Let me pass along a very well done video travelogue: Lost Bags, Lost Souls: Kang Yatse: A Skiing Misadventure. The story of two Americans who set off to climb and then ski down Kang Yatse, a 21,000 ft mountain in the Indian Himalayas. Things don’t quite go according to plan. It’s up for a Webbie Award and is a very well written, well edited set of videos, and probably the future of web based TV. Much props to the creators.
To help inspire the traveler in you, I am going to start periodically sharing guest posts from travelers I meet on the road. We’re going to start things off with a bit of an untraditional guest, who instead of writing will sing.
Name: David Strackany (also known as: Paleo)
Hometown: Elgin, Illinois, USA
Where he traveled: Across the USA. 215 cities. 54,434 miles. Still on the road.
Trip duration: 365+ days
I received some good feedback on my post a while back about English names in China, I Bought A Camera From A Guy Named Fish.
For those interested in learning more on the subject, there is a great post today on Learning Cantonese—-a blog by National Geographic Traveler columnist and travel writer Daisann McLane. In her post she talkes about some of the best English names her and her friends have come across including “Gucci,” “Sincerely” and “Alien.” (”Smacker” is still my favorite though.) more »
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