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raphael
re : your house!
Rosalea
It's a Nice Place to Visit, But I Happen to Live Here
10/26/2009 - 23:24
marlee
National Parks
Rosalea
A Connection
10/21/2009 - 19:32
kristinz
First, it was great that you
Rosalea
Eyes and Loss
10/16/2009 - 15:32
julial
I really appreciate how
Rosalea
Eyes and Loss
10/15/2009 - 08:20
corey
New Orleans
Rosalea
A Then and Now of Living Outside
10/11/2009 - 19:44
julial
Happy Rant
Rosalea
The Expectation of Happiness
10/07/2009 - 22:13
gina
Happy Go Lucky
Rosalea
The Expectation of Happiness
10/07/2009 - 21:56
Dylan Golden
If you're talking about the
Rosalea
What the Migrants Said
10/05/2009 - 15:13
haleh
I'm so glad you posted this;
Rosalea
Boxcar Bertha vs. Boxcar Children
10/01/2009 - 13:37
lemonmon
Backfired Intentions
Rosalea
Traveling with the Mann Act
09/27/2009 - 13:20
marlee
Empty houses
Rosalea
A Then and Now of Living Outside
09/21/2009 - 21:11
Ro
When I lived in LA for two
Rosalea
A Then and Now of Living Outside
09/20/2009 - 19:06
farah
Intentional "forgetfulness," a.k.a. shameless propaganda.
Rosalea
Get Your Kicks
09/14/2009 - 21:50
sloane
Oddly...
Rosalea
More About Buses!
09/14/2009 - 19:36
marlee
Poor Historical Memory?
Rosalea
Get Your Kicks
09/14/2009 - 19:33
PK_SOP
Love the image.
bvo12585
Brian Voll: A Retrospective
05/04/2009 - 20:09
karly
Interesting.
maryjane
Columbus and the spice trade
05/04/2009 - 10:46
bvo12585
It's All Very Odd
ghost writer
Walking Manahatta
05/02/2009 - 19:27
Cros
I must say I find myself
ghost writer
Tuan, Jim, and Huck
04/26/2009 - 02:56
Cros
Your blog on mythic places is
ghost writer
American Regional Myths
04/26/2009 - 02:49
ref268
I really enjoyed reading
bvo12585
Eight Million and Counting
04/13/2009 - 12:31
ref268
I think it is interesting
colleen
Time & Place
03/31/2009 - 11:19
EdwardMorec
It's interesting to think of
bvo12585
Space and Place… and Global Flows of People, Capital, and Ideas
03/30/2009 - 22:05
EdwardMorec
There's some irony to the
colleen
City of Glass
03/30/2009 - 21:39
Karina Emilia
I hate to give your identity away..
bvo12585
Cabeza de Vaca: The World's First Hispanic
03/25/2009 - 01:24
Karina Emilia
Christian, you're right about
christianfontaine
Tasteful traveler
03/25/2009 - 01:13
Karina Emilia
Yeah it's late..I know. but really funny post!!!
Zach87
Travel and Betrayal
03/25/2009 - 01:05
Karina Emilia
Rosalea
Final Thoughts
03/25/2009 - 00:54
Karina Emilia
I agree with you and Oedipus
Rosalea
Final Thoughts
03/25/2009 - 00:53
Karina Emilia
Great post! I agree that
TheOedipusTricycle
A Cultural Communication Breakdown
03/25/2009 - 00:42
Karina Emilia
I really enjoyed this!
christianfontaine
The Savage Other
03/25/2009 - 00:20
bvo12585
I thought this was a really
supermandy
EL FIN
03/22/2009 - 14:19
Rosalea
I agree!
colleen
Final Thoughts
03/19/2009 - 22:39
colleen
It would be really
Rosalea
Coming Home
03/19/2009 - 22:05
hlavie
Astute!
christianfontaine
The Savage Other
03/19/2009 - 21:34
hlavie
Columbus was kind of a prick, wasn't he?
Rosalea
The Flat Earth Theory
03/19/2009 - 21:32
Zach87
It is amazing how prevalent
Rosalea
The Flat Earth Theory
03/19/2009 - 21:18
supermandy
I really enjoyed your
christianfontaine
The Savage Other
03/19/2009 - 18:07
supermandy
The flat earth theory really
Rosalea
The Flat Earth Theory
03/19/2009 - 17:56
TheOedipusTricycle
To what extent is this still
Rosalea
Final Thoughts
03/18/2009 - 23:12
TheOedipusTricycle
Lost in Translation
Carla
How Shakespeare Travels
03/18/2009 - 12:14
TheOedipusTricycle
Very interesting! I think
Carla
Understanding Columbus Through Song
03/18/2009 - 12:04
christianfontaine
The shift in attitudes
saz
Cabeza De Vaca
03/17/2009 - 16:00
christianfontaine
The argument makes complete
supermandy
Geographic Luck: You are what you eat.
03/17/2009 - 15:44
christianfontaine
Globalization
supermandy
Mall of ... Ibn Battuta?
03/17/2009 - 15:34
christianfontaine
Shakespeare and Carlin
Rosalea
Dirty Words
03/17/2009 - 15:20
christianfontaine
Excluding the types of travel
saz
Final Thoughts
03/17/2009 - 14:45
Carla
Dali the Barbarian
sjsj22
Bar-Bar
03/16/2009 - 02:09
Sean
tourism
TheOedipusTricycle
Explore, Conquer, Tour
03/12/2009 - 17:49
Nelophone
Its Like Crack
bvo12585
On Televisions
03/11/2009 - 17:16
saz
Magic
ghost writer
Magical Lands
03/11/2009 - 16:52
el gato
all good things must come to an end
ak2989
Reflections on a Journey
03/09/2009 - 00:56
Linnea
Magic Spirits or Indigenous Peoples?
ghost writer
Magical Lands
03/05/2009 - 15:43
Sean
One in the same
Zach87
Travel and Betrayal
03/05/2009 - 03:08
supermandy
my new favorite song.
hlavie
Set the Speech to Music: Revamping Prospero's Final Soliloquy
03/05/2009 - 01:50
ak2989
Curiosity Killed the Cat
el gato
Curious Case of George, Cats, Benjamin Button
03/05/2009 - 00:17
hlavie
bvo12585- I have also read A
bvo12585
Place, Language, and Colonization
03/04/2009 - 19:39
bvo12585
Post(?)-Colonial
Sean
Post-colonial Theory and The Tempest
03/03/2009 - 09:24
TheOedipusTricycle
There definitely is a common
ak2989
Colonized and Corrupted
03/03/2009 - 01:26
Rosalea
I actually do think about
Zach87
Travel and Betrayal
03/03/2009 - 01:12
ak2989
This is an interesting theme
Zach87
Travel and Betrayal
03/03/2009 - 00:25
colleen
When I was reading Cabeza de
saz
Cabeza De Vaca
03/03/2009 - 00:14
colleen
I never thought about the
Zach87
Travel and Betrayal
03/02/2009 - 23:51
saz
clarification
saz
Leave not a rack behind.
03/02/2009 - 23:40
el gato
you should give tours at the Globe
saz
Leave not a rack behind.
03/02/2009 - 22:56
sjsj22
FIN
bvo12585
The Colonization Question
03/02/2009 - 15:17
bvo12585
Displacement vs Destruction
ghost writer
Tricky Tempests
03/01/2009 - 20:30
bvo12585
I think your comments on the
bvo12585
Cabeza de Vaca: The World's First Hispanic
03/01/2009 - 18:03
ghost writer
What interests me about
supermandy
The Doctor is In!
03/01/2009 - 16:06
saz
HIspanic vs. Latino
bvo12585
Cabeza de Vaca: The World's First Hispanic
02/28/2009 - 01:55
ref268
You have a very interesting
ghost writer
The Great Neon Way
02/26/2009 - 12:38
Sean
Herzog and Cabeza de Vaca
hlavie
Mind Games
02/25/2009 - 22:31
supermandy
The Trend Continues (unfortunately)
Sean
The Unhappy Consequence of a Happy Homecoming
02/25/2009 - 19:18
hlavie
I definitely agree with your
el gato
Shake Your Money Maker
02/25/2009 - 17:28
hlavie
Yikes! What a gruesome
supermandy
The Doctor is In!
02/25/2009 - 17:19
Carla
Rewriting Columbus
Sean
Is a half true history worth telling?
02/25/2009 - 12:11
Carla
Further reading...
ghost writer
"Zation" Nation
02/25/2009 - 11:54
Carla
Virtual Tour
TheOedipusTricycle
Wonders of the World ©
02/25/2009 - 11:45
Carla
Word.
Sean
Bartolomé de las Casas
02/25/2009 - 11:40
Linnea
Subjagation
Sean
The Unhappy Consequence of a Happy Homecoming
02/24/2009 - 14:47
Zach87
You are touching on something
el gato
Shake Your Money Maker
02/24/2009 - 11:25
el gato
i had the same quandry
Rosalea
American Indian Sign Languages
02/24/2009 - 03:00
Rosalea
Communicating and Honesty
Linnea
Writing with a stong point of view
02/24/2009 - 01:30
ninas
plants in 2009
sjsj22
Mesquite: the Windex of Native Americans
02/23/2009 - 16:10
TheOedipusTricycle
To an extent I think this
el gato
Shake Your Money Maker
02/23/2009 - 13:26
ak2989
Consumption
Carla
Who's Eating Who
02/23/2009 - 12:01
sjsj22
The savages that these
Carla
Who's Eating Who
02/23/2009 - 11:12
colleen
The speed of Columbus'
Zach87
Motives of Travel
02/20/2009 - 23:30
bvo12585
Colonization and Morality
Sean
Bartolomé de las Casas
02/19/2009 - 13:51
Sean
temperament and civilization
supermandy
Geographic Luck: You are what you eat.
02/19/2009 - 01:56
ak2989
Columbus, Inflated
Linnea
The Columbus Myth
02/19/2009 - 01:00
supermandy
Speculation.
ak2989
Type-A Personality
02/18/2009 - 22:40
Rosalea
Of course I understand that
Rosalea
Maybe He Should Have Just Stayed Home
02/18/2009 - 20:31
saz
travel
Rosalea
Maybe He Should Have Just Stayed Home
02/18/2009 - 19:00
Linnea
A People's History
ghost writer
Washing Ashore
02/18/2009 - 16:55
Linnea
Interesting Theory
supermandy
Geographic Luck: You are what you eat.
02/18/2009 - 16:38
ghost writer
I wonder how much of
el gato
Shake Your Money Maker
02/17/2009 - 13:54
ghost writer
I agree on your analysis of
el gato
It's Cool To Stay In School
02/17/2009 - 13:45
Rosalea
The Other
ghost writer
Washing Ashore
02/17/2009 - 01:26
el gato
interesante.
sjsj22
Dead Reckoning
02/17/2009 - 00:35
sjsj22
I see why you would think
ninas
The Nina The Pinta and The Santa Maria
02/16/2009 - 00:43
Zach87
Royalties?
supermandy
Mall of ... Ibn Battuta?
02/14/2009 - 16:02
ninas
You pose an interesting
ghost writer
A Different Perspective
02/13/2009 - 15:35
saz
What is shared
hlavie
Jerusalem: A Religious Microcosm?
02/13/2009 - 01:20
JDG
Home?
ghost writer
The Definition of Home
02/12/2009 - 14:28
ak2989
Artificial Reality
supermandy
Mall of ... Ibn Battuta?
02/12/2009 - 11:09
hlavie
I didn't agree with you at
Linnea
I bought a Greek slave girl here for forty dinars
02/12/2009 - 04:02
Sean
Where's the Jews
hlavie
Jerusalem: A Religious Microcosm?
02/12/2009 - 03:33
supermandy
I definitely agree with your
ak2989
Battuta's Universal Message
02/12/2009 - 01:20
bvo12585
It's interesting to think of
Rosalea
Mecca and the Hajj
02/12/2009 - 00:40
bvo12585
It's easy to forget--as I
hlavie
Jerusalem: A Religious Microcosm?
02/12/2009 - 00:36
colleen
That mall looks crazy! As I
supermandy
Mall of ... Ibn Battuta?
02/11/2009 - 16:52
Linnea
What did a 14th-century Hajj look like?
Rosalea
Mecca and the Hajj
02/11/2009 - 13:35
sjsj22
Traveling has become
Zach87
The Wonders of Ancient Travel
02/10/2009 - 01:20
sjsj22
When I read this part in the
saz
The Bedouins
02/10/2009 - 01:11
Rosalea
The Hajj
colleen
Travel as a spiritual experience.
02/10/2009 - 00:42
TheOedipusTricycle
Lazy Camels & Sweet Tea
saz
The Bedouins
02/10/2009 - 00:27
el gato
"Do Buy in Dubai"
TheOedipusTricycle
Wonders of the World ©
02/09/2009 - 23:17
Zach87
I think it is very cool, for
Linnea
Marco Polo's religion colored his writing, but only sometimes
02/08/2009 - 20:32
Karina Emilia
Hmmm
saz
Marco Polo
02/07/2009 - 20:11
Linnea
Was is charisma?
Zach87
Turtle
02/05/2009 - 16:15
ref268
I agree, I think it is so
ghost writer
Home Sweet Home
02/05/2009 - 12:50
maryjane
It's funny that you're
Zach87
Turtle
02/05/2009 - 11:12
PK_SOP
Desire for the inauthentic...
colleen
It's a small world after all
02/05/2009 - 09:46
hlavie
Favoritism
Linnea
Marco Polo's religion colored his writing, but only sometimes
02/05/2009 - 02:40
ak2989
Watered Down
supermandy
Oil and Water
02/05/2009 - 01:24
christianfontaine
Source of success
Karina Emilia
Magical Realism and Religious History
02/05/2009 - 01:21
supermandy
I definitely agree with what
Sean
A Certain Breed of Traveler
02/05/2009 - 00:59
Sean
The traveler's role in exploitation
supermandy
Oil and Water
02/04/2009 - 23:56
colleen
Relating Marco Polo’s
supermandy
Oil and Water
02/04/2009 - 20:56
saz
Voltaire & Polo
maryjane
Candide, or not
02/04/2009 - 16:51
sjsj22
I think that travel in all
Sean
A Certain Breed of Traveler
02/03/2009 - 14:15
Rosalea
I almost wrote about this
ak2989
Getting There
02/03/2009 - 00:34
el gato
marco polo GPS
ak2989
Getting There
02/02/2009 - 22:13
TheOedipusTricycle
Consensual McDonalds
ghost writer
"Zation" Nation
02/02/2009 - 21:37
ninas
which half of history is worth telling?
Sean
Is a half true history worth telling?
02/02/2009 - 20:09
Jessica
paradox of disney world and kitsch
colleen
It's a small world after all
02/02/2009 - 19:51
ghost writer
i'm excited you're talking
ninas
Herodotus' Tour
02/02/2009 - 11:25
ghost writer
It's funny how we talk of
Carla
Meeting in the Middle: Overlapping Journeys of an Italian and a Torch
02/02/2009 - 11:19
Zach87
More Than One Truth
Sean
Is a half true history worth telling?
01/30/2009 - 01:18
maryjane
I don't understand why we
Karina Emilia
Hi, my name is Herodotus.
01/29/2009 - 10:43
hlavie
Response to a response!
ninas
Herodotus' Tour
01/28/2009 - 22:51
bvo12585
This is a really interesting
hlavie
Gullible's Travels?
01/28/2009 - 21:51
supermandy
What you said about tradition
ninas
Herodotus' Tour
01/28/2009 - 20:20
colleen
I really enjoyed reading your
el gato
Counting Sheep, Counting Snakes...Same Thing
01/28/2009 - 19:40
ak2989
For the Very First Time
supermandy
Something New Under the Sun
01/28/2009 - 16:28
ak2989
Truth or Fiction?
saz
sociology???
01/28/2009 - 16:07
steve
McGraw Hills, everywhere
ghost writer
Glass Castles
01/28/2009 - 12:53
Naytin
Vacuous
colleen
the airport
01/27/2009 - 18:13
Linnea
Storytelling
TheOedipusTricycle
Wouldn't You Like to Hear a Story?
01/27/2009 - 16:34
Sean
I liked your use of gullible
hlavie
Gullible's Travels?
01/27/2009 - 11:12
Rosalea
The Other
Karina Emilia
Hi, my name is Herodotus.
01/27/2009 - 00:46
Rosalea
While I in no way condone
TheOedipusTricycle
Wouldn't You Like to Hear a Story?
01/27/2009 - 00:25
saz
wives
TheOedipusTricycle
Wouldn't You Like to Hear a Story?
01/26/2009 - 23:40
el gato
nicely put!
ak2989
(His)Story
01/26/2009 - 23:08
TheOedipusTricycle
Behind the curtain
saz
Poseidon
01/26/2009 - 22:18
TheOedipusTricycle
Heroditus 2.0
Rosalea
Why It's OK to be Boring and Useless
01/26/2009 - 19:54
sjsj22
"If nothing else, The
bvo12585
Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
01/26/2009 - 16:45
christianfontaine
Agreed. I believe that the
bvo12585
Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
01/26/2009 - 02:54
emg
B-U-R-R-I-T-O
bvo12585
The Best Burrito You'll Ever Eat
01/25/2009 - 22:52
ScottyD
I agree completely with you
colleen
the airport
01/22/2009 - 01:02
katie
I like your take on an
colleen
the airport
01/22/2009 - 00:54