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The good news in that we have a wonderful lineup to keep you from whatever else it is that you’re supposed to be doing right now.  I personally encourage you to keep not doing whatever it is that you’re supposed to be doing.  You might want to make that a goal.  Stop doing all the [...]

Mysticism in an Indian Bazaar

by Brandon on April 6, 2011

I’ve avoided speaking much on matters of faith here at freewheelings.  You might expect my views to be somewhat unconventional and I imagine that they are.  It’s hard to tell what another individual truly believes and how those beliefs manifest themselves in their experiences.  I’m about to give it a whirl.  To underscore the importance of [...]

What’s Next for Freewheelings?

4 April 2011

That’s a good question, isn’t it?  I wouldn’t want you to think that all of the fun is over.  I will get to answering that question.  Before I do I wanted to take a moment out to thank everyone who supports this site with your wonderful comments and email, retweets, facebook shares, stumbles, links and [...]

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Freewheelings Five Best Travel Articles on Friday

1 April 2011
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Welcome to another partially late installment of the Freewheelings’ Five on Friday.  This week’s roundup is going to take us to more than just five locations.  We have submissions from some of the best travel sites on the web as well as collaborative efforts from Lonely Planet’s blogsherpas.  Check it:   Going Back – Lonely [...]

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The Travelers Dilemma

31 March 2011
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Sure, there are a handful of you out there that have figured out the #winning! combination that both quenches your worldly thirst and satisfies your budget.  Most of us have yet to be so lucky.  Maybe it’s the Pisces in me, the endless dreamer, the wanderer that is constantly willing to put it all on [...]

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What Are Travel Bloggers Talking About?

29 March 2011
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I like this idea of running travel feeds into a tag cloud to get a visual representation of what’s going on in the Travel world.  Where are people?  What’s popular?  What are the major issues facing the world and the travel community?  They should show up here.  In this week’s tag cloud we can see [...]

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New Delhi – Five Years of Progress

27 March 2011

If you’ve been to India you can imagine my surprise stepping off of the plane for the first time in the middle of New Delhi.  I was all of 20 years old the first time I left my own country. It was mid may and the air was steamy, heavy, damp.  My clothes instantly clung [...]

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Freewheelings Five Best Travel Articles on Friday

24 March 2011
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It’s my pleasure to bring you another week of the Freewheelings’ Five.  I’m going to throw a couple curve balls at you this time and diverge a little bit from the standard format.  Don’t worry, we’re still going to take our vicarious trip around the world. Last week I covered the Blog for Japan campaign [...]

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What are Travel Bloggers Talking About?

23 March 2011
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This is a tag cloud generated off of the RSS Feeds of 71 Lonely Planet blogsherpa travel bloggers.  I went through and removed as many of the common words as I could to clean it up.  These keywords are generated from the posts in my consolidated travel blogger RSS feed bundle Monday through Wednesday of [...]

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Blogging For Japan – Help Raise Money for Tsunami Victims

21 March 2011
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This page is dedicated to helping the survivors of the Friday 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan by channeling international donations to local efforts. The earthquake and tsunami have caused extensive and severe damage in Northeastern Japan, over 7,500 people have been confirmed dead and another 11,000 are missing, and millions more affected [...]

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