Tag: USA
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The Art of Travel, Adventure and Suffering. The 5 Day Trip To ColombiaSztuka Podróżowania, Przygody i Cierpienia, Czyli Pięciodniowa Podróż do Kolumbii
NONCONFORMIST TRAVELS BETWEEN POLAND AND COLOMBIA Five day odyssey to Medellin in Colombia is finished. During couple of days trip I had some time for a healthy dose of madness, found and adventure or two and eventually, didn’t get any opportunity to rest well at all. Somewhere on the way down to Medellin I visited…
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It’s a Time for Transformational Festival. What is Burning Man All About? (The Man Burns in 2 Days! )Czas Na Festiwal Transformacyjny, czyli o co chodzi w Burning Man! (Facet Spłonie Za 2 Dni!)
WHAT IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL FESTIVAL? A transformational festival is a counterculture festival that espouses a community-building ethic, and a value system that celebrates life, personal growth, social responsibility, healthy living, and creative expression. Transformational alludes both to personal transformation (self-realization) and steering the transformation of culture toward sustainability. Wikipedia What distinguishes transformational festivals from a…
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The Man Burns in 11 days, how to take part in Burning Man – Broadcast Live!Facet spłonie już za 11 dni: Jak Wziąć Udział w Burning Man – Transmisja na Żywo!
(Reuters/Jim Urquhart) Another sculpture made of wood will burn really soon, which is not even 2 weeks from now! The gate opens earlier though and since I’m not going this year I’ll celebrate the thing in other means, starting with this blog! There are many ways to virtually take part in the festival, here’s the…
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„Tequila Oil: Getting Lost in Mexico” – Hugh Thomson Book Review„Tequila Oil, Czyli Jak Zgubić Się w Meksyku” – Komentarzo-recenzja książki Hugh Thomsona
Here’s an interesting book, the one that not only will inspire you to travel but have a potential to tell you how to make it happen. I bumped into „Tequila Oil…” just before my trip to Burning Man, after which I planned to explore western part of the US and eventually head south to Mexico.…
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The best orange I ever had was stolen…Najlepsza pomarańcza jaką jadłem była kradziona…
…by a bunch of dedicated Christians from San Diego county in California. Autumn 2009, somewhere in the middle of my hitchhiking trip across United States, during a visit I paid to my friends I met a month ago in South Dakota. My friends used to introduce me to their friends, after some time I realised…
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„Soft Landing” (Part Two)„Miękkie lądowanie” (Część Druga)
One ferry, two flights, few buses and a subway, four trains and five countries, all of that during 48 hour period. One year ago, when I was going back from Peru I flew to London and then hitchhiked all the way down to Poland. Seems like adventurous homecomings are now a tradition. From Colombia I…
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„Soft Landing”„Miękkie Lądowanie”
During one of my first flights I realised that aviation has a lot of space for improvement. I bet you remember that shortly before the landing you can hear „funny sounds”, feel the plane rocking to the left and right and eventually hitting the ground not that soft. Sometimes it is so hard that stressed…
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Few More Pictures From 2013, PeopleKilka Zdjęć z 2013, Ludzie
This time is about people. I’ve planned something completely different, but there is a strong party vibe in the hostel so according to „plan B” I am sharing few good moments from 2013. Cover picture borrowed from older 2013 entry. Man working on unloading fishing boats, Oregon, USA. Climbers. Typical evening on Camp 4, Yosemite…
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Burning Man: Yerba Mate Playa Express
Let’s get back to the Burning Man for a short while. The whole thing is a gifting and sharing community. It means that every participant should make some contribution during the event, for the sake of whatever idea stands behind it. Just spread the love and enjoy giving. Some people give candies, other massages and…
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The best
I like coincidences. They make me feel like there is something more about life besides things we can perceive only with our senses. Seems like intuition has a lot to do with it as well. I am in San Francisco for seven days now, but I showed up in the Bay Area little bit earlier. It’s…