There are those, like me, who spend countless hours planning out the trips, booking hostels, trains, reading up... etc. I usually like listening to particular music when I'm doing this, and relaxing with a beer.
Like now! I usually listen to chillout or chill hip hop.
What are you favorite songs that can be found on Youtube? (I find all my music this way, and it doubles as a winamp, you can make playlists and everything.)
This song is great for backpacking planning:
Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
__________________ Vincent: "So what you gonna do?" Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth." Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?" Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."
Trips (only counting recreational travel): FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain 2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics! 2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand. 2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
__________________ Vincent: "So what you gonna do?" Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth." Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?" Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."
Trips (only counting recreational travel): FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain 2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics! 2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand. 2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
For me its not any particular song. Just whatever I'm listening to at the time. Then when I hear it again later it reminds me of planning and pre-departure. Just today I was going to thru some old music files and I heard some songs and it reminded me how excited I was about the trip.
For some reason when I was planning my first trip I couldn't stop listening to Jetstream by New Order.
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One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die -HST
I love Lupe. Chicago is really becoming the hip-hop center these days, it's producing legitimate emcee's that don't just talk about rims, hundred dollar bills, and degrade women.
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US Soccer and Toronto FC Fanatic.
July 23 - Sept 13: Back in Europe! Off to Brest, France for a French language course. Schedule is open before August 7 and after August 28, suggestions?
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