Comments for nomadic journals http://nomadicjournals.com stories from around the world Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Three week countdown – return to Sydney by travel deals http://nomadicjournals.com/2009/11/28/three-week-countdown-return-to-sydney-2/comment-page-1/#comment-46 travel deals Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:38:13 +0000 http://gonewalkabout.nomadicjournals.com/2009/11/28/three-week-countdown-return-to-sydney-2#comment-46 why do we travel? Or like the song goes "does anybody know what we are looking for"?? Why do we consider travel a basic desire nowadays? I especially like how George Santayana puts it in The Philosophy of Travel: "We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what." Do we travel to lose ourselves or to find ourselves? In order to find the WHERE, WHEN or HOW to travel, we need to rediscover the pure pleasure of travels and the meaning of our own inner journey and rediscovery. why do we travel? Or like the song goes “does anybody know what we are looking for”?? Why do we consider travel a basic desire nowadays? I especially like how George Santayana puts it in The Philosophy of Travel: “We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.” Do we travel to lose ourselves or to find ourselves? In order to find the WHERE, WHEN or HOW to travel, we need to rediscover the pure pleasure of travels and the meaning of our own inner journey and rediscovery.

]]> Comment on About by   Gonewalkabout Blog - Travel http://nomadicjournals.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-23   Gonewalkabout Blog - Travel Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:38:03 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/about/#comment-23 [...] Like most travel blogs created to update family while trekking in far away countries this Gonewalkabout site started much the same. In Owen’s case he started off posting photos, but little captions or descriptions to help others (not to mention himself) pinpoint where he was exactly. That was the past though and as Owen sets out on a new two-year journey through Australia, New Zealand and hopefully a stop in Fiji he promises to do a much better job not just capturing pictures of these places, but providing some detail. In any case if you’re curious about Australia and New Zealand or even Portugal which is also featured in the photo gallery, head over to this site. He’s certainly got enough photos up to keep one busy until the blogging fully kicks in though there are a few recent entries. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Like most travel blogs created to update family while trekking in far away countries this Gonewalkabout site started much the same. In Owen’s case he started off posting photos, but little captions or descriptions to help others (not to mention himself) pinpoint where he was exactly. That was the past though and as Owen sets out on a new two-year journey through Australia, New Zealand and hopefully a stop in Fiji he promises to do a much better job not just capturing pictures of these places, but providing some detail. In any case if you’re curious about Australia and New Zealand or even Portugal which is also featured in the photo gallery, head over to this site. He’s certainly got enough photos up to keep one busy until the blogging fully kicks in though there are a few recent entries. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> Comment on Port Stephens Photos Online by RennyBA http://nomadicjournals.com/2007/03/26/port-stephens-photos-online/comment-page-1/#comment-40 RennyBA Tue, 08 May 2007 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/2007/03/26/port-stephens-photos-online/#comment-40 As I love traveling I can tell it's too long since I was here last. You really have a great travel photo blog - thanks for sharing:-) If you one day decide to travel Europe and come to Norway, you know where to find me. As I love traveling I can tell it’s too long since I was here last. You really have a great travel photo blog – thanks for sharing:-) If you one day decide to travel Europe and come to Norway, you know where to find me.

]]> Comment on About by wilco//wordpress http://nomadicjournals.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-22 wilco//wordpress Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:46:45 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/about/#comment-22 <strong>Gonewalkabout.info - The Site I Wish My Site Was...</strong> It is truly amazing how quickly time can slip by when you toil away in quiet desperation. What is even more amazing is when you find something that brings you to a sharp realization of that passage of time, and the sting of a goal unmet. After lookin... Gonewalkabout.info – The Site I Wish My Site Was…

It is truly amazing how quickly time can slip by when you toil away in quiet desperation. What is even more amazing is when you find something that brings you to a sharp realization of that passage of time, and the sting of a goal unmet. After lookin…

]]> Comment on About by Wilco http://nomadicjournals.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Wilco Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:26:03 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/about/#comment-21 Just wanted to say I find your site very impressive - both in technical structure and interesting content. I had a similar experience as yours in a study abroad trip to Shanghai, China, and I also feel like I wish I could go back to re-capture some of the things I missed because I just didn't write it down. Keep up the good work, and I hope I can be in a position like yours one day. Just wanted to say I find your site very impressive – both in technical structure and interesting content. I had a similar experience as yours in a study abroad trip to Shanghai, China, and I also feel like I wish I could go back to re-capture some of the things I missed because I just didn’t write it down.

Keep up the good work, and I hope I can be in a position like yours one day.

]]> Comment on Blogging about the Travel Bloggers by john http://nomadicjournals.com/2006/08/13/blogging-about-the-travel-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-39 john Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:50:10 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/2006/08/13/blogging-about-the-travel-bloggers/#comment-39 Hi, I’m thinking about doing another backpacking trip early next year, but don’t think I can handle the cockroaches and rice again so was doing some research on this Flashpacking and came across this job. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/jobs/jobsearch/display.var.985564.0.what_is_flashpacking.php I checked out the company www.keyrecruiting.com.au and sure enough it's the job of the week on this website and they are in fact a legitimate recruitment company based in Sydney Australia. I applied for the job and got a reply back within 3 days, they said I met the criteria and said my application would proceed to the selection process. The reply email did ask me to pay a £3 admin fee. Given it all seems to be above board what £3 is compared to 12 months of heaven I guess it’s like playing the lottery but much better odds. Last time I went backpacking in took me 2 years to save for the trip then another 2 years to pay off my credit cards. John Westwood – Bromley, Kent, England Hi, I’m thinking about doing another backpacking trip early next year, but don’t think I can handle the cockroaches and rice again so was doing some research on this Flashpacking and came across this job.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/jobs/jobsearch/display.var.985564.0.what_is_flashpacking.php

I checked out the company http://www.keyrecruiting.com.au and sure enough it’s the job of the week on this website and they are in fact a legitimate recruitment company based in Sydney Australia. I applied for the job and got a reply back within 3 days, they said I met the criteria and said my application would proceed to the selection process. The reply email did ask me to pay a £3 admin fee. Given it all seems to be above board what £3 is compared to 12 months of heaven I guess it’s like playing the lottery but much better odds. Last time I went backpacking in took me 2 years to save for the trip then another 2 years to pay off my credit cards. John Westwood – Bromley, Kent, England

]]> Comment on Blogging about the Travel Bloggers by Backpacker Dave http://nomadicjournals.com/2006/08/13/blogging-about-the-travel-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Backpacker Dave Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:31:51 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/2006/08/13/blogging-about-the-travel-bloggers/#comment-38 That's how I found your site:-) Cool pics... We're trying to get a little Flickr group together of travel photo's... dunno if u use flickr, but if you do would be great to have u on board. That’s how I found your site:-)

Cool pics… We’re trying to get a little Flickr group together of travel photo’s… dunno if u use flickr, but if you do would be great to have u on board.

]]> Comment on Credits by Owen http://nomadicjournals.com/credits/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Owen Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:56:10 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/credits/#comment-25 Hi, Most the stuff needed for a very similar look is above with wordpress, gallery and wpg2. They're all tied together with the vSlider themes for both wordpress and gallery. I've A LOT of customised stuff around that, some of which I can share and other parts sadly not. If there's specific stuff you'd like then let me know and i'll see what I can do or point you in the right direction for plugins and stuff :) Hi,

Most the stuff needed for a very similar look is above with wordpress, gallery and wpg2. They’re all tied together with the vSlider themes for both wordpress and gallery.

I’ve A LOT of customised stuff around that, some of which I can share and other parts sadly not. If there’s specific stuff you’d like then let me know and i’ll see what I can do or point you in the right direction for plugins and stuff :)

]]> Comment on Credits by Chad Simmons http://nomadicjournals.com/credits/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Chad Simmons Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/credits/#comment-24 I've looked at hundreds of sites and the format you've configured is EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Is there any chance you would be willing to share your WordPress and Gallery configs / customizations? Thanks I’ve looked at hundreds of sites and the format you’ve configured is EXACTLY what I’m looking for. Is there any chance you would be willing to share your WordPress and Gallery configs / customizations?

Thanks

]]> Comment on Blogging about the Travel Bloggers by Casey http://nomadicjournals.com/2006/08/13/blogging-about-the-travel-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Casey Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:52:44 +0000 http://www.gonewalkabout.info/2006/08/13/blogging-about-the-travel-bloggers/#comment-37 Nice thats what I've been needing, I'll try to get that in there soon! Feel free to drop by my blog anytime and let me know how its going! Casey Nice thats what I’ve been needing, I’ll try to get that in there soon!

Feel free to drop by my blog anytime and let me know how its going!

Casey

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