Nicholas Andriani Rankin

Tag: tbex

  • Engaging in Japan: Tsunami Impacted Schoolchildren

    Engaging in Japan: Tsunami Impacted Schoolchildren

    Japan. Land of the Rising Sun. Home of the world’s first novel. Where spirit, body, and mind are one and the same. gf.me/u/zhwucm In 2011 a mad-eyed tsunami tore through the seaside village of Rikuzentakata. As if the preceding earthquake wasn’t enough. The region fell into a state of anxiety. There remains work to be […]

  • On the Road Less Traveled : A Personal Essay on the Path of Most Resistance and the Adventure That is Life.

    On the Road Less Traveled : A Personal Essay on the Path of Most Resistance and the Adventure That is Life.

    Don’t be victimized by the culture of fear. Our planet is waiting to be explored, to reveal it’s secrets to you, to me, to any who dare ask, it will expose you to the raw truths of life. To the quarks of distant cultures and alien tongues. To disgusting foods and delicious cuisines, to dangerous and countless blessings.

  • Monday Motivation with Lao Tzu

    Monday Motivation with Lao Tzu

    “If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.” source: Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • NaNoWriMo : Into the Wild

    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

    TBEX, TRAVEL BLOGGERS AND NORTH AMERICA

    “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 […]

  • Tbex and The Great Travel Writers Campaign

    Tbex and The Great Travel Writers Campaign

    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 […]