Tweet I have been in a slightly pensive mood lately. Fairly typical in my case. Such moods roll over me every few months and linger for a while. I actually enjoy them quite a bit. The word I most associate with in this times is melancholy, which can mean depression in its normal sense, but [...]
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My Name is Lucky.
Tweet “Bond, James Bond.” “Lucky, Michael Lucky Hodson.” Just doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as easily. But given that one of those is a fictional character and the other seems to describe my actual real life, I think I win. I have written a good bit before about my random good luck around the [...]
Why I am a Travel Oddball
Tweet It took me about three days to get from Girona, Spain to Ljubljana, Slovenia. Each day was somewhere between eight to twelve hours of actual travel, spent almost entirely on trains. I love travel. By that I mean I actually love the act of traveling. Just the “getting there” part. I love trains, buses, cars, [...]
Change Things Up — Turn the Other Way
Tweet We all tend to get into ruts in our life, some big, some small. That isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, a good portion of the time it is quite a good thing. Having routines is one way to keep our sanity. Having some of your brain work on auto-pilot lets your mind [...]
The Short Tale of an Idiot
Tweet That idiot would be me, of course. Earlier this year, I was in Amman for about a month to prepare for and then conduct a social media training seminar for a group of people in the travel industry in Jordan. It was a great chance to work with two of my favorite bloggers and [...]
Solo Travel and the Issue of Loneliness
Tweet There are a multitude of perils of long-term travel. Though I get more than my fair share of comments along the lines of “wow, your life must be great” when I tell people that I travel full-time, it has its ups and downs just like any life choice. Although I do hear that line [...]
Voice for Radio and a Face to Match
Tweet Radio is one of my favorite media formats, both to listen to and also to appear on. In my past lives, both in politics and law, I have had plenty of opportunities to be interviewed by print, radio and television. Radio is simply just a lot of fun. As the saying goes… voice for [...]
Jet Lag Hell
Tweet “This is why I travel overland. I am an overland traveler. I am an overland traveler.” Laying in bed, I repeat it over and over again, as if it will solve my current woe. There are plenty of reasons I prefer traveling overland as much as I can. In fact, I am in the [...]
I took off in December of 2008 to circle the planet with no reservations and without leaving the ground. Sixteen months later, I succeed. My permanent travels have just continued from there. Feel free to email me at: michaelshodson@yahoo.com
Michael Hodson
