http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Washington , Bainbridge Island en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:03:24 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:03:24 BST Japanese New Yearrsquos Mochi Celebration Have you ever celebrated the New Year with a Mochi Festival Today was my first time. No I am not in Japan but on Bainbridge Island just across Puget Sound from of Seattle Washington. Itrsquos a bright cold winterrsquos day at Island Wood an environmental education center and the community is celebrating the coming New Year with the Japanese cus http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-238059.html Hunger is a necessary experience of travel and life I suppose and when on a budget there is very little fear of hunger. It is commonplace in a strange land on a strange form of transportation that might last for days and often it is satisfied only sparingly when on that wellknown budget. But the local markets do provide wonderfully as with the vendors along the streets and the friendly http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-203766.html ...continuedCahors would be the last time I would ever see The Way. As I sat as I wandered through the small picturesque town situated on a bend upon the Lot Rivermdashas I felt my body and listened deeper to a purpose gone unknownmdashI came to understand much about Le Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle. The Way presented itself with all I had dreamt of it was rough it was a challeng http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-197711.html Bainbridge Island was Momrsquos Johnrsquos and my first stop before we went to the family reunion in British Columbia. We were there for two nights 726728. Uncle David Aunt Susan and Kaia went all out for ushellip it was an amazing weekend. On Friday we flew from Minneapolis to Seattle as we flew in we saw the Space Needle so that was fun and John got to take his first ferr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-188979.html Due to Travelblog's system failure ten articles were lost and will be republished. Sorry for the filling of your mailbox... but... drink your urine Praise be to the body and its' gloryA chilly winter day called us out two friends coming together on another adventure. Yes we laughed. We laughed wondering what the hell we were doing at five in the morning driving for the coast.With surfboard http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-154013.html Due to TravelBlog's memory failure and crash this article had to be republished. Sorry for any inconvenience.The End The BeginningLying on his back yet he didnrsquot know it. He didnrsquot know he was that turtle tipped over on his own shell by his own shell. His mother looked down at him not knowing what to do what to say except the family proverb ldquoPerry you donrsquot hav http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-151537.html Due to Travelblog.org's memory failure this article had to be republished.I rose from my eveningrsquos indulgence. Pushing pause I passed through the dark room glowing with a crystal glare and entered the kitchen. Flicking on the lights white recessed cans struck their yellow casts onto shadows with a soft incandescence like a candle on a corner bookshelf.I reached the pantry opened its http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-146572.html If there's a fork in the road take it. Nine years old and probably if not certainly this was one of the strangest most peculiar phrases I heard. A fork in the road And what about a spoon Dirty napkins Why not as the man saidhellippick it up The quote was read to me out of a book written by Pat Riley one of the top ten NBA coaches of alltime according to NBA.com entitled The Wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-133123.html Travel and the immersion into its inner experience begets more and moremdashand moremdashtravel. Itrsquos not an addiction. Nor is it a habit of escapism. It is a transformation of lifestyles. True travel is a place of opening your self to the processes of inner journeying. It is a lying down of the arms of ordinary life and undertaking a new style wholly involving oneself and the wor http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-112726.html Only one week left until I leave The excitednervousoverwhelmed sensation is definitely setting in... The above statement is absolutely true but I also wanted to check to make sure this blog thing actually works so don't worry future entries will be MUCH more interesting http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-73639.html Put a smile on my face. I'm home I have a job. I have family and friends within my life there when needed when lonely or drained when sucked like a Pixie Stick of all the juices that would otherwise bring a sweet flavor to life. And then the memories the floods and torrents of the moments in the past that brought me to where I am today. I know I haven't lost them or slipped on that large http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-70523.html Dear everyoneNamaste again Its now 314pm on June 12th and I have about 7 hours until I leave for the airport to go back to the best place in the whole world......India I think most of you are aware that I'm going back but for those who aren't I'm headed back for the whole summer. I'll be living in the same orphanage in Gurgaon with my 21 little boys. This time however I'll be doing s http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-65886.html Bryan Does AustraliaCall it a prologue if you will....or if you won't call it 'bryan was really excited and wanted to start his FANTASTIC lame journal thing already even though he doesn't leave for another month.' and then say that 5 times fast and taperecord it and send it to me i'm going to call itThe Slaphappy Beginnings of the Worst Story Ever Told because i own it so i can and i like http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-57201.html We are still at home and getting ready to leave take one last look at Seattle and we are out of here. First take the 13 hour flight to Japan then transfer to a small airplane and take the two hour flight to Okinawa. We are getting in late and have a hotel ready about and hour from the airport half way to the place I will be doing my scuba diving. Here we come Okinawa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-51655.html I'm at home comfortable within the western world the western United States to be precise. A fire cackles. Spring clouds approach like sticky glue from a southern horizon one dappled with the silhouettes of pines. Beside me a dog on the left and two books to the right. One is by the Dalai Lama entitled An Open Heart and the other a book of poetry by Rumi. In the background the hum of a f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-50245.html I'm back in the USAwith plenty of mixed feelings. I'll just post an essay I wrote for the head of the NGO I was working for that highlights some of the things I learned on the trip. Endless thanks to all of you who followed along with my stories. All my loveMalloryDear Kiran As I recall the events and experiences of the last few months my heart aches because Irsquom no longer at my In http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-48993.html Well no pictures today... just a wrap up. We had a nice morning in Florida yesterday. Sadly we weren't able to keep the room because they were 100 sold this weekend so we had to be out at 1100 AM. Bug went for a swim in the morning and then we gave our bags to the hotel and visited Downtown Disney for a little while. While we were there... it began to rain so it was a good day to be leaving. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bainbridge-Island/blog-43094.html