourself while there to a little brezen, buttered pretzels filled with salami or cheese. Or the more gustatorily ambitious can sample a tasty saumagen, or pig’s stomach filled with potatoes. Yummy.
World Cup Tickets on Ebay? Beware
We’ve done our mightiest to alert you, dear gadling reader, to the coming joy, thrill and mayhem promised with the start of the World Cup, the largest sporting event in the world. Amazingly, countries across the globe will relentlessly tune in on the Web, TV and by smoke signals to watch their favorite teams kick a little checkered ball around a big field, and fall down and flop around like girls given the slightest little kick in the shins. Well, for those interested in attending and who believe they might be able to pick up a few tickets on Ebay, think again
According to this piece, the Germans are saying that tickets for the month-long tournament starting June 9 are personalized with the buyer’s name. They will NOT be transferable, say officials, except under special circumstances. All this for security reasons.
So what that means for folks who want to pick up some tix on the Internet, you are perhaps gambling with a lot of dough. (on Ebay’s German Web site the top bid for a ticket for Brazil versus Australia on June 18 was $551). And if you think the Germans are going to be lax about their security apparatus, well, you probably don’t know much about Germany. So caveat emptor, folks.
Word for the Travel Wise (05/21/06)
Normally, I do my best to construct the word of the day lesson around a current event, holiday, or something I just had to get off my bird and I suppose you could say I’m doing it all the same today with some added shameless promotion for my very own birthday. So what I’m really trying to say is, excuse me while I toot my own horn. Last year I spent my birthday weekend in the Bahamas and this year I blog from Salem, Illinois in America’s glorious Mid-West where there is little to do it seems. I could spout out about which foreign land I’d love to be parading around at the moment, but I sort of do that everyday so I’ll carry on no further. Here are a few ways to wish someone Happy Birthday across the globe:
- Afrikaans – Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag!
- Albanian – Urime ditelindjen!
- Arabic – Eid milaad saeed! or Kul sana wa inta/itayeb/a (mas/fem)
- Benagli (Bangladesh/India) – Shuvo Jonmodin!
- Bicol (Philippines) – Maogmang Pagkamundag!
- Bulgarian – Chestit Rojden Den!
- Chinese (Cantonese) – Sun Yat Fai Lok!
- Danish – Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
- Esperanto – Felichan Naskightagon!
- Farsi – Tavalodet Mobarak!
- French – Joyeux Anniversaire!
- Georgian – Gilotcav dabadebis dges!
- Greek – Chronia Pola!
- Maori – Kia huritau ki a koe!
- Romanian – La Multi Ani!
- Sudanese – Wilujeng Tepang Taun!
- Surinamese – Mi fresteri ju!
- Welsh – Penblwydd Hapus i Chi!
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Click here to go to this page that lists Happy Birthday in 161 languages. While you’re searching for another one not found on my list here to send my way (coughs), I mean to tell your younger sibling or pet dog, I’ll be hanging out at Wal-Mart with some cerveza. Seems to be the thing to do out yonder.
Cheers!