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| 12th November 2009 Solomeia Kojin | PFFFFfffffft - From: Fall Bike to Girdwood I wanna go next time!! Although I do remember that I was moving frantically from one apartment to the other that day. This is a gorgeous ride, and a gorgeous day to do so. |
| 18th September 2009 Ralph | Looks like an adveture to me - From: Canoeing/Backpacking the Swanson Lake and River Trail Seems like a great adventure to me. The rivers are really low out here in South West Alaska so I would assume it is similiar up there. You will just have to try another trip now........However, try stay dry. Hope you learned a lot. |
| 11th September 2009 J | That's it. - From: Canoeing/Backpacking the Swanson Lake and River Trail I have to see you! This looks like fun- I can't say that I'm one to throw myself to the wind concerning the wild outdoors but I'm telling you- I'd try it with you. :) P.S. Let me look at those teaching jobs again. |
| 11th September 2009 Bernie | Bend for fun - From: Canoeing/Backpacking the Swanson Lake and River Trail Sounds like there was no need for paddles but then you couldn't have picked a nicer weekend for this outing. Thank you for sharing your experience with me as I bypassed my usual morning serving of cereal to enjoy your fun filled lilly twisted deep in mud world. I think I'll keep to my city street running as there's no speeding up with a canoe on my back. |
| 11th September 2009 Miros | Wow - From: Canoeing/Backpacking the Swanson Lake and River Trail And you say your not hard core! I would been crying by the end of the first day! I can't say it sounds fun but it certainly sounds like and adventure your not going to forget. I'm a little envious of your adventurous spirit but still I will stick a little closer to home...must be my old age ;) hehe |
| 3rd July 2009 D@d | cool - From: Where Milk is $14.89 a Gallon So proud of u and your work keep it up girl |
| 2nd July 2009 Jeff Shattuck | nice - From: Where Milk is $14.89 a Gallon Love the photos and the story. Neat insight into a part of our country most could never see. |
| 2nd July 2009 Miros | :) - From: Where Milk is $14.89 a Gallon Thats pretty cool that you get to visit all those far away places and keep us city girls informed. I kind of like the chew poster ;) hehe. |
| 4th June 2009 anonymous | - From: Early Summer: Canoeing Ice covered, Glacier Fed Lakes. as always, you inspire me to question myself. thank you. |
| 2nd June 2009 D@d | paddle on - From: Early Summer: Canoeing Ice covered, Glacier Fed Lakes. You go girl !!!!!!!! |
| 2nd June 2009 anonymous | - From: Early Summer: Canoeing Ice covered, Glacier Fed Lakes. I can feel the cold, hear the wind, and my muscles are tightening against the strain. What a wonderful experience Bekah! I hope to get there one day... Diane |
| 31st May 2009 David Beasley | - From: Early Summer: Canoeing Ice covered, Glacier Fed Lakes. Where was this at? How do you get there? |
| 28th May 2009 Jeff Shattuck | Say Brrrrr - From: Early Summer: Canoeing Ice covered, Glacier Fed Lakes. Nice read. The visualization of the ice chunks hitting the canoe makes it very real. 20 years from now those details would be gone, it is nice to write them down. |
| 28th May 2009 Anne McKee | nice to hear from you! - From: Early Summer: Canoeing Ice covered, Glacier Fed Lakes. This sounds like a grand adventure. Your friends in the CCM at MC are thinking of you! |
| 5th April 2009 Evie Hartel | Fascinating - From: You know, Just Your Typical Weekend Getaway...to North Korea?! I throroughly enjoyed you account of your trip to North Korea. It was beautifully descriptive. I was googling North Korea today after I heard about N. Korea's recent satellite rocket launch when I happened to come upon your piece. It is very interesting ! |
| 24th October 2008 michael Luhrs | fell asleep to the hum of swarming misquotes? - From: Summer. A long time Comming. I love your story telling style .... Thanks 4 sharing I miss your smile |
| 22nd October 2008 miros | hi - From: Summer. A long time Comming. these are always fun to read. I am soooo loving your survival kit right now :) So how are you doing? Hope you're having a good week. |
| 21st October 2008 Bekah | Bear Bells - From: Summer. A long time Comming. These are actually just bells that people carry so that they can make enough noise so bears hear them comming. Any bells would do just fine, but therer is a market up here for "Bear Bells." |
| 21st October 2008 Jeff Shattuck | Bear Bells - From: Summer. A long time Comming. I have never heard of bear bells. Sounds a little like Hell's Bells. It was not clear to me if they are actually needed or just a tourist thing. |
| 15th October 2008 Julie Luhrs | forgot . . - From: Snow, Fire, and Rain: Welcome to Fall in Alaska. do you remember that really cute guy from the liquor store? He still asks about you, and wanted to know what you thought of Palin. I am forwarding your email about that to him as well as your blog . . and you might add him to your mailing list. jeffrye.holloway@gmail.com |
| 15th October 2008 Julie Luhrs | Hey baby . . - From: Snow, Fire, and Rain: Welcome to Fall in Alaska. Rebekah . . .I had forgotten your gift in expressing yourself in your writings . . . . you are AMAZING!!!! I am so proud of you and all you have accomplished, and this inner strength that just won't settle for anything less . . . and if you do, it doesn't last long. The way you write about Alaska, describing the scenery, seasons and emotions connected to it all truly give me a glimpse of more than just knowledge . . . I can FEEL it. You go girl . . . you are my inspiration. I love you . . . Mom |
| 10th October 2008 Kelly | cool blog - From: Snow, Fire, and Rain: Welcome to Fall in Alaska. And good pics to go with it... |
| 9th October 2008 Jeff Shattuck | Nice to see a post again! - From: Snow, Fire, and Rain: Welcome to Fall in Alaska. A great post. Love the photo of the snow flake on Ashley's hair. Looking forward to more! |
| 9th October 2008 ashley | haha - From: Snow, Fire, and Rain: Welcome to Fall in Alaska. i love that multiple compliments that you gave me |
| 28th January 2008 Bekah | Darkness... - From: Where the Ocean, Mountains and Sky Blend into One... Actually there is complete darkness in the most Northern part of Alaska in the winter, but here in Anchorage I think the longest span of darkness is on winter solstice, which is about 20 1/2 hours. |
| 20th January 2008 carrie | so proud - From: Where the Ocean, Mountains and Sky Blend into One... what a beautiful and enlightening experience you are having (and sharing ). i imagine by now you have gotten a goodly amount of snow. keep warm and healthy. LOL gram |
| 18th January 2008 Adventures of a Travel Addict | - From: Where the Ocean, Mountains and Sky Blend into One... what about the 24 hours of darkness? Does that not apply to Alaska because I hear its twilight all through winter in the north. I have never been there to know of it thought. |
| 31st December 2007 roxana | yay - From: Korea...time is up. rebekah..i got to follow your footsteps to korea and it was very good. i must say i think you were able to see a lot more than me, but i think i had a different kind of drive in this case and just getting to the end of the application process was a victory for me. i still wish i had more time to see more of it. and i remember ji hyang! that was over 3 years ago... good luck with whatever you are doing now. :) |
| 13th December 2007 m ichael Luhrs | well is it cold yet?? - From: Where the Ocean, Mountains and Sky Blend into One... Im so glad that you are sharing As events unfold and you experience more of "The Last Frontier," keep warm! I love you and am proud of you, D@d |
| 12th December 2007 doug | - From: Where the Ocean, Mountains and Sky Blend into One... I guess that the odds of a white Christmas are as good in Alaska as anywhere. Someone told me a few years back that people should never go to Alaska until middle age, as the scenery is so stunning as to spoil a tourist for anywhere else. Judging from your pictures, my friend might have had a point. |
| 14th October 2007 Igor Berger | Take a Thai public bus and taxi in Cambodia - From: From Khao San Road to Angkor Vat: TRAVELERS BEWARE OF THE SCAM BUS Your best bet is to take a public Thai bus from the North East bus terminal, just buy a ticket to Aranyaprathet, get your visa at the border right after you have exited Thailand, Laos immigration provides this service, get about 4 people together and take a Laos taxi. Done and finished! |
| 13th May 2007 Barium | akaraka coming again.. - From: AKARAKA! geez can't wait for it! only 4 days remaining until the crazy shouting! |
| 15th March 2007 sysanga | WOW - From: Two Trips to Laos with the Chance of Execution Hi Rebekah, I found this page and looked through your work and very impressive. I am from Laos and your work is incredible! I love every pictures, wish someday I can do that too. Thank you for sharing your adventure! ^_^ |
| 14th January 2007 Kahshan lau | Akaraka rocks!!! - From: AKARAKA! I really miss Yonsei and Akaraka. 2 days is just TOOO short. I wish I could do the whole thing over again -_- *listening to akaraka songs right now* |
| 5th January 2007 Phil | Freedom is only one type of persception... - From: North Korea...still? I particularly enjoyed seeing another persons point of view on an issue that is so current. In the United States, and many other western countries, we have a strange view of freedom which comes from the fact that we are free to make the choice to be free. To many this might not make sense, but I have a feeling it does to you. As you said, we are forcefed certain idealogies and "political bullshit." It seems to me however, that this is our own version of lack of freedom. We are told what to think. If we consciously make the choice to beleive it or not, then we are free. If we believe what we hear and see without thought or reason, we are not truly free. I'm happy to see there are so many people out there like you, and many other travelbloggers, that have chosen to go out in the world and see for themselves. You may only be doing the tourist side of things, but you certainly do catch a glimpse of everything else beyond that. For a free mind, a glimpse is all one needs to be able to think about the rest of it. |
| 4th January 2007 Gabe | No Picture! - From: North Korea...still? Oh man, these shots are priceless. I still remember our tour guide freaking out while we were snapping of some covert-ops style photographs... |
| 4th January 2007 Henry | Home - From: Here in Tennessee I enjoyed reading your post. Home for me has begun to be an abstract place, too. I've moved 30+ times in my life and traveled a lot on top of that. Home now is usually defined most now by the people I am with. I'm at home with family and friends, pretty much no matter where I'm at. |
| 4th January 2007 doug stephen | my humble opinion - From: North Korea...still? i have no wish to be disrespectful to you, or even impolite. I don't even know you. Furthermore, I am not American and I hestitate to belitttle your nation--or anyone else's. I take issue with your comments--about the American media and the American president. Believe you me, I am no fan of George Bush (neither father nor son). George Bush is a disgrace to his nation his religion, and to all right-thinking and fair-minded people everywhere. The US, in its history, has done things that would shame hell--and some good stuff too. So has every other powerful nation throughout history. However, the faults of another nation (in this instance North Korea) or its president are not erased just because Geroge Bush opposes them. Left unchecked, North Korea could potentiially launch a nuclear attack on the US--and the US government has a duty and a responsibility to stop that. Sorry. I am a Canadian, living in Taiwan. We have PR China missiles pointed at us, and we live under a constant threat of invasion. I am not interested in anyone's "different perspective" on the government in Beijing--I want only to live in peace and security. So do North Koreans. So do Americans. Please do not let your disdain for the US blind you to the fact that North Korea is a basket case, with an "eternal" president. Its folk are starving. You can blame George Bush for many things (the useless deaths of hundreds of GI's and Marines in Iraq, for one thing), but the avoidable plight of the average North Korean is none of his doing. or America's. Or the media's. 6-25. That is what Koreans call the Korean War. If history serves me correctly, it was the North that did the invading. Millions of people, including North Koreans, endured unspeakable hardship and many lost loved ones and their own lives. you can't blame the US for that. However, history is history and blame is futile. All those poor people would be just as dead no matter who started the war. Nevertheless, I am interested in what you have to say and I will subscribe to your blog. Throughout history, governments have alwlays chosen enmies. You are holding hold the US to a higher standard of morality than you apply to other nations. |
| 4th January 2007 Gerry Aitken | The nature of truth - From: North Korea...still? I agree with your sentiments about needing to challenge simplistic media and government denouncements of other countries. It is healthy to have information from different perspectives. What you have seen and experienced is part of the truth, a reality in itself. Having visited South Korea many years ago what I found sad was the continuing division between the North and the South, most Koreans I met desperately wanted to be united with their fellow Koreans. I wonder if Koreans in the North have a similar attitude? |
| 4th January 2007 nature girl | kickin' up dust - From: North Korea...still? Bekah, Well, it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one whose blogs have encouraged some firey responses, and it's even better to know that you're continuing to speak your convictions in the face of less-than-constructive criticisms... Damn it, I love you. Srh |
| 4th January 2007 Nature Girl | whaaatt!? - From: You know, Just Your Typical Weekend Getaway...to North Korea?! where the fk is it?? srh |
| 29th December 2006 Therese | Not the true picture - From: You know, Just Your Typical Weekend Getaway...to North Korea?! You didn't see the real North Korea. The North Korea where the Dictator decides who eats and who starves. Why could you not take pictures from the bus? Why were there guards with guns every 20 meters? Why was this 5 star hotel empty? Why could you not talk to the North Korean people? These people do not have freedom, and so many of them are starving. You met a few of the people of North Korea but you did not see the true picture. Freedom is for all, and is what our Creator intended. "Well they don't know what freedom means so they don't miss it". And you are ok with this. You say: "I am not saying that I support this particular system; I am simply putting forth an idea that could possibly lead to the better understanding of their perspective and condition. " Don't be naive. These people don't deserve to live under this cruel Dictator. I saw a documentary, where a man from South Korea smuggled in a camera and hid it in his coat and filmed what really goes on there. Look into the truth. |
| 21st November 2006 lauren | so cool - From: You know, Just Your Typical Weekend Getaway...to North Korea?! wow, that's such an amazing experience. It would be so interesting to actually go to North Korea, since we hear about it in the news so much but we don't really know a lot about it because it's so secretive. My guess is, however, that the North Koreans you were with weren't really your average North Koreans-- most things I've read have said they have people extensively trained under extremely strict rules to show tourists North Korea is a happy and prosperous country, and of course they can't talk about politics except to say they love their dear leader. |
| 13th November 2006 Stephen Paul | House and Home - From: Here in Tennessee Home is an abstract idea, but it is possible to actually be there. I think that you lost touch of home moving so much when you were young, so your definition of home is tied up in "somewhere else". My home is at my parents house in a different city from where I actually grew up. I dont feel right there, but I do feel like its home. The formative period of my life is still captured in the area where they live, so thankfully it is still "home" to me. The place where I 'feel right' is probably like most people on this site- anywhere than where I am currently at! |
| 16th October 2006 anonymous | hey~~ - From: Korea...time is up. now i'm walking the busy streets in Sinchon everyday as you did. some of those pics above are where i might hang around. miss you. i'll put up some more pics of Yonsei in Facebook. :) miss ya |
| 15th October 2006 srh | sexy thang... - From: Korea...time is up. a bit of korea still lingering.... i miss you... let me hear from you soon. srh |
| 30th September 2006 anonymous | - From: Tributes to Seoul damn girl, i sure do miss the fing hell out of you--wish you were here so i could lay all my thoughts/burdens/aspirations down and see your perspective on them all...I love you. srh |
| 20th September 2006 Nature Girl | - From: Tributes to Seoul Rebekah, This is for me, one of your most powerful entries. As I feel myself becoming daily more attached to South Africa, your words resonate so clearly with me... Bekah, this is some of the best writing i have read from you... thanks for bringing your experiences to life for me once again. i love you. srh |
| 19th September 2006 rosiepink | Great Photos! - From: Tributes to Seoul Can't wait to visit Korea someday. I just recently read Lonely Planet's Guide to Korea. Thanks for sharing the photos and your thoughts! |
| 17th September 2006 srh | - From: Sea sick?...hope its not Malaria. Bekah, Just got back from Spring Break last night..checking my clogged up emails and I found this jewel...always love to see and read your tales.. As for me, you'll see some pictures soon..i'm exhaused from a week of traveling the coast but feeling great... gal, I miss you..and I LOVE YOU. Take Care, srh |
