Tag: travel writing

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…
The Sabah House Rules: New York City and the Hunt for Turkish Yemenis

Oct 12, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Art, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, memoir, NYC, Review, Travel, travel writing, USA, writing

It was nearly a year ago that I discovered the Sabah Dealer. A chance meeting on Twitter led me to this exotic, almost whimsical Instagram where I was transported to Anatolia. To the bazaars, the buskers and baksheesh and medieval villages. To a world still crafted by hand. I soon found that behind the Sabah Dealer’s travels were shoes–Sabah’s…
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…
Under Construction

Aug 29, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Art, Blogging, memoir, Travel, travel writing, writing

You may have noticed many changes here at Yallah’Bye. In fact, we’re now operating under the banner of Nicholas Andriani–reserving Yallah’Bye for my manuscript alone. Over the next week pages will come and go as we transform this site into a portfolio to showcase my writing and promote my memoir “Yallah’Bye.” Expect to see many changes. The addition…
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.…
Abbot Kinney Part II: ZenBunni

Jul 1, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in airbnb, American Road Trip, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, california, City Guide, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Review, Road Trip, Travel, travel writing, USA

We stumbled away from Another Kind of Sunrise high on good food and despite this the lure of chocolate never wore off. I felt like a child longing for a view into Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory. Knowing that what lies beyond contained the secret of cacao alchemica; that is, the transformation of cacao from plant to…