Comments on: On Rolf Potts’ Vagabonding

By: Summer Reading « The Daily Transit

Summer Reading « The Daily Transit — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:06:31 +0000

[...] and travel-dreamers – currently, I’m part of the latter stock. Similar to Mike over at Vagabondish, I’m planning to read this book as much for inspiration as to light a fire under my ass to [...]

By: Funchilde

Funchilde — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:24:43 +0000

You hit the nail on the head with that one. Vagabonding and First Time around the world, coupled with http://www.solbeam.com and You Go Girl are the reasons I up and took off 1.5 years ago and rearranged my life to work to live/travel/play. I was expecting something completely different from Vagabonding, but it was more than I could have ever hoped for.

Gulliver’s Travels sounds like a dream come true! Not sure how far Portsmouth is from Hanover, NH (Dartmouth?) but maybe I’ll get up there this summer!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:19:37 +0000

Portsmouth is beautiful. We’ve never stayed overnight but it’s a very small town so it’s manageable enough to walk the downtown area just to get an overview in a single day.

By: tuan rumah

tuan rumah — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:36:00 +0000

do you just say Portsmouth?? I miss the place so much. I studied there before. Love the place. very relax and easy.. they have a lot of second hand shops.. I bought my first boot at a small shop for 40 pound only..

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:34:54 +0000

It sounds wonderful, and I think 2-3 hours is still in the lingering stage.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:22:49 +0000

I suppose it would be helpful to actually tell people the name of the store, wouldn’t it? =P

It was Gulliver’s Travels and the owner, Alison, was extremely kind and helpful in the two to three hours that we spent there. That brings up a question: at what point is lingering around considered loitering?

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:11:06 +0000

Is it Gulliver's Travels?

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:05:28 +0000

A book store for travel books? It’s like a dream. I have a hard enough time leaving the small travel section at Borders, I don’t know what I’d do with a whole store. I’d probably have to get a job there. Do you remember what it was called?

“Of particular note to me was the overall sense of simplifying your life, and thus your travels, to eliminate the unnecessary clutter and fluff typically synonymous with an average Western lifestyle.” Nicely said, and I agree. It is what hit me the most when I read Vagabonding.