Red Cat-eye Glasses
“Cute glasses, LN! Are those real diamonds?” “hahahahahahahahahahaha. No…. But the story of them is epic.” (She didn’t want to hear the story. She just […]
Continue reading »Category: ADVENTURE STORIES!
Everyone likes adventure stories.
Pictures! (finally)
Ok. I’ve been absent for a really long time. Haven’t even really been on the bookface, either. So- here are some pictures. MYANMAR […]
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Bolivia
A lot of people ask me “So… When you travel… What do you do? Do you have an itinerary? How much do you plan?” This […]
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ep31. Procrastination and Flight Delays
A story of a really bad travel experience in 2012…. that ended up with me being alive. Thanks (or no thanks?) to my procrastination. ————- Transcript: […]
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Ep26. Turkish Bath House
A lot of people LOVE their bath/spa experience…. So I went to the oldest bathhouse in Istanbul. My experience was…… interesting….. Definitely memorable. (I don’t […]
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ep25. Zoey’s Last Adventure
Yea. I know I already posted about her here. But I climbed out of my depression and produced a piece for her, too. I loved […]
Continue reading »Ode to Zoey
They always say that cats have 9 lives… and maybe that’s true. Zoey lived so adventurously that she probably would have filled 9 more lives […]
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Ep21-Buzludzha! (Creepy abandoned communist building in Bulgaria)
“Did you ever find yourself believing in something you didn’t fathom before?” <Kirby theme in Budludzha> “Old communist building… I’m going to pause and put […]
Continue reading »China Observations (#3)
I’m slightly behind on my aunt’s Chinese Observations. #2 talks about how they hired her husband/her to teach. The selling point was a “FAB LAB” […]
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Ep20. Falling Apart
Stuff always falls apart while traveling. Plans change, health declines. Items disintegrate… Relationships fade… It doesn’t always happen, but it’s usually inevitable, no matter where […]
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S-K-O-P-J-E! The capital of Macedonia
What would you do if you had 100Million Euros (or more!) to spend on a country? What would you spend it on? The leaders of […]
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(Don’t) Hurry up and wait…. In Alaska.
I’ve always complained about the “hurry up and wait” mentality. I *KNOW* that you should always be appreciative and aware of the place that you are… […]
Continue reading »Perfect roadtrip
According to Science— they have figured out the “perfect road trip” I disagree with it, of course, because an American Roadtrip is about finding something […]
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Ep.17 Disaster Relief: Stories from Haiyan
Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) hit the Philippines on November 7, 2013. It had winds that were stronger than Hurricane Sandy and Katrina combined. I was […]
Continue reading »Yosemite Campsite Land Rush
“Hey! Wanna go to a wedding with me in October in Yosemite?” “Sure….?” “Great! We need to wake up early on May 15th and book a […]
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Ep16. Hospitals
Hospitals are scary…. But why? I’m scared of the cost- but what are OTHER people scared of? We investigate other countries (Australia, Canada, South Africa, […]
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Ep15. Machu Picchu – “It’s about the journey, not the destination”
I was in Peru and everyone is all “OMG! Are you gonna go on the Machu Pichu trek?” …sure! Why not? So I did. But […]
Continue reading »Colombia CouchSurfing!
“You never went home with strangers, did you?” Couchsurfing.org is like online dating, but for a place to stay. You fill out an online profile […]
Continue reading »House Sitting stories
In my attempts to still live on 34$ a day, I’ve taken up the new hobby (job?) of house sitting. I use a website called […]
Continue reading »Working While Traveling
I’ve worked in several places while I travel. Sometimes because I had to, sometimes because I want to feel useful/have an excuse to get out […]
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Ep12. Ln and Peter Moore go to Italy! (not together)
I interviewed Peter Moore- travel writer and author of Vroom With A View along with several other (awesome!) books about his travels. While interviewing him, […]
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Ep11. Breaking Down in Australia
I’m seriously excited about this, guys!!! New podcasts where I interview OTHER PEOPLE! and get their travel stories! (As well as give you a story of my own… […]
Continue reading »Screw you, TSA!
“TSA stands for ‘taking scissors away’” – Leib Lurie When all of your belongings are in a backpack and you NEVER EVER (WHY WOULD YOU […]
Continue reading »Car accident + hospital stay – US health insurance = no fun
Jan 3rd, 2015- Outside of Kimball, Nebraska. Note: I do NOT recommend rolling your car. Not even for the “thrill” or “adventure”. There’s no real […]
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Ep10. Volcano Sledding
I’m trying something new with this format. Do you like it? Please give me feedback! LN.Lurie (at) yahoo (dot) com @hydrix13 (twitter) Location: Leon, Nicaragua […]
Continue reading »The birth of a bucket list (“Hello, I’m Susan”)
Last night I went swing dancing with a friend- a hobby that I used to enjoy quite often. As Leeds spun me around, he asked the […]
Continue reading »Ep9. Did you Always Wear a Money Belt?
(view out the window during the really long bus ride) I’m trying something new with this format. Do you like it? Please give me feedback! “You […]
Continue reading »10kg
I booked my holiday flight (London Gatwick-JFK) with Norwegian for 280$usd. A bargain, right? Even though it’s bare minimum service, I’ll take it. When they […]
Continue reading »I would do anything for love…
I decided to go back to Cape Town for a boy. This is something I haven’t done since… uh…. Highschool? I guess you could say […]
Continue reading »Marcus
As I said before, I work in a backpackers in Cape Town. One morning I got a weird call from a woman named Shamise. She said “I’m […]
Continue reading »Hostel (Hostile?) Living
I’ve been working in a hostel for 3 weeks. Most backpackers/travelers go to hostels, stay a night, party, sometimes sleep, and leave the next day… […]
Continue reading »I love you, man!
I’m recently met a German girl named Chris who overheard me praising our cook: “I loooooove collard-greens, Peter! Thank you!” She called me out: “You’re […]
Continue reading »Creamy or Crunchy nut-butter?
This is a question that I ask on first dates. It’s probably the most important question- because it will shape the rest of the relationship […]
Continue reading »“Occupation”
On every custom form they ask for your occupation. I never know what to answer on this because A) I’ve been freelancing for over 2 […]
Continue reading »Playing Cards
I (stupidly) decided to be cheap and forgo the 25$ checked bag fee from Darwin to Singapore- because, hello! I’ll be in the tropics and […]
Continue reading »100 passport stamps
I love looking through my passport. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine- seeing the stamps and visas that I’ve collected, remembering all the boarder crossings […]
Continue reading »“Trust me! I’m an Engineer!”
Location: Jo’burg, South Africa I had a few hours to kill before dinner and my brother was taking a nap, so I decided to […]
Continue reading »That was unexpected!
Location: Cairo, Egypt On my family’s tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza, our tour guide took us to the “papyrus institute”- a place […]
Continue reading »The mugging incident
I feel like enough time has gone by for me to finally talk about this. People always seem to ask “what’s the worst thing that […]
Continue reading »Ek hou van Kaapstad (I like Cape Town)
Ah, Cape Town. I feel like I have lived, died, got reborn, and lived again here. Between love and fear, the past 2 weeks have […]
Continue reading »In the face of a Lion
Amy Purdy was a teenage snowboarder. When she was a teenager, she heard about a boy who lost his legs in a freak accident and […]
Continue reading »Typhoon Haiyan (part 3)
In my game days- here are the best and worst days: Worst days: Fable 3 crunch-being in some big machine that x-rays you every 2 […]
Continue reading »Typhoon Haiyan – part 2
NOTE: I’m a freelance volunteer. I have no affiliation. Which means that I can write and be totally open about everything I’ve seen. (HORRAY FOR […]
Continue reading »Typhoon Haiyan (part 1)
Update: I was in the Philippines when the typhoon hit. I was in a safe place called MoalBoal which is in south Cebu (Cebu is […]
Continue reading »Everybody Dance Now
I’ve been making playlists like crazy lately in prep for my trip to S.E. Asia. One of them is a “top thirty(coughcoughsomething)” list of top […]
Continue reading »Acquiring an Indian Visa
Getting an Indian visa was a little more than sketchy. Because I couldn’t find any other blog posts about it, I thought I would post […]
Continue reading »Live Theater Crew vs Video Game Dev
Recently I was in the world’s first amateur production of Phantom of the Opera in Melbourne, Australia. It was put on by Cloc which is made […]
Continue reading »Peru (zombie survival)
I went to a few areas in Peru: Lima, Cusco (Machu Picchu) and Arequipa (Colca Canyon). All are lovely as are the people and the […]
Continue reading »Colombia-Zombie Survival
I haven’t really felt inspired to write a Zombie-survival page for every country/place that I’ve been in. Panama was difficult because I was mostly in […]
Continue reading »Spidey-sense
Normally I don’t listen to people when they try to warn me about areas. Normally people feed off fear and regurgitate it for no real […]
Continue reading »Pronounciation
I’ve been sick for the past few days (my first cold since I’ve been traveling! not bad for third world countries!) but I decide to […]
Continue reading »Herbie Hancock
Last night I saw Herbie Hancock perform. It was actually kind of amazing. I should note that I felt pretty amazing before the concert even […]
Continue reading »Laugh @ LN time!
My parents decided to come to Panama to a) take a Caravan Tour of the Panama Canal and b) See me! I’ve missed them, so […]
Continue reading »Dear Cristi
A brilliant guy told me to write TO people if I wanted to improve my writing- so this is my attempt. Dear Cristi, You wrote […]
Continue reading »Be sad.
I keep having really weird dreams as of late-. Back in the day I used to have lucid dreams, but then I quit my job […]
Continue reading »Getting fired from a volunteer position
Back story: I’ve been finding volunteer work through a wonderful website called Workaway.info. My whole goal, while traveling, was to try all kinds of work/deal […]
Continue reading »Christmas, Volcano Sledding and Bull-fighting, oh my!
Dec 23rd, Leon, Nicaragua Dear Mom, I went volcano sledding. Hold on, let me repeat that for you. I SLEDDED DOWN A VOLCANO! Yep. new […]
Continue reading »Nicaragua! (so far)
I have been on 2 farms in the past 2 weeks and here is what I have done: 1) I am a fan of hitchhiking […]
Continue reading »Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Tour- Belize
I meant to write this a long time ago, but time slipped away from me. THE ATM TOUR!!!! SOOOO COOL!!! A caving adventure where a […]
Continue reading »Bugs and bites
So let’s talk about bug bites, shall we? When you’re outside in grassy areas, you may get the occasional mosquito bite. Hell, you may even […]
Continue reading »Guatemala
Guatemala has been an experience. Here are some things I have learned: 1) People here are dirt-poor. But happy. The only thing I miss is […]
Continue reading »Belize (Spanish Creek, Rancho Dolores)
Week 1: complete. I have done more this week than I did in 3 months working back home. I also feel fantastic! Accomplished! Healthy! Here […]
Continue reading »Hurricane prep!
As Hurricane Sandy approaches I thought I would repost this useful tidbit for all my east-coast friends. Be prepared for lots of water, wind and […]
Continue reading »Hurricane prep!
As Hurricane Sandy approaches I thought I would repost this useful tidbit for all my east-coast friends. Be prepared for lots of water, wind and […]
Continue reading »Why I love Houston, Tx
I used to live in Houston back in 2008-2009. This was the year that 1) I moved back to the states from a terrible/miserable experience […]
Continue reading »Italy -random stories
My friend Suzanne and I went to Italy recently. This isn’t part of my RTW trip– more of a recon mission to a) see if […]
Continue reading »Italian nutella glass
Look at the really cute Italian nutella glasses! First- yay snatches! Second- you turn into a cow? Magic!
Continue reading »Monterosso (cinque terre), Italy (zombie survival)
Monterosso is one of the 5 cities (vinca terras) in the mouth of the Italian Rivera. Little villages of about 1000+ people that has turned […]
Continue reading »30-15-30
On my 30th birthday I decided to (attempt) to walk 30-miles around Manhattan and across all the Manhattan bridges. (15 of them). So I started […]
Continue reading »Waffles
(repost– from 2009) So I got woken up this morning by a text from Jenn saying “hey! did you try on that dress yet?”…. Great. […]
Continue reading »Juneau, Alaska (zombie survival place)
Juneau is an old Indian phrase for “amazingly beautiful” (ok, I made that up). But it is! Probably all of Alaska is, but I only […]
Continue reading »A man named Velvet
Today I took the 704 bus back from Santa Monica to Hollywood (where I’m staying). I just got done working out so I’m sweaty, gross, […]
Continue reading »Date a girl who travels
Inspired by “date a girl who reads” — I present you this. You’re welcome.
Continue reading »“That Bear Ate My Pants”
Kindle book link I’ve been reading this book for about a week. I never ever want it to end. It’s not a good “going to […]
Continue reading »Opera
Went to a Wagner opera. Here is what I think happened: 2nd act… Fat guy comes back from something traumatic. Girl in white = Elizabeth […]
Continue reading »London, Paris, Amsterdam and Vienna
Ok…. It’s been a while, so here is my trip update so far— its random, so bare with me. London: -holy fuck— must live here! […]
Continue reading »First week
I’ve been “across the pond” for a week and haven’t updated… So here you go: 1) I’m having an amazing time! Everyone I talk to […]
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