Posts Tagged ‘photography’

Photo Friday: Mathura, India
Friday, September 14th, 2012

Today’s Photo Friday comes from Meet, Plan, Go! Austin panelist  Greg Davis.

Greg captured the shot earlier this year on a train trestle over the Yamanu River in Mathura, India.  He says, “I see the image as a juxtaposition of time, a meeting, the crossroads of progress and tradition.  The clean industrial lines enveloping the biblical like character speak to our ever need to continue to move forward while at the same time honoring our past.”

You can hear more about Greg’s travels at the Austin Meet, Plan, Go! event on October 16 or check out his photography on his website, Greg Davis Photography.

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Photo Friday: Dahshur, Egypt
Friday, August 24th, 2012

Today’s Photo Friday of the pyramid at Dahshur, Egypt come from current career breaker Matt Sussman.

After participating in Meet, Plan, Go!‘s inaugural Basic Training course, Matt quit his finance job of five years, gave up his apartment in New York and set off on his career break. He has been on the road since early July, so far stopping in Malta, Sicily, Tunisia and Egypt. Jordan is next up on the list!

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Photo Friday: Thailand’s Tiger Temple
Friday, August 17th, 2012

Ever wanted to pet a tiger?

This week’s Photo Friday comes from Meet, Plan, Go! Boston host Lillie Marshall who had a chance to get up close and personal with several tigers when she visited Thailand’s Tiger Temple during her career break two years ago.

Today, Lillie is back in Boston, where she has launched a movement through TeachingTraveling.com to inspire and assist more teachers to travel, and more travelers to teach, thus transforming the educational experience of our world. You can read more about Lillie’s travels on AroundtheWorldL.com or follow her on Twitter as @WorldLillie.

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Photo Friday: Mountains of Tajikistan
Friday, August 10th, 2012

Today’s Photo Friday comes courtesy of Meet, Plan, Go! Minneapolis host, Katie Aune.

Katie is 11 months into her career break and just finished volunteering with the Zerafshan Tourism Development Association in Tajikistan. She took this picture on the drive from Penjikent to Khujand, saying “driving through the mountains in Tajikistan was one of the most harrowing experiences of my entire trip, but one of the most beautiful and rewarding as well.

You can follow Katie’s adventures on Katie Going Global or hear more in person at the Meet, Plan, Go! national event in Minneapolis this fall.

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Photo Friday: Camino de Santiago
Friday, July 27th, 2012

Today’s Photo Friday comes from Meet, Plan, Go! founder Sherry Ott, taken as she walked the Camino de Santiago Trail in Spain.

The Camino is a 500 mile pilgrimage path across Northern Spain and took Sherry 5 weeks to complete.  If you are looking for something epic and different to do as part of your career break, then learn more about the Camino as a great way to break away and get the time to simply think…and walk.  You can read more about Sherry’s 5 week journey in her weekly updates and photography she provided on her website, OttsWorld.

Meet Sherry at a meet up in New York City on August 6 and learn more about walking the Camino and traveling in Europe!

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Photo Friday: Floating Market in Indonesia
Friday, July 20th, 2012

Today’s Photo Friday captures the Floating Market in Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was taken by second time career breaker and former Meet, Plan, Go! host Lisa Niver Rajna, who writes:

Getting up early to see the floating market was well worth it. The colors, the food, the homes along the edge of the water. I loved the traffic of the boats and the community scene–very different than going to market in Los Angeles! During our year away in 2008-2009, we were in Indonesia twice each time for a month. We went from Malaysian Borneo (Sipadan) and traveled along the coast of Kalimantan to Banjarmasin. We had some great adventures. We left this month (July 2012) for career break TWO! See our latest news at www.wesaidgotravel.com or follow us on Twitter at @wesaidgotravel.

Photo Friday: In Memory of Lonesome George
Friday, July 6th, 2012

This Photo Friday is dedicated to the memory of Lonesome George, who passed away last week at the age of 100. George was the sole surviving Pinta Island Tortoise, and many travelers had the opportunity to meet George in the Galapagos Islands – a destination on many career breakers lists.

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Photo Friday: Iguazu Falls, Argentina
Friday, June 29th, 2012

This stunning Photo Friday is from Facebook fan Rod Hoekstra:

“I spent 2-1/2 months taking a career break and traveling through South America. This image is one of my favorites from the trip, I was at Iguazu Falls, and had nearly the entire Brazilian national park to myself at sunset.”

You can check out more of Ryan’s travels on his blog Travels with Jacques.

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Photo Friday: Warsaw, Poland
Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Today’s Photo Friday of Warsaw, Poland was submitted by Basic Training member Val Bromann.

“I had a hard time adjusting to life on the road. A week in and I wasn’t getting a rhythm for it, I was crying every day, I wasn’t sure if this was really what I wanted anymore. It was a rainy night in Warsaw and I sat on a bench with my umbrella and a terrible piece of pizza, just staring. When the rain cleared, a rainbow appeared over the Royal Castle. I thought at that moment ‘how many other people in this world are seeing this right now?‘ It’s sometimes, the little things, that help you appreciate what you’re doing, and help you power through the hard times.”

Val is still on the road and you can read more about her journey on her blog.

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Photo Friday: Laos
Friday, June 15th, 2012

Today’s Photo Friday from Laos was submitted by former career breakers Stacey Rapp and Dave Roberts.

Stacey and Dave recently returned from 15 months of traveling through 22 countries. Stacey wrote about her feelings upon their return on Monday in Mourning the Loss of the Journey and you can read more about their journey on their web site, Breakfast on Earth.

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