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Dear Readers,
I have recently been neglecting my travel blog as I have focused my creative spirit on my new blog Enlightenyourday.com. My new blog encountered tremendous initial success lately by gaining well over 33,000 visitors in only three months of publication. I have listed below my top ten posts that readers have enjoyed and [...]
An open heart Let everything in without fear; an open heart will always lead to beauty. Open you heart to the people around you, the sun, the stars, and the wonderful experience of life in general. There is only one friend who can never betray you in life; your heart. It will lead you to [...]
Tags: beauty, changing, experience, eye, heart, journal, journey, life, moment, opening, present, wonder, zenThe Water-taxi that turned Death into Zen. I love all means of transport, it sounded like a brilliant idea at the time; avoid a 4 hour shuttle bus to Jaco by taking a 1 hour water-taxi from Montezuma. Walking to the beach, I was filled with anticipation and excitement. The first thing our captain said [...]
Tags: , beach, costa rica, death, dolphin, Jaco, Montezuma, ocean, sea, taxi, transport, water, zenZen habits and practices creatively combined to brighten your day. Today, I found an amazing website on Mixx called, Zen habits, which I found both inspiring and enlightening. The post that caught my eye was “75 simple pleasures to brighten your day”. I took this post and made it my own by creatively combining my [...]
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The following is what I wrote in my moleskin journal right after my second surf lesson. Once you turn in and actually ride the wave before the break, words can’t describe the true feeling of complete awe inspiring Zen; this can only give you an idea of how I felt.
“Today was AMAZING! I felt [...]
Sometimes I feel like the luckiest man alive. As if some mystical force has chosen me the lucky one amongst all the others. There is a Swedish proverb that says, “Luck never gives; it only lends”. Well, it has been lending me my whole life and the accumulated balance seems astonishing to some; unbelievable to [...]
Tags: , beauty, bikini, body, Brazilian, breathtaking, costa rica, day, features, first, forever, Fortuna, French, goddess, great, heaven, imagination, joy, lesson, lessons, luck, marveled, moments, ocean, Pura Vida, skimpy, striking, sunset, surf, surfing, tamarindo, temptation, the now, time, unbelievable, voluptuous, waves, Witch’s Rock surf camp, zenThe first sign you see when arriving in Costa Rica reads as follows. “Welcome to Costa Rica: Any sexual activity with a minor is punishable by imprisonment.” It was not the welcoming sign I was expecting to see; I had clearly entered a third world country that was very far from home.
The airport in Liberia [...]
There is a certain satisfaction in completing a good pack. When everything is done and everything is ready: the journey begins. That about sums up my morning today. I am beginning a new journey towards the unknown, with no plans or schedule, no itinerary, or idea of what the future holds; I am completely free. [...]
Tags: , babes, backpacking, beaches, blog, blogs, costa rica, dreams, enlightened, Idream, inspiration, now, quotes, road least traveled, the movie the beach, travel blog, Traveling, zenI found this beautiful and inspiring poetry book called Notes From the Inside by Doug Rose. Anyone wishing to read some inspiring poetry about Traveling should continue reading.
Offerings
Facing forward, looking back the way I
Travelled all I could see was a crystal ship
Suspended from the rear view mirror. Beauty
For the future or the past? Stay here [...]
A two minute Escape to Surfing beautiful beaches, hot bikinis and never ending parties from the road least traveled. This is Idream Now Travel Blog. Above, is what you can expect over the next month from my new Travel Blog. I tried to think of a creative way to explain my motivations for this trip and [...]
Tags: , backpacking, blog, blogs, costa rica, dreams, enlightened, Idream, inspiration, now, quotes, road least traveled, travel blog, Traveling, zenThis is my favorite poem Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson. A truly inspiring piece of literature that I love to share. This poem is Ulysses last speech to his Mariners inviting them to keep traveling towards the unknown horizon and continue living a life of adventure to the very end. The finishing line “To Strive, To [...]
Tags: alfred lord tennyson, blog, blogs, dream, enlightenment, I dream, inspire, motivation, now, poetry, quotes, travel, Ulysses, zenSeven Days and counting to Costa Rica…I can feel the fear setting in a little more each day: a little hint of the unknown before me. With every journey to a new unknown place; you must realise one thing. Something that is scary to most people. When you leave, everything around you is going to [...]
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