From Polar Bears to Penguins – Driving North to South across the Americas
Posted in Quote of the Day on Mar 7th, 2009
“We do not call them “Elgin” marbles. Why would we name them after a thief?” – A Greek traveler discussing the marbles removed from Parthenon by Lord Elgin and now lodged in the British museum.
Posted in Quote of the Day on Feb 23rd, 2009
“…we live so sunk in ourselves that we don’t notice that what is actually happening to us leaves intact, at every moment, what might happen to us” – Jose Saramago
Posted in Quote of the Day on Jan 26th, 2009
“Oh my gosh! It is the Bates motel!” – Friend Vinay after we pulled into a seemingly rundown hostal in Cucao, Chiloé.
Posted in Quote of the Day on Jan 11th, 2009
“There was a time when religion ruled the world, it was known as the Dark Ages.” – Friend, diarist and thinker, Fred Gault
Posted in Quote of the Day on Dec 17th, 2008
“If you are bored of London, you are bored of life” – London based Polish economist in Rio de Janeiro