Melissa’s great adventures and fun writing are not strangers to Vagobond readers, but we thought it might be fun for you to get to know her a little bit better.
Category: Offbeat Travel
Islamic Aesthetics Unleashed – Asilah, Morocco
Asilah, Morocco is a great little funky town that hosts a mural festival each year.
I’m not a spy!
Serbia wasn’t the only place I’ve been accused of being a spy. It could be that it just comes along with the name Bond. Vago Bond. In fact, I’ve even had some of my closest friends ask me on the down low if I am in fact a spy.
Pooping in the Christmas Manger – A Catalan Tradition
The reasons for placing a man who is in the act of excreting solid waste from his posterior in a scene which is widely considered holy are…..
Vagobond Travel Museum: The Amtrak Amtrek Across the USA
Back in 2008, I left Hawaii and set out on an adventure that took me across the USA by Amtrak train, I called it the Amtrek. This week, for the Vagobond Travel Museum, I bring you the collected articles and videos from that trip. The trip began in Honolulu and then went to Portland, Oregon…
Syncopated Family Travel – The Arizona Painted Desert and Leaving Your Mark
The vastness of the Arizona Painted Desert stretches out all around me, home to the nameless dead.
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Syncopated Family Travel – The Grand Canyon, The Rio Grande, and Grand Theft Auto
Due to its proximity to the Grand Canyon, Williams is a thriving cluster of motels and tourist dives.
Syncopated Family Travel: The Return Home on Route 66
Each turn of the mother road holds shuttered motels forever locked at “no vacancy”. In those now boarded up rooms, men and women once held each other with the thrill of new love throbbing through their wide open veins.
Syncopated Family Travel: Yes, I’m a Mouseketeer at Disneyland!
To quote the Flight of the Conchords, “I’m not crying, it’s just raining on my face.” This is heaven.