Really, Without Travel...There is Nothing.

See, the problem with travel is that once you get a tiny taste of it, you can't get it out of your system.  I can gaze at this photo of colorful birds adorning the side of a small house on Isla Holbox and tailspin into a full systems analysis of MST and exactly what am I doing with my life again?   I can place a guilt trip on my soul like no other.  Should I not be taking a few years - now - when I'm "young" - to just go?  Are these wee bits of escape enough to satiate this one fragile life of mine?  Maybe...but maybe not.   If the world really ends in 2012, am I really spending my time wisely?  It's enough to make one shut down and simply go blank.  That's what snapshots are for.

On any given day, while flipping thru pix, I happen upon a photo of the word "Cuba" which is strategically placed above the bar at lovely Casa Sandra on the windy side of the beach on Holbox and not only do I want to be perched right there sipping a cold, sparkly mojito - oh no...I also want to be in sultry Havana, or  bewitching Campeche which reminds me of Cuba, or down wandering the cobble stoned streets in Old San Juan which is really just across a small stretch of water from Cuba.  That then leads to a mojito at Versailles in LA - Culver City to be exact.  At least it's something - one step closer to there.  Wherever there is.

The Italian inspired book Casa Sandra presents the bill in transports me to Italy and the dark alleyways of Rome I once explored on the way to Greece.  The lodge feel of the dining room there reminds me of Africa and a bizarre X/mas-time safari I once partook in.  Every place I go can hopscotch my mind onto the next, and the next and the next.  Or even the past. 

It's like a constant swirl of travel memories - some that don't even exist yet.  All of which get me through the day.

Comments

[D.Daniel]

Loving your blog.
"At least it's something - one step closer to there. Wherever there is"

For me it's just.....There. Is.
and without travel..... There. Isn't.

[Dave Shults]

I was in Toronto a number of years ago and there were billboards for Cuba vacations. Made me want to go! You're right about travel though. Once you start, forget it, you're hooked. Keep traveling, keep writing!

[Claire Tomko]

You really are a most amazing women,,I read your dispatches and I
feel like Im there too! You are right,,we have to live each day to it's fullest and you always inspire me with your gift of words and pics. I
am disappointed when you are silent for a few days,,but then I know
your mind has been working overtime! I pray travel is in my near future.

[gina]

MST -- Funny you should mention Cuba. Now that we live in Canada we have met so many Canadians who have been to Cuba and LOVE it. T. thinks we should get down there before it is 'ruined'. It looks like it is a step back in time to the '50's...what fun.
xo