Nicholas Andriani

Category: Anthropology

NaNoWriMo : Into the Wild

Nov 4, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Adventure, Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, Gastronomy, gaza, Grece, history, Islam, israel, Istanbul, Jordan, Kansas City, memoir, Middle East, Morocco, NaNoWriMo, palestine, Poetry, Spain, spiritual, tbex, Travel, travel writing, west bank, writing

Earlier this year, I set a goal to finish a solid draft of my memoir and to achieve this mission i’m going into the wild, er, offline… A MONTHLONG period away from social media, the internet, ethernet and all those nets, in an archaic approach to finish this labor of love that i’m damn excited…
TBEX, TRAVEL BLOGGERS AND NORTH AMERICA

Sep 22, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Art, Blogging, cancun, Culture, hotel, Mexico, networking, tbex, tbex cancun, Travel, writing

“Tbex is love made visible” –To misquote Khalil Gibran never felt so right Last week I participated in my first Tbex conference. This coming together of like-minded artists in the travel industry has opened my eyes to the potential we have within. From a passionate and lyrical lesson by Don George to the dynamic Dave and Deb from Planet…
Sketching Sights: Burma on My Mind

Aug 12, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, Culture, Hiking, history, memoir, Poetry, Sketching Sites, tbex, Travel, travel writing, Watercolor

Before the world can truly reveal itself you must take a period of meditation. A time of reflection. To pre-game, to set a cosmic course of action by stating your intentions and making them manifest. This is the driving force behind Sketching Sights. To become one with the elements of each and every environment that strikes me.…
Tbex and The Great Travel Writers Campaign

Jun 17, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, foodie, Gastronomy, history, memoir, spiritual, tbex, tbex cancun, Travel, travel writing

Calling all philanthropists, all investors. This year brings my first opportunity to attend the travel writers conference, Tbex, in Cancun, Mexico and i’m looking for a little support in the financial arena. Now, I know that sounds like a load of drunken debauchery in the midst of Maya ruins but there is just so much more…
Islamic Art: An Exhibit

Feb 21, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Culture, history, Islam, Kansas City, Middle East, spiritual, Travel

It’s safe to say that the visual arts have always been an extremely inspirational medium to me. This is especially true when it comes to Islamic Art. The heavy use of geometrical forms and the rhythm of mingling patterns that move in harmony with passages from the Quran. Traditionally, many schools of Islamic thought have…
Cafe Tajine in the Mountains of Morocco

Jan 29, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Africa, Anthropology, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Hiking, Morocco, Road Trip, Travel, travel writing

Ourika, Morocco Though only 6 hours (460 km) separate Marrakech from the oasis town of M’Hamid I could have dedicated six days between the two place names. The villages that scatter Ourika Valley hold their own against the more popular Imperial Cities (Marrakech, Fes, Meknes and Rabat) and it’s out here in the wilderness of the…