I wanted to write something more about my experience in Iran. At the time I didn’t write much on the blog. But I did write a lot in my diary which will appear in a book in the future.
Some experiences stay in my mind in particular. They started at Agarak, the Armenian-Iranian border. I remember [...]
By Andy
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Posted in Expedition Journal, Georgia, Iran
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Also tagged bam, Couchsurfing, culture, Cycling, desert, history, Iran, isfahan, kerman, memories, south iran, yazd
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Being in a new location, and having hatched new plans I’m finding myself at that stage of tilling the ground and sowing the seeds to hopefully grow into burgeoning new projects.
By Andy
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Posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia
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Also tagged Friends, Georgia, group, mentality, networking, ngo, Photography, projects, psychology, Tbilisi, Volunteering, writing
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Writing is going ok. It’s new territory and a new challenge and I’m enjoying it.I have written about a previous adventure before- a mountain bike ride from Inverness to Fort William in May 2006. You can read that account in the earlier blog archives. I feel that my writing then was particularly stylised to appeal [...]
I watched this today and it really struck a chord. Luckily I think I’ve worked a certain amount of what he is saying out over the past few years and been able to act on it.
Quoted March 9, 2009
“Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.” — Jean de La Fontaine
1. Pursue my music production interests+ meet likeminded people
2. Paint and draw - making art in general
3. Spend time with mum, dad, sister, grandparents, in fact my entire family
By Andy
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Posted in Asia, Constructive Ranting
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Also tagged Art, Conviction, Dancing, Drawing, Energy, Expression, Friends, Making Stuff, Music, Music Production, Painting, People, Singing
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“Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working [...]
“Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be” - Bob Dylan
I just had a thought whilst uploading photos to Flickr. None of them exist in a physical form. I’m getting high on my own pictures. I think some of them are good but then I would wouldn’t I.
By Andy
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Posted in Constructive Ranting, Expedition Journal, India
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Also tagged Action, Beach, Body, Brochure, Carelessness, Coastal Development, Digital, Expression, Flickr, Getting High, Getting Lost, Goa, Government, Holiday, Karnataka, Local People, Marketing, Paradise, Photography, Physical, Practical Information, Reversal, Sand, Sand Castle, Sea, Thoughtlessness, Time, Toes, Tomato Sauce, Too Much Information, Tourism, Water, White Men, Work
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