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The Accidental Tourist

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the world is a book

and those who do not travel

read only one page

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st. augustine

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one’s destination is never a place,

but a new way of seeing things

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henry miller

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there are no foreign lands.

it is the traveler only who is foreign

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robert louis stevenson

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like all great travelers,

i have seen more than i remember,

and remember more than i have seen

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benjamin disraeli

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for my part, i travel not to go anywhere, but to go.

i travel for travel’s sake.

the great affair is to move

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robert louis stevenson

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the traveler sees what he sees. 

the tourist sees what he has come to see >

g.k. chesterton

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do not follow where the path may lead.

go instead where there is no path

and leave a trail

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ralph waldo emerson

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a good traveler has no fixed plans

and is not intent on arriving

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lao tzu

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not all those who wander are lost

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j. r. r. tolkien

for annelies,

who had the idea

of making a tabblo

about passports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Argentina > Austria > Belgium > Bolivia > Brazil > Bulgaria > Canada > Cape Verde > Chile > Cuba >  Croatia >

> Czech Republic > Denmark > Dominican Republic > England > Finland > France > Germany > Greece > Holland >

> Hungary  > India  > Italy  > Japan > Monaco > Myanmar >  Nepal >  Norway  >  Paraguay > Peru  >  Portugal >

> Romania > Serbia > Spain > Sweden > Switzerland > Thailand > Turkey > Uruguay > United States > Vatican >

 

 

 

 

 
COMMENTS
Hollyridger said at 10:38 p.m. on Oct 6, 2009:
Original and intriguing! Very well done.... I love the quotes, too, especially St. Augustine's, the first one.
Chaitiamma said at 11:45 p.m. on Oct 6, 2009:
A very well done Tabblo !!! Nice to be able to travel to so many places !!!
Robya said at 12:36 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Goodness Eduardo,, you have traveled everywhere, I am impressed. As for me I watch the travel shows on television and learn from other travelers such as Rick Steves and And a paticular Other Traveling Photographer who travels to far off places to take photos. Art Wolf. Look him up on the net. www.travelstotheedge.com You will enjoy him. Blessings in all your travels. Sincerely, Robbi
Robya said at 12:39 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Ps. www.artwolfe.com Another link for this well traveled Photographer.
Chilla said at 1:26 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Wow!! Eduardo you have seen so much of the world! This is a fascinating Tabblo! I see Iraq on the map Have you visited there?
SnowWhite said at 3:02 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Cool idea, very well brought to life! Where is your next adventure going to be?
Noe said at 3:14 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Muy interesante y muy bien realizado Eduardo.... muy buen tabblo!! :o)
Wildthing said at 4:09 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”
Don Williams, Jr.(American Novelist and Poet, b.1968)
Charlespop said at 5:04 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Way cool concept ! "caminante no hay camino, se hace camino en andar ." Antonio Machado
Lange said at 5:27 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Muito mas muito criativo este tabblo farei um das minhas viagens tb com bastante terra vermelha e barro rsssss.
Liliana said at 5:41 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Genial!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Empiezo mi día viajando... ¡¡Literalmente: ahí veo mi nombre, de camino a Ilhéus!! Collage - vida - ruta. Fabuloso, profundo y sutil. Saudoso, ¿por qué no? Recuerdo varias de tus fotos de pasaportes ¡¡y esos sellos de Argentina! Buenísima idea mezclar mapas con tsrjetas y cintas...¡¡y citas!! Snif, tengo que salir. Ayer me fui con Olinda en mi alma, hoy, ¡¡con tu mundo!! ¡Gracias por incluirme!
Liliana said at 6:33 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
¡¡Falta Centroamérica!! ¿Vamos? Ja, ja, no me fui, volví. Ahora me detuve en las palabras, las grafías, los alfabetos diferentes: cirílico, ¿japonés?, griego, latino... Eso mismo conforma otro mapa, otras imágenes, se podría hacer un collage de lenguas, de alfabetos... También me detuve en las imágenes puras: clásicas, diría. No, no clásicas: características, como el ícono o la publicidad de Mikonos con el profiláctico, la Torre Eiffel.Durante años guardé muchos de estos ¿recuerdos? ¿anclas? y tengo mis diarios de viaje a Europa con varios pegados: entradas, servilletas, mapas... Y, en diferenes cajones, cajas o lugares insólitos, más modernos. Me gusta este tipo de cosas, que muchas veces tienen valor sólo para uno mismo. Ahora, sí, el colegio me espera. ¡Que tengas un hermoso día, viajero (¡¡y no turista!!)!
Liliana said at 6:36 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Uf... Algo más: una última mirada me trajo caras del pasado, gente que ya no está. Pero no es triste, con esta mirada de vida como viaje.
Eduardo.affonso said at 7:00 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
DOREEN: Following St. Augustine's words, I would say that the world is a great book, but most of us remain still illiterate...

DAVID: The great Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa said that "travelling means missing countries and being constantly another person" (sorry for the bad translation!). I probably love to be someone else.

ROBBI: As you can see on the map, 2/3 of the world are still waiting for me... I, too, like travel shows on TV, and will check the sites, thanks!

CELIA: I have travelled almost as much as you... No, I did not visit Iraq (yet!) - that map was meant to show Turkey (North of Iraq).

LORRAINE: I was supposed to be in Russia right now, but had to postpone my trip (so much work to do). I will certainly celebrate my next birthday in the Philippines, after a few days in China - so the map will soon look much more red.

NOE: Gracias!

MIKE & CHARLES: You said almost the same thing, in different languages, quoting poets who probably never met - and I totally agree with both of them. Dreaming of a travel is already travelling, remembering a travel is still travelling - the whole trip iswhat counts, not just the places you visited.

SOLANGE: "Que vontade eu tenho de sair / num carro de boi / ir por aí // Estrada de terra / que só me leva / só me leva / nunca mais me traz // Que vontade de não mais voltar /Quanta coisa eu vou conhecer / Pés no chão e os olhos vão procurar / onde foi que eu me perdi // Num carro de boi ir por aí / Ir numa viagem que só traz / Barro, pedra, pó e nunca mais" (letra do Cacaso, voz - claro! - do Milton Nascimento).

LILIANA: Não quis privilegiar a Argentina nestas imagens, mas não deu pra evitar. Foi minha primeira viagem internacional, é um dos países que visitei mais vezes, e, claro, tem você aí. Ao revirar as caixas (também tenho as minhas, certamente maiores e mais desorganizadas que as suas) ainda encontrei o ticket de Ilhéus (e não resisti a incluí-lo). Havia muito mais o que colocar, mas não dá pra resumir num tabblo, mais de 25 anos de viagens. Depois de ler seuscomentários, fiquei tentado a mudar o título para "O viajante acidental", mas acho que a palavra "turista" aí tem uma certa ironia. Ou então faço uma segunda parte, um dia desses, com o título correto.
NeusinhaGedoz said at 7:49 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Muito legal, Eduardo. Este tabblo confirmou que há mais gente além de mim que guarda essas coisinhas. TRI-legal !!!
Ebucar said at 8:03 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Isso é simplesmente demais! Mal posso acreditar que você guarda tudo isso - e o melhor: consegue encontrar quando precisa. Eu também guardo, mas nunca sei onde estão estas 'provas' de que viajei. Daria um scrapbook fantástico. Bom, deu um scraptabblo sensacional. Senti falta do último passaporte. Consigo me identificar com todas as citações.
Leftofcenter said at 8:12 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
I forgot about that idea, it's the perfect one for you the globetrotter. with passports like these, they must give you that "suspicious look" at customs? :) I also keep maps, stubs to museums, from cafes, metro tickets (& old passeports of course!) they are better souvenirs than the photos sometimes. great tab, Edu. thx for the dedication. my line is always "it's not the destination, it's the journey...". bwana.
Sonnia said at 8:17 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Prazerosos pedaços da sua vida (sempre é bom viajar) guardados com carinho e agora divididos conosco. Obrigada!!!
Leftofcenter said at 8:21 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
dang, Mikey had already said wot I said.
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:26 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
ANNELIES: That is the problem when you let Mike comment first - he always says what we would like to say, and much better than we could ever do.

SONNIA & NEUSINHA: Sempre fui de guardar essas tralhas. Sabia que um dia elas seriam usadas pra alguma coisa...

ELIANE: Ao contrário do que vc imagina, isso tá tudo misturado, perdido, largado por aí. Um dia (um dia!) ainda vou organizar, fazer o tal scrapbook, com fotos, anotações, memórias. Um dia...
Mjpileggi said at 8:56 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Great tabblo! I last summer I renewed my passport and unfortunately, I was not given my old/canceled passport. I was very upset because I had so many stamps in my book, including St. Petersburg, Tallin, Oslo, etc, from my Baltic trip in 2005; and the Ukraine in 2007. I'll just have to fill my new one!

I keep all of my maps. I used to keep all of my musuem stubs, restaurant bills, brochures, hotel receipts, business cards, etc. Ran out of room in my small office, so I created a few poster boards for my goodies: http://luvtotravel.homestead.com/poster.html
NeusinhaGedoz said at 10:13 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Legal... essas coisinhas renderam um bonito tabblo com distinção. Parabéns.
Sirnicolay said at 11:09 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Unique and beautifully collected. WOnderful album, Edu! :)
DocEna said at 11:15 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Eduardo..vc é uma agencia de turismo ambulante...estive myself viajando esta ultima semana para um congresso médico em SALVADOR ...este teu laureado TOD realmente nos reporta às nossas viagens que acho não serem suficientes para matar a vontade de conhecer novos lugares e ir where no man has gone before...hehehhe....congratulations my friend.
Liliana said at 11:30 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
¡¡¡¡Volví!!!!! Siempre vuelvo. ¡TOD! No me vas a creer: venía en el colectivo pensando en que, si no te lo daban, eran unos malditos hijos...
¡Gracias por responder! Yo siempre recuerdo que la Argentina fue tu primer destino internacional. Ni mejor ni peor: ¡¡pero el primero siempre es especial!! :)
Pkeener said at 11:40 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
i was hoping for a quote from Anne Tyler who wrote the Accidental Tourist!, but this tabblo was a whole different twist on the title. love it! love the title treatment and all your work in the layout. This is very cool and I envy your trips! You are taking the world, city by city. COngrats on TOD!
Liliana said at 11:40 a.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Lo de "viajero" por "turista" no fue una crítica al título (juro que no lo tenía presente cuando lo escribí) sino la cita del texto de Chesterton.
Buschinho said at 12:04 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Eduardo, Grüß Gott!

can you imagine .... I like it,
what a surprise ;-)

in the house of my parents I pinned lots of photos, boarding passes and things like this to a wall
and the quote of St. Augustinus is also somewhere there.

may I ask you when is your birthday ;-) ?!
Ana and I are going to visit the Philippines, too.
( maybe including a stop either in Hongkong, Kota Kinabalu or Palau, Inch Allah ... )
Hope to meet you, friend !!!
Ciao, Andreas
Chrisengles said at 12:19 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
LOVE THIS! Congratulations on TOD!!!
Rita.Mandarino said at 12:30 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
mais um TOD. Parabens pela criatividade. Vc deve ser o recordista de TODs!
Eduardo.affonso said at 1:45 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
ERIC: The best TODs are those totally unexpected...

MONICA: A passport is like a journal, it's part of one's memories. Why do the authorities insist in keeping them (when they expire) or damaging them (the way they did to mine)? My theory is: it's envy. I checke your site and it's simply great. I will go back again and again, because there are so many useful tips. Thank you a lot!

NEUSINHA: Como eu disse agora há pouco, essa tralha tinha que servir um dia pra alguma coisa.

JAMES: Salamat, my friend.

ENALDO: Se eu pudesse, largava a Arquitetura, deixava uma pensão pros cachorros, arrumava a mochila e passava o resto da vida vagabundeando pelo mundo afora. Não como um turista (que vê e fotografa), mas como um viajante (que vive cada lugar, cada momento).

LILIANA: Eu sempre procuro ser mais que um turista, mas o título era uma citação, e eu mesmo não tinha me dado conta de que poderia subvertê-la. Se bobear, tendo um tempinho, refaço o título e aí tudo fica mais de acordo.

PAM: Welcome back to my tabblos! I missed you. That's my target: take thw world. Wish I could take some other planets, too, but the techonology for trips to outer space are not available yet...

ANDREAS: Being conservative as I am, I usually celebrate my birthday always on the same date, year after year (it's already sort of a tradition, you know?): April 22nd. That's when I plan to be in Manila next year, to eat some buko pie with Myles. I will probably visit Shangai and Macau before. It would be great to meet you and Ana! I think we should invite also Marius, James, Joaquin, Dyowi, Sue and all the "pinoy gang" for a San Miguel (no baluts, please...).
Candlepower said at 1:45 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Traveling is such fun! Congratulations on TOD!!!
Eduardo.affonso said at 1:46 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Thank you, CHRIS!

RITA: Eu devo ser o recordista de tabblos, isso sim. Com isso as chances aumentam exponencialmente...
Merja-zerga said at 1:51 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Une idée bien originale,
des citations bien choisies,
et si les voyages forment la jeunesse,
Eduardo a commencé à voyager avant sa naissance...

BRAVO Edu.

ThierryKarine
Liliana said at 2:21 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
¡Sé que sos más que un turista! La que "bobeaba" era yo, je, je.
Andre. said at 2:28 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
!!!... Everything else stated above. :)
RosaneMar said at 2:56 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Parabéns pelo TOD mais uma vez Eduardo...bem merecido.
Liliana said at 3:11 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
¡¡¡¡Cita de cita de cita de cita...!!!!!
Rita.Mandarino said at 3:38 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
é vc só perde do Charles, pelo menos no meu ciclo de amigos...mas deixa de ser tímido, vc é recordista de TODs pq é bom nisso.
Loes said at 5:15 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Congrats on TOD!! You're a real globetrotter Eduardo!
Eduardo.affonso said at 5:26 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
PAT: Travelling is an addiction... I always come back dreaming of the next adventure.

THIERRY: I started traveling in my imagination, when I was a kid, reading maps. Then collecting stamps and post cards, exchanging letters with collectors from all over the world. Then learning languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Russian...). When I could finally take off to see other countries, I had already visited all of them through books, songs, stamps...

ANDRE: Only this? :-(

Obrigado, ROSANE.

LILIANA: Nada é mais pós-moderno que as citações, não?

RITA: O Charles é imbatível, é hors concours. Mas o pior é que o "tode" vem quando eu menos espero... Vá entender!

LOES: There are 195 countries in the world, I have visited less than 22% of them... There is still a long way ahead, my friend. :-)
Liliana said at 6:22 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
¿No esperabas el TOD...? ¡No te creo! Yo sí.
Buschinho said at 6:50 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
ooops,
did you know that the immigration officers in the airport require FIRST TIME VISITORS for a BALUT ALL YOU CAN EAT AND ENDURE TEST to acquire 21 days visa free entry to the Philippines?!? ;-)

Survivors of this test get a highly recognized official certificate and will be awarded a years supply of Buko Pie including free shipping to Rio ;-)

My wife Ana is a Balut monster- she can eat 4 of them in one sitting! yes, it's kinda disgusting ;-)

btw, sayang, we are planning to visit the Philippines around January!
Ebucar said at 7:05 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Volvi! Ops! I'm back! Ops! Voltei...
Therossfirm said at 7:19 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
You have had a really neat life. Thanks for sharing it. Again, I love the perspective.
Lange said at 7:30 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Mais um... Parabéns.
Eduardo.affonso said at 7:47 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
ANDREAS: Sorry I can't anticipate my birthday to January (I would become an aquarian, and I am already used to be Taurus...), and I was told April is the best part of the year to visit the Philippines.

Anyway, I don't think I would need a 21 days visa - maybe a "San Miguel All You Can Drink Test" would be enough for a 14 days visa (7 extra days available with a personal version of my favorite pinoy song, Babae po Ako (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUASCOppQDU).

The typical dish of Minas Gerais (where I was born) is "galinha ao molho pardo" (chicken cooked in its own blood). It's delicious, and I eat as much as I can - but I can't even think of eating a duckling boiled alive. No matter what people say about it being a powerful afrodisiac...
Rita.Mandarino said at 9:02 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
como já te disse hoje, gosto muito das suas fotos mas sua criatividade é uma das suas características que mais gosto e isso reflete em todo o seu trabalho de maneira geral e com certeza é o motivo da maioria dos seus dos seus tods.
Liliana said at 9:08 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
Le mostré a Gonzi el Tabblo, le pedí que mirara con muuuuucha atención. Mucho interés al principio no le causó y se sorprendió con el Liliana Etc... "¿¿¿Ilhéus???" preguntó. No me había dado cuenta de que se ve que nunca le había hablado de ahí. Posiblemente la haya nombrado pero él no la había registrado. Habrá que volver.
Sheila said at 10:54 p.m. on Oct 7, 2009:
2 thumbs up set eduardo....next version of this tabblo should read like.. "....paraguay > peru > philippines > portugal..." and so on... =)
Snooway said at 4:00 a.m. on Oct 8, 2009:
great idea, you've travelled a lot! congrats on ToD
Ira said at 12:58 p.m. on Oct 8, 2009:
Perfect interesting map of travels and life. Very good... Welcome to Russia:) do not forget to take a map, documents and warm clothes:)
Shenresi said at 1:31 p.m. on Oct 8, 2009:
wow, great tours, Eduardo!° I think you`re more travelling than at home- lol-
Mirella said at 5:06 p.m. on Oct 8, 2009:
Tutti hanno detto tutto su i tuoi viaggi.........sono certa che tu viaggi non solo per andare, ma per vedere e conoscere luoghi e, soprattutto persone....solo cosi' si riesce a sapere che il mondo e' piccolo e le persone sono sempre le stesse, con le loro gioie, i dolori e la storia che ci unisce tutti come una fitta rete..........Provero', nel mio piccolo a fare un Tabblo simile; i miei viaggi fanno ormai parte di me per sempre..........Ciao e congratulazioni !!!!!
Pachito said at 6:24 a.m. on Oct 9, 2009:
It seems that all travellers always collect tickets, restaurant bills, maps, etc. I have a little box myself where I keep all my treasures. What a great idea to dedicate a Tabblo to travelling. BTW, congrats on TOD.
Demberg said at 12:07 p.m. on Oct 11, 2009:
HUMMM ... ONLY ONE THING MISSING IN THIS TABBLO ... YOUR BEST TRIP, FLYING FIRST CLASS WITH THE BEST AIRLINE ... I DID NOT SEE ANY AMERICAN AIRLINE'S BOARDING PASS ... TOO BAD ... :)
Moorlerche said at 6:20 p.m. on Oct 13, 2009:
You know the first thing I read on the first map was "the central jail", and I wondered I would now read some strange travel mishap. But no, instead there was this dear colourful documentation of a world visitor. These collection of snippet is grand. Thanks, Eduardo, for this curio.
Primoz said at 4:30 a.m. on Oct 14, 2009:
Nice concept! A nice way to show the characteristics of the country. Anyway, you travelled a lot in Europe and you missed my country, Slovenia. Come and look at it some day!
Hubbley said at 3:53 p.m. on Oct 19, 2009:
Edu, gostei muito deste Tabblo seu .... vou fazer um pra mim tambem e colorir de verde...rs
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