Screen name: 
Age: 
26
Gender: 
Male
Travel status: 
Putting down roots
Hometown: 
Canton, New York, USA
Currently in: 
Washington, DC
 
Favorite places I've been: 
China, Portland, Mexico, France, Prague

 
About me: 
I have wandered all over Europe, Asia, and North America, and I have a particular fondness for China. I write about frugal travel for Wise Bread. I'm also an editor-at-large here at the Matador Network.

 
 
 
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by fedoratravels | 2009/07/13

Yo, I checked out your blog and I bookmarked it, some useful info for me! - It's great you can fund your traveling with it, I hope to do the same soon...I'm producing an online travel show/blog called "Fedora Travels - A Travel Show out of My Backpack" check it out, lend me some feedback, if you dig it subscribe for updates...it's http://www.fedoratravels.com
Have fun with your travels and good luck!

by JenniGrant | 2009/06/23

Thanks for the add! I'm really enjoying Matador and I'm looking forward to checking out Wise Bread too...

Jenni

www.jennigrant.com

by peaceandpict... | 2009/06/02

thanks! I'll be visiting this summer, my plans are not finalized, but I'll be starting off in thailand, and making my way through china.

Cassandra Rose
Peace and Pictures©

by Anna Brones | 2009/04/01

we're now friends here too! ah, the power of the internet... :)

By ddefranza  |  Location: China  |  02/06/09  |  Pics: 1

Tibetan Buddhists believe that Milarepa, one of Tibet's most famous poets and Buddhist teachers, traveled to Mount Kailash to challenge Naro Bön-chung, a powerful leader of the Bön faith. It is said that the two fought a battle of sorcery, terrible to behold. It lasted for days but no clear...

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By ddefranza  |  Location: China  |  11/24/08  |  Pics: 0

Something that sticks with you about Mount Kailash is the smell: the strange mix of juniper incense, hot yak butter, high alpine air, and open pit outhouses. It's a combination that is, at first, odd to a western visitor, but common in the villages of Western Tibet. And it soaks into your hair and...

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By ddefranza  |  Location: United States  |  11/03/08  |  Pics: 0

Many of the joys of winter camping are acquired tastes. Short days and long nights, clear skies, and the harsh honesty of cold air, the tackiness of skin on metal, and a hundred other things seem miserable at first. Still, when the summer comes, you find yourself dreaming about them as you sweat in the...

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