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smishsmash

Age:

Gender:

Female

If you must know:

I'm single

Travel status:

Traveling now

Hometown:

Leadville, CO

Currently in:

Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Traveling Next:

???

Favorite places I've been:

Seward, Alaska; Crested Butte, Colorado; Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Escalante Canyon, Utah; Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica; Bocas del Toro, Panama; Udaipur, India; Lake Tahoe and Big Sur, California; Todos Santos, Baja Mexico.

Places I want to go to:

Antarctica, South Korea, Chile, Brazil, Gautemala, South Africa, Brooks Range in alaska, Indonesia, Thailand, Bhutan, and everywhere inbetween.

About me:

Constantly trying to fit more into one day, yet trying to slow down and live with more patience.

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/smishsmash

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I'm fired up on:

Cooking vegetarian/vegan food, pushing myself physically, spontaneous dance parties, politics, and chocolate covered espresso beans.

Tunes I rock out to:

Reggae, blues, indie, pop, acid jazz, bluegrass

Travel style:

See a couple sites, but mostly get involved with the community. I'd rather know one place really well than lots of places a little.

Sports I do:

Ski, snowboard, surf, run, bike, rockclimb, mountaineer

Favorite artist(s):

kids and Chris Conlin

Favorite books:

The poisonwood bible, the prophet, YES! magazine

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

anyone glowing with a soulful aura of positivity and witty wacky wierdos with arms wide open

Languages spoken, other than English:

Spanish, body language

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

your dreams are in another language...or you swear to yourself in another language

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

on the summmit of whatever peak you just climbed

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

somewhere on a glassy ocean while you wait for the last set to roll in

Let's collaborate:

Photographers and writers unite!

My links:

http://flickr.com/photos/albrightashley/

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by novoarte | 2007/10/26

Thanks for your feedback on the Cuba article. If you need any input about a future trip, feel free to contact me.

Peace,
Julie

by cam2yogi | 2007/09/19

Hmmm... and I'm thinking Shammi Chai, Nursing and Self-Portrait are my favorites. Beautiful. Where abouts in Seattle are you? I'm over on Greenlake. I just moved there and I'm diggin' it.
In Peace,
cam

by smishsmash | 2007/09/19

whoa. no way! I just moved to fremont, but I'm actually just south of the woodland park zoo. so really, it's like the confluence of fremont, greenlake, and phinney ridge. I love it thus far, but I hate moving. I didn't realize you were in seattle, I was just checking out the travel writers. Trying to generate some ideas. Perhaps we should go shoot photos sometime. What do you do for work?

by Erin Granat | 2007/09/19

Hey, glad you dug the Burning Man story. It was actually really hard to write about, but that's what's so cool about it. Very few experiences can actually transcend description. You going next year?

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by smishsmash | 2007/09/19

I can't process that far in advance, but I'd like to check it out. I'm hoping to be somewhere far away but you just never know...

by Ross | 2007/07/19

Amazing photos!

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Not so much of a blog- just idea generating

By smishsmash | Location: United States | 09/21/07 | Pics: 1

So if you stumble upon this, I'm looking to generate some ideas for an upcoming trip. Here's the sitch: I would like to travel for awhile. I don't know where just yet. I'm totally open to ideas. I'd like to explore vast areas by alternative means: bikes, horses, camels,...

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