by SilverBackpacker | Thoughts
Follow Your Own Path The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having...
by SilverBackpacker | Thoughts
Travel is Happiness The poem is not by Neruda, as is commonly and frequently claimed on the many sites where the poem appears. This beautiful poem belongs to Martha Medeiros, a brazilian writer, author of several books and columnist for the newspaper “Zero Hora”, in...
by SilverBackpacker | Thoughts
Slow Down and Enjoy Life More Slow Dance Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight? Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? You better slow down. Don’t dance...
by SilverBackpacker | India, Karnataka, Memories of India
Glow of Hope or “Woman With the Lamp” ~ Mysore The painting shows an Indian woman holding a lighted candle in one hand, the other hand covering the light of the candle from the front. The woman is in a simple and traditional Indian saree. Even though I...
by SilverBackpacker | England, Train Travel
Train Travel Part 1 ~ School and Beyond “Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.” ― Paul Theroux I love to travel by train. Ever since i was a schoolboy I...
