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Screen name:

Adam

Age:

Gender:

Male

Travel status:

Traveling soon

Hometown:

Chicago

Currently in:

Chicago

Traveling Next:

South America

Favorite places I've been:

Madrid, Paris, Cadiz, Rabat, Berlin, Lisbon, Charleston SC, NYC, Prague

Places I want to go to:

Buenos Aires, Bogota, Shanghai, drive from the east through western China, bike from Miami to Alaska, Indonchina

About me:

I'm a writer and photographer, just finished up a year in Spain and back in Chicago, heading out to NYC to put down some roots and get into travel industry. I love LISBON, exploring new places, anything Spanish, and hanging with people I've just met. Looking for work now in the travel industry or the web...or both.

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/adam

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Travel style:

Travelling solo and with friends both have their advantages. When going alone you can easily jump into any group that passes your way. It forces you to meet people, be outgoing, make friends. On the downside, the in-between times (ie, actually moving on a plane, bus or train) can be a bit lonely. When with friends, you're all going through the same experience on the same schedule, so you really bond in a way that will keep you friends forever. But you don't meet as many people, and it's harder to wind up in totally insane places.

Quote:

"There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it."
-- Charles Dudley Warner

Sports I do:

Biking, running, hiking, soccer, basketball

Favorite artist(s):

Matisse, Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

You.

Languages spoken, other than English:

Spanish

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

I sleep somewhere I didn't know existed when I woke up that morning.

Why I travel:

I feel worse when I don't.

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

The twisted cobble-stoned streets of Cordoba

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

The beach in Malaga

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by DYNAMIC HAND... | 2008/08/05

hello can you pls help us in getting volunteers who would like to volunteer in a program of teaching in a school (English math and any other educational things. and also a placement at a clinic or hospital here in Ghana west Africa.thanks

by Evan Thoreau | 2008/06/20

Guatemala sounds sick. Yes, summer's been killer. Let's def. grab a beer sometime. Kingston Mines??? We're also having a party at our crib in Roscoe Village, I'll keep you updated.
-e

by Evan Thoreau | 2008/06/17

Yo Adam, what's happening dood? How's the Chi treating you this summer? Finally nice weather, eh?!
-e

by deva | 2008/01/12

Hey, sounds like busy times! Great to hear you'll be back and blogging with a vengeance soon.

I just landed a two month leave, so I'm headed to the South for a March road trip, and the Eastern Caribbean in April! Totally psyched. Incidentally, when I land in Atlanta it'll be my first-ever visit to a red state. (An old man from South Carolina once said to me: "You've been to Boston, New York and California? Sweetheart, you've never been to America."

Hope to read more from you soon!

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by deva | 2007/12/29

Long time no blog! Still around?

by noodlita | 2007/11/09

I hope they are helpful!
There is so much more of Guatemala that we didn't get to visit, but as far as I know, it's all pretty interesting. The one place I really wish we had gone to, is Livingstone, the only Garifuna settlement in Guatemala.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garifuna
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/09/01/html/ft_20010901.6.html

by Arajuno Road... | 2007/10/22

Hi Adam, Thanks for the support, if you are every round our way feel free to pop in and say hi!

by btlax545 | 2007/10/12

hey, you have some interesting pics and great stories. I really like the train one. Can't wait to read more!

by btlax545 | 2007/10/12

hey, you have some interesting pics and great stories. I really like the train one. Can't wait to read more!

by Erin Granat | 2007/09/24

Stoked you liked the blog, stoked you even READ that much of it. I couldn't even get my parents to do that much. :) I'm looking forward to reading your stuff...

by nicole steakley | 2007/09/22

Hey!
I am definately have the travel bug ingrained in me and am really ready to head off again. Mexico didn't really cout. Cabo is totally ruined now a days, and I got stuck in a hurricane there.Im ready to had back down to South America soo!

by Barb | 2007/09/20

Love the tomatoes!

by GabachaYucateca | 2007/09/18

como fueron mis 5 añ6s en Mexico? A veces frustrante y dificil, pero siempre lindo!

by Sustainable ... | 2007/09/17

Karibu Tanzania, the lovely country you can visit serengeti National Park and Mt.Kilimanjaro while your host SYDP will take care of all the logistic.
Regards
Eward Athanas,
Sustainable Youth Development Partnership
P.O Box 35425
Dar es salaam
Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-2775494/5
Mobile:+255-755 687630
Website: www.sydp.or.tz
Email:

by 2Dimplez | 2007/09/13

Beautiful pictures Adam!

by CarinaP | 2007/09/03

Thanks, you got some great photos too!

by zento | 2007/09/02

THanks, I think I was already put up as a local expert for BA and Bariloche :) I should write a guide though....good thinking. Cheers!

by DYNAMIC HAND... | 2007/08/31

thanks so much for check on us we are very glad.
we will load the rest of the information need when you want or somebody to come what he or she need to come with.and other necessary information thanks so much Adam

by candice | 2007/08/30

Yeah I know, I've got to get on that :) Im so busy trying to get an internship right now that its cut into my writing time :( I see that you're going to new york- that's so awesome, Im going to try to move there when Im done with school.

by TravelingPen | 2007/08/29

Ey! Isn't it cute? It's my baby's foot! ;)

by Turner | 2007/08/29

Thanks. Check the flickr link under my profile; there are more pictures of those two islands.

by phishtopher | 2007/08/29

thanks. i think i just get lucky sometimes. even an average photographer can capture great things when the subject is so beautiful.

being in china i can only view your pics as thumbnails, but they look great, especially the angles and lines of the buildings.

by switzin | 2007/08/29

Well, I took a study break for eight months and traveled in a Volkswagen bus through the United States. Nashville became my base-city where I refueled because I had friends there. I made more friends, and finally decided to move here to finish my studies. Then ... I met my hubby.
The ideal world for me though is dividing my time between the US, Europe and add some exotic places into the mix. I love to take pictures of places I've been to.
I'm going to Cadiz in November - any advice on what I must go and see?

by Adam | 2007/08/29

Wow Cadiz - it's a gorgeous city and you can certainly pass some nice time there, but I'd reccomend renting a car and travelling to some of the small hilltop villages close by. There's tons of them, I actually did this trip in April while living in Spain for the year, so if you want some more detailed info I can definitely let you know. The towns are quaint and artsy and charming, and the views are spectacular.

by Flavia | 2007/08/29

Good idea and of course they have! I will have to work on a cook book ;)

by rjlight | 2007/08/29

My husband taught at an American school. I do blog and I write all the time. I haven't written much about Spain yet, but am working on that.

by Anna Brones | 2007/08/29

Thanks! They are the joint work of mine and my boyfriend's.

by S.M.K. | 2007/08/29

i was 3 almost 4 years old when my parents decided i should be in the U.S.

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BLUES Chicago

By Adam | Location: United States | 10/22/07 | Pics: 0

Looking for some fun in the Windy City? Chicago is known for its music scene, most
notably the blues, and the city is ripe with clubs that showcase some of the
finest musicians playing the emotional urban sound in the country. One of my favorites, in the Lincoln Park
neighborhood (far...

On Meeting On A Train

By Adam | Location: Italy | 10/04/07 | Pics: 2

Charles was taking the Intercity train from Florence to Bologne to visit friends, and when he sat down diagonally across from me just before the ride started I thought he was Italian. His skin was very dark and he had the stubble of a beard several days old. His peacock coat...

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By Adam | Location: United States | 09/19/07 | Pics: 1

It is the little details that strike you most when arriving in a new place. When I arrived in the urban pueblo of Velez-Malaga after two weeks in Madrid and Granada, the first thing that struck me was the smell of the sea. The town is two miles inland from the Mediterranean, but the fresh...

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