travel-writing

I know when people think of New York, they think of theater, restaurants, cultural landmarks and shopping,_ I told him. __ut beyond the iconic skyline and the news from Wall Street, New York is a collection of villages. In our neighborhoods, we attend school, play Kick the Can, handball and ride our bikes. I grew up knowing the names and faces of the baker, the shoe repair family, the Knish man and the Good Humor man who sold me and the other kids in my neighborhood half a popsicle for a nickel. My father took me to the playground where he pushed me on the swing, helped balance me on the seesaw and watched as I hung upside down by my feet on the monkey bars. Yes,_ I told the interviewer, __eople actually grow up in New York.

If you want it badly enough, it__ yours.

As long as you__e breathing, it__ never too late to reconnect with a long-held love.

Practice trust in small matters for huge returns in the large ones.

Go for it. It will make a great story.

Those who walk the talk get the work.

Keep moving. Your next big thing may be just around the corner.

You__ be surprised who will back down when you speak up.

Fear not your flame as you flood your caverns with firelight.

By necessity, we are direct and swift in speech and movement. This is the true dynamic that underlies our apocryphal rudeness. Also true: we do not make eye contact. Neither do we encourage it. Consider the number of humans a New Yorker will pass on a given day _ on the subway, in a train or bus terminal, in an office or simply walking down the street. To facilitate speed and minimize drama, it__ productive to keep one__ eyes focused ahead.

Want more fizz in your life? Shake things up.

If __een there, done that_ isn__ your mantra,then make haste down your __ucket list.

At chaos_ core lies the invitation.

a good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving" Taoist dictum quoted by Sam Miller

Almost astride the Equator, night fell like a portcullis. The sun dropped below the horizon and suddenly all was dark.

A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.

Look beyond now.The road ahead offers a good voyage.

a Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day.