Elephant skin – Art from Thailand

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Last night’s travel art show at cellSpace was a blast. It was interesting to see people’s reactions to art created on such a long trip, and also to hear their enthusiasm about travel. Lauren and I also finally got to…

The cacophony and camels of Pushkar

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Camels as far as the eye can see | Art by Todd Berman The chaos and noise of the crowd overwhelms everything we’ve come to see at the Pushkar Camel Festival, even the camels – and there are a lot…

A room without a view, my last day as a San Francisco substitute teacher

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Mike in Summer School | Art by Todd Berman I’m writing these words in pencil, old-skool style, sitting in a windowless room in a fog-shrouded building perched near the top of Twin Peaks. Throughout the next five hours I get…

Does God give hyphy dancing lessons?

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Art by Todd Berman Follow the travel advice in the pages of any Lonely Planet book, and you’ll have days filled with stunning architecture, charming landscapes, and museum after museum of iconic imagery. Yet, you’d be tracing the same thoroughly…

Learning how to travel around the world

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Art by Todd Berman When you’re planning an around the world trip, there is so much to do and learn. This isn’t such a problem for a hyper-organized super-focused person like Lauren, but I just get overwhelmed by it all….