by SilverBackpacker | Eat, Thoughts
Why I eat local For me, eating local is part of the fun and adventure of travelling. Some of my most memorable travel experiences are having meals in the most remote places, or just eating street food fresh from a wagon in Bangkok. If you spend a few days in one place...
by SilverBackpacker | Morocco, Music for the Road, Train Travel
The Marrakesh Express Ever since i first heard this song back in 1969 I have always dreamt about taking a ride on this train. Back then i used my imagination as Graham Nash sang the words ” we’re riding on the Marrakesh...
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 | SBP Book Club
Beyond the Sky and the Earth by Jamie Zeppa In “Beyond the Sky and the Earth” Jamie Zeppas portrayal of her life in Bhutan is written with such insight and care for the world around her, that even the most jaded world traveller would find enchantment in...
