Into The Wild 2

Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the dries and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.

When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity , and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding and not an ounce of sentimentality.

Into The Wild 1

In April 1992 a young man from a good family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.

Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and , unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild.

The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen Review

When Peter Matthiessen embarks on his journey to Crystal Monestary in The Snow Leopard, he is unsure of his own intentions and expectations for the trip. In the Prologue of the book, he states, “Where did I imagine I was going, where and why?” (p. 3). It is assumed that he is traveling in pursuit of the allusive snow leopard, yet with his establishment of death and suffering from the start of his journaling, Matthiessen makes it clear that, in the simplest of terms, the destination of his journey is into the self, into the true nature of suffering.
But even in his despair, Mattheissen has finally achieved success. For the first time in the book, he has attained his Roshi’s advice to “expect nothing.” He finally has reached a state, not of change, success or failure, but of transformation. It is a fluid state that embraces the fullness of every moment and does not question the suchness of suffering and struggle. By accepting himself and the world around him, Mattheissen has achieved the ultimate success. He has succeeded in seeing the snow leopard, if not in its natural environment then at least the one that resides within Mattheissen himself.

Happy Eid to All

Hppay Eid everyone..

They siad the Eid might be on thersday or Friday, but we do not know.
I'm so sad because this is my secound Eid without my family. The Eid is not just be happy, the Eid is to be with the people you love to live the happyness of Eid. The idea of Eid is to celebate the end of Ramadan and the fasting by going pray Eid salat and visit the family and friends to celebrate with them and just have fun and live the moment. In Eid, people usually give some of there money to the poor people to help them and draw a smile on there faces and enjoy the Eid.

Living in The Desert

When i read the book of Robyn Davidson, I remebered on of my trips to the desert and how she was stragling with cameles and the lonlyness. Once i went with some friends to the desert for two days to enjoy the spring, just to relax from the calsses and the city's problems. We toke some food and one lamp to cock it out there and some water and other important things. The trip of two days became five days. We went to an area outsside jeddah called Assfan (200 km north). The weather was wenderful espicially at night. We just setted there telling each other stories and some confessions of what we think about each other. That was a good thing we takked about us and what things we do not like about each other so everyone can take care of his friend and respict hem. We had some problems with the food, we were baying sheeps from the bedouins who live there. That was the most relaxing trip i have ever had, we discoverd new places, had great time with each other and we had a wonderful experiance.

Road Trips

I like road trips especially when i go with my family and friends. We discover new places new cities and other people and how do they live. But i like it more when i drive by my self and play the music and enjoy the trip. Other thing, i experience other life style and just stick with what i have. Further more, i don't care about the time and just drive until i arrive my distance. The bad thing is when i go back home i had a bad feeling and wish that i didn't do this trip

Here is some pics from my last road trips with my fam and my friends.

me and my family preparing for a road Trip

my father on the road

short break

off-road trip with friends

If u r intersted in these kinds of trips u can have a look at some of these books :

The Open Road, The Endless Ocean, Eternal Skies. As someone who has had a life long love of travel, and who doesn't plan on staying a homebody anytime soon, this lens combines my love of travel with some of the best travel writing I've read and enjoyed, as well as some of my own travel stories.

Through Painted Deserts, by Donald Miller. This is one I actually found in the "Christian Non-Fiction" section, which can be unfair. There's no question Miller is a Christian, but he's a writer first and foremost, he's not preachy, and his questioning of his own faith, of reasons for existence, of who and what he is or is becoming is reminiscent of the fantastic soul searching that came from the travel writing of the Beat generation. Miller's account of his trip is great, going through the moments of beauty, the necessity of good road trip music, and admitting his moments of embarrassment and fear as freely as any other part of his journey.

A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins. This is one of the all time modern classics in travel literature, as Peter Jenkins recalls the story of his 1973-1975 walk from New York to New Orleans. For many readers, this remains a rare travel book that grips you and keeps you. Known as a travel writer who will walk anywhere, including Alaska and China, Peter Jenkins says, "I started out searching for myself and my country and found both." That sums up what travel writing should be all about.

Blue Highways: A Journey Into America, by William Least Heat-Moon. This is an auto-biographical travel journey taken by Heat-Mean in 1978. After separating from his wife and losing his job, Heat-Moon decided to take an extended road trip around the United States, sticking to "Blue Highways," a term to refer to small out of the way roads connecting rural America (which were drawn in blue in the old Rand McNally atlases). So Heat-Moon outfits his van, named "Ghost Dancing" and takes off on a 3-month soul-searching tour of the United States. The book chronicles the 13,000 mile journey and the people he meets along the way, as he steers clear of cities and interstates, avoiding fast food and exploring local American culture on a journey that is just as amazing today as when he first took the journey.


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http://www.squidoo.com/travel-writing-novels

Public Transport

Hi blogers as youtubers loooools,

In this post I'm gonna talk about the public transport buses, trains, cars...whatever.I like the transport system here in the UK it is easy and u can go every where, just push the stop button. The thing is, there is no freedom for someone like me, i like to have my own car whatever it costs me.I do not want to Wait for a bus or walk to the bus stop. some times the bus doesn't show up and because of that I'm late for a class or something important, but that happen only in the morning.

Other thing i like is the trains, i can find a train to any where here in the UK but i hate it when there are some train changes and the other thing when a train in terminate or they just cancel the trip. Last Holiday when i was going to travel to Saudi and i took the train to London. The train broke just like that and stopped in the middle between Nottingham and London and i have a flight just after 2 Horus. u may say why u didn't go early ?? i say the Trina was stopping every 15 mins for 20 mins each ... then when the train has terminated they said we are sorry there is a bus u can take to King's cross London and it will take 2 hours .. Oh god the I'm gonna miss the flight.. after that i found a taxi to London and he took £70 .

Nothing is complete and in the end it's a good way to travel and cheap as well.

see yaa