tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:48:25 +0000Travelogue of the Vagabond Journey Travel Magazine. Information about traveling the world, tips, and gear reviews. Published by a long term traveler who has been on a 10 year vagabond journey around the world.http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/blogger.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)Blogger888125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-8995358298417768113Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:16:00 +00002009-09-11T09:21:30.817-04:00Two months ago I began publishing the Vagabond Journey Travelogue on a Wordpress installation. Everything is the same except the RSS feed and the email updates.The travelogue is still at http://www.vagabondjourney.com/traveloguebut the feed is now at http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/feedIf you are use to receiving updates through email you need to go to the main travelogue page and sign http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/09/attention-read-this-vagamond-journey.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-2538213130284245766Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:25:00 +00002009-08-21T20:24:37.160-04:00If you subscribe to Travelogue updates by email, please visit http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue and sign up again. The feed from this travelogue was changed when I migrated to Wordpress, so the old email notifications will no longer function.Thank you.Walk Slow,Wadehttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/attention-email-subscribers-to.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-1532755891660642353Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:25:00 +00002009-07-09T23:26:12.856-04:00The new RSS feed for this travelogue is http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/feedThank you,Wadehttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/new-rss-feed.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-3695296709436065003Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:29:00 +00002009-07-08T17:16:04.142-04:00Car Strategy for Saving Travel Funds --Automobiles cost a lot of money. If I am saving money to go traveling, I do not want to spend a lot of money. But I also know that my employment options are severely limited in the USA without having my own transportation. If I want to make as much money as I possibly can here, I often need an automobile.My reasoning is as such:Outside of a few vibrant urbanhttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/need-car-to-work-in-usa.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-401022283604461408Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:11:00 +00002009-07-08T15:26:50.746-04:00Farm Work to Make Money for Traveling --I am in Maine in the good ol USA. I am going to take these next six months, work, and write about how to make and save money to travel the world. While Chaya is incubating Number Three and priming over the wedding, I am going to stick my hands in the dirt and rub my face in the mud:I have landed a job on a farm.On Joyful Village Farm.What odd sort of hippy http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/farm-work-for-travel-funds.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-203694080244193294Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:44:00 +00002009-07-08T12:05:51.300-04:00For approximately a half hour this morning I had this travelogue on Wordpress.Good going.No problems.Everything went smoothly. I simply published an index page with Wordpress to the same address as this travelogue with the attempt of leaving all of the Blogger generated pages right where they were -- without altering anything.----------------Wade from Vagabond Journey.com in Bangor, Maine USA -http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/wasted-morning-with-wordpress.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-437600710782754794Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:01:00 +00002009-07-07T20:08:09.033-04:00Repairing Cabin in Maine Woods --#6 on the List of What Needs to Be Done 2009:Remove collapsed roof from the screen porch and rebuild entirelyLargest project of this summer, the roof of the back porch had collapsed and needs to be removed and potentially rebuilt. The floorboards to this porch also need to be gutted out and replaced.Unessential to the functioning of the main cabin area, and, afterhttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/repairing-cabin-in-maine-woods.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-7072371707643786845Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:38:00 +00002009-07-07T17:54:05.738-04:00I went through the process of migrating the Travel Guide blog to Wordpress from Blogger. It worked successfully save for a single incongruance that will prevent me from moving this travelogue over to Wordpress.----------------Wade from Vagabond Journey.com in Bangor, Maine USA - July 7, 2009Ask Travel Questions----------------To migrate a self-hosted Blogger blog over to Wordpress I basically http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/blogger-to-wordpress.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-8757712493020891983Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:03:00 +00002009-07-07T16:20:55.397-04:00This Travelogue and a not so active travel guide are the only parts of Vagabond Journey.com that are still published using Blogger technology. I publish both of these blogs to my own server -- I don't use the blogspot.com server -- and this system has always been a little clunky.I like Blogger, I like the way this travelogue looks and functions . . . but it just does not work.For the past month Ihttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/moving-blogger-blog-to-wordpress.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-5029344216696168858Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:55:00 +00002009-12-16T10:21:36.878-05:00Turkey Holy Sites PhotographsSanliurfa, Turkey Holy Sites Sanliurfa, Turkey The Great Mosque and Abraham's Cave in Sanliurfa, TurkeyMardin/ Midyat/ Hasankeyf Travels in Southeastern Turkey Midyat, Hasankeyf and the Euphrates River Turkey Travel Photoshttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/turkey-holy-sites-photos.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-9149301385741633114Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:55:00 +00002009-07-07T22:59:31.163-04:00THE WEDDING DAY --“You have to be mysterious,” my mother instructed me on the the etiquette of a groom, “you have to keep your bride in suspense about whether you are going to show up or not.” So I sat - mysteriously - in Bangor, wearing a t-shirt and ratty jeans as the rest of the souped up wedding procession and guests drove out to Trenton. Chaya and I were to be married on this day – June http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/vagabond-wedding.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-3848547979607998828Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:38:00 +00002009-07-05T23:17:16.774-04:00How to Save Money for Traveling"It is far easier to save $20 than it is to make $20." - Andy the Hobotraveler.com.This is the mantra of the modern traveler. Anyone who wishes to travel the world should chant this line over and over again every single day.As I wait in the USA for Chaya to finish cultivating Number Three, I am publishing a defacto guide of how an aspiring traveler could save enoughhttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/how-to-save-money-for-travel.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-5409243042824246543Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:38:00 +00002009-07-05T17:48:49.747-04:00The following photos were taken in the ancient city of Harran, Turkey in the spring of 2009.Harran Turkey Ancient City Harran Turkey Beehive Houses Harran Turkey University Ruins Harran Turkey Ruins and People Harran and Sanliurfa Southeastern TurkeyTravelogue entries from HarranHarran Ancient CityPhotos from Harran Turkeyhttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/harran-turkey-photos.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-8319422326047174616Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:42:00 +00002009-07-05T13:16:56.416-04:00At the end of my travels through the Middle East I found myself completely waterlogged with material to publish on the travelogue. I happenstancially began backdating my entries, and realized that I liked doing so.For a long time I always tried to published events immediately after they occurred. This is difficult to do on the Road, but, through a good deal of diligence, I managed. But as my notehttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/buffer-for-travelogue.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-4038618648102230159Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:44:00 +00002009-07-03T22:40:48.153-04:00"Sign your name on the dotted line," spoke a plump sorta lady behind a window in the Bangor City Hall.I signed my name down on the specified line. I was curious to find out if the lady behind the counter would really believe that my signature was just a squiggly line. I thought it a better move to just scrawl a knot of pen lines down 0n the page and act cool about it than to take the time to http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/vagabond-journey-to-wedding.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-2481312254237947114Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:01:00 +00002009-07-01T22:03:42.649-04:00Weddings are busy times. Having family with me is fun. Working takes up a lot of time.Travelogue will resume regular publication tomorrow.Apologies for the delay.----------------Wade from Vagabond Journey.com in Bangor, Maine USA - July 1 , 2009 Ask Travel Questions----------------http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/07/travelogue-to-resume-regular.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-7585167687832470692Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:46:00 +00002009-07-02T21:44:21.010-04:00My friend Caitlin wrote the following on her travelogue:"Now that I’m actually traveling, it’s a lot harder. I’m moving around from place to place, having fun, and it’s hard to convince myself and my traveling companions that it’s time for an internet break." - Travel Blogging More Difficult than I ExpectedShe is correct: to write a daily travelogue takes a constant concerted effort and a http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/runaway-travelogue.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-9065032305684457516Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:05:00 +00002009-06-28T08:07:27.609-04:00Going to get married. Right now.----------------Wade from Vagabond Journey.com in Bangor, ME - June 28, 2009Ask Travel Questions----------------http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/traveling-into-marriage.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-1344879052877000415Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:59:00 +00002009-06-21T22:47:47.449-04:00Upon landing in Maine from Egypt I quickly became accustom to hearing the name "Tim" used in relative proximity to the word "beer."I questioned this combination, and found out that there is a store in Maine called Tim's Little Big Store that sells top shelf beer for a vagabond's penance. Chaya's family is one that has a good nose for bargains -- "Metsieh!" -- and beer rarely ever seems to be http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/cheap-beer-pilgrimage-in-maine.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-6307967695596862707Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:36:00 +00002009-06-17T11:08:17.292-04:00Baby Bottle Riot in Bangor Maine"Would you like to go to the baby bottle riot with me?" pregnant Chaya asked, as she slapped on some body armor made from halved PVC piping, the guts of old car seat cusions, and lots of duct tape.I watched in indecision as she threw on a black hooded sweatshirt over her well armored body and masked up her face with a black bandana. She then reached for her sling http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/baby-bottle-riot-in-bangor-maine.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-1989078596338797982Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:15:00 +00002009-06-17T01:05:16.310-04:00An astute reader left a clever comment on the travelogue entry, Work for Travel Money at Labor Ready:"When describing how you save money for travel, don't neglect that you enjoy rent free accomodations with your in-laws. $6-8/hour wouldn't go far if were dropping close to a grand every month on rent the way many of us are."I am not under the impression that I necessarily neglected the fact that Ihttp://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/free-accommodation-to-save-travel-funds.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-8891092421141257228Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:09:00 +00002009-06-16T22:13:08.183-04:00"I would like to see you make a go of being a journalist," my friend Motorcycle Bob once wrote to me.I would, too.If I were to put as much energy into writing newspaper and magazine pieces as I do into this travelogue, I know that I would have a fighting chance at making a living off of the written word.But I know that writing standard articles for the standard press is to play checkers on http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/journalist-absconding-in-travel-blog.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-8960896845510789430Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:23:00 +00002009-06-15T18:47:48.411-04:00Question: How do you make money to travel the world?Answer: By any means possible.I am not joking. There is scarcely such thing as not being able to find a job in countries like the USA. When I hear people say this, I really hear: "I can not find a job that I want to do."To make money to travel the world, sometimes you have to shovel shit.This was my plan as I walked through the doors of the http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/work-for-travel-money-at-labor-ready.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-1381368718504551427Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:44:00 +00002009-06-15T14:34:23.391-04:00A new Backpack Journalism feature story has just been run out of the mill:A Cross America: spiritually intoxicated ex-addict walks from Maine to Mexico This is the story of a refurbished drug addict walking from Maine to Mexico with a cross over his shoulder and a legally blind guitar playing companion by his side.This is the story of spiritual intoxication in the context of modern America.This http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/cross-walk-from-maine-to-mexico.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20096548.post-3166847420664639980Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:35:00 +00002009-06-14T19:57:41.381-04:00The following photos are of Justin Catania making prints off of the 4' X 4' woodblock carving of my face. Justin's master pieces usually cannot be fit easily into a room, as they are so large. Four by four foot prints are the mid-range of his woodblock prints that often extend to heights and widths exceeding eight or nine feet.Justin has recently offered his talents to Vagabond Journey.com and http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/06/vagabond-woodblock-print-by-justin.htmlvagabondsong@gmail.com (Wade Vagabond Journey.com)2