This Felix guy is pretty cool/mental. Heard his stunt got postponed until Thursday due to bad weather. Well good luck to him. I really hope he does it.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Travel Inspiration For The Home
I am a self-confessed Pinner and am the site’s biggest fan. Pinterest is definitely the best place to browse for travel inspiration. I am currently in one of my crafting stages due to unemployed boredom (sob) and have managed to find projects which also incorporate my love of travel. Here are a few of some of the little gems I have managed to find…
Atlas Drawers
This is such a nice idea and you could use it on all types of furniture. You could decorate storage boxes with various maps and but all your travel memorabilia and souvenirs inside. That is definitely what i’ll be doing!
Heart Photo frame
Cut out love hearts from maps of all the places you’ve been/want to go/love and frame them. Easy peasy! This will help to inspire all your travel planning.
Map Coasters
Great to hold your cup of tea while you plan your next trip!
We met, we married, we lived frame.
Perfect for couples. Just cut love hearts out of maps of where you met/married/lived with your partner. I think its really romantic but I won’t be making this anytime soon. Way to young to get married just yet! But you could change the concept of this and make presents for your family and friends.
Map Wallpaper
I. WANT. THIS. IN. MY. HOUSE. That is…when I can afford to move out of my parents house and have a place of my own. Having a whole wall dedicated to the map of the world will definitely inspire you to travel more. You could even mark the places you want to go for a more personal feel.
I found all these great ideas on pinterest. All the projects are a perfect way to bring travel within your home and inspire you on a daily basis.
How To Survive A Shark Attack
Festivals To See Before YouDie
Día de Muertos, Mexico
The Art Of Tea Drinking
The Real-Life Robinson Crusoe
All I can say is that I want to be this man. What a life, eh? The 86-year-old English man, Brendon Grimshaw has lived alone for years on the tiny island of Moyenne in the Seychelles. He has managed to create his own paradise when he bought the island in 1962 for £8000. Yes £8000. That’s less than a fancy car.
However, while he may own a piece of palm tree’d paradise that many merely dream about, his days are far from filled with cocktail sipping and sunbathing relaxation. Instead, the Yorkshire man has spent the years reintroducing the indigenous giant tortoise to Moyenne, and now shares his home with 120 of them. It has now become on of the world’s smallest national parks.
What a guy. Not only does he live in paradise, but he also spends his time doing something worth while, and giving something back. Isn’t that the ultimate goal, and what we all want in life?
All I know is I want his phone number. Can I be Friday?
Bob Marley: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Him
Now, I’d be the first to stand up and declare my love of Bob Marley’s music. His laid back and soulful tunes are the perfect potion for banishing the blues. His Rastafarian lyrics have symbolized hippy values for years, and continue to hold meaning for many. After all, he remains the ultimate hippy. His songs continue to spread the message of all things tree-huggers love. It’s all about peace man! And love and unity, right?
Well yes of course, and that’s why we love his music. He wouldn’t be the same Bob otherwise. However, as I often declare to be Bob’s number one fan, it’s sometimes nice to look beyond, and see the man behind the music. While he will always remain as one of the world’s greatest hippies, after years of obsessive reading on my behalf, I have discovered that he was also a pretty interesting man, who led a pretty interesting life. Here are ten facts that you probably didn’t know about him (and yes I realize I do come across as a bit of a stalker, but I’m not Eminem’s ‘Stan’ I promise):
- Bob’s father was a 50 year old white British naval captain called Norval Sinclair Marley. Bob’s mum was a 19 year old black village girl named Cedella. Imagine the uproar THAT caused in both families.
- ‘Tuff Gong’, the name of Bob’s record label, was the nickname Bob earned for himself in the Kingston ghetto of Trenchtown for being the wrong kind of guy to mess with.
- Bob was twenty-one when he married the Trenchtown Sunday school teacher named Rita. Despite having countless affairs and numerous children with different women, he remained married to this Trenchtown beauty right up to his death
- Football remained his great passion after music, and Bob was able to play to a professional level. His love for it was so strong that the fatal cancer which would end his life, emerged from a foot injury that had resulted from a game of football.
- Bob was never bitter though. When he died, a football was placed within his coffin
- As a little kid, Bob had a spooky knack of successfully predicting the future of people by reading their palm. Many have stated he even predicted his own future, and declared he would die at the age of 36. He did.
- Of course, he was a devout Rastafarian. Ras Tafari is the name of a man who was crowned King of Ethiopia in 1930.
- He was a massive flirt. In the end Bob had 13 children by 9 different women. Its even be said he had three children born in four weeks by three different women. (Bloody hell)
- Bob’s ska band ‘The Wailers’ were originally called ‘The Teenagers’.
- And lastly, nobody really knows what the word ‘reggae’ means, or where it originated.