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Rachel

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My Interests

travel, photography, eyes, film, writing, coffee, spain, reading, music, crossword puzzles, skydiving, flamenco, observation, wine, singing, accents, scotland, art, bookstores, history, exploration, language, curiosity, a good brogue, thunderstorms, indian food, fall, journeys by train

I'd like to meet:

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Santiago Calatrava, Jonathan Safran Foer . . . Mitch Hedberg. Marguerite Duras. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Pablo Neruda.

Music:

Lots and lots. Jeff Buckley, Kings of Leon, Azure Ray, Aqualung, The Black Keys, Teitur, Massive Attack, Damien Rice, Citizen Cope, The Album Leaf, Sigur Ros, Tribalistas, Devotchka, Cold War Kids, Mafikizolo, Ray LaMontagne, Beirut, Lior, Robi Draco Rosa, Amelie and Tsotsi soundtracks, Ojos de Brujo, Jose Gonzalez, The Gipsy Kings, Susan Tedeschi, Azam Ali, Girl Talk, Flight of the Conchords, flamenco, boys choirs, world music, classic rock, blues, folk, and anthing involving the violin or bagpipes

Movies:

Motorcycle Diaries, Hero, Dear Frankie, Before Sunset, Yes, Les Choristes, Dead Poets Society, Boondock Saints, Sex and Lucia, The Lives of Others, The Goonies, Monsieur Ibrahim, Little Miss Sunshine, Paradise Now, The Graduate, Shopgirl, Eternal Sunshine, What About Bob?, Love Actually, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Fight Club, Igby Goes Down, the Bourne Series, Bend it Like Beckham, Good Will Hunting, Cold Mountain, The Science of Sleep, Lost in Translation

Television:

I don't have a TV. But, I do love Globe Trekker, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, and The Office. Channels in which I revel: Travel, History, National Geographic, and Discovery.

Books:

Everything is Illuminated, The Alchemist, Lord of the Flies, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Lover, Life of Pi, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dharma Bums, Franny and Zooey, Into the Wild, Lolita, any Kurt Vonnegut, Grendel, The Giver, Griffin and Sabine, The Tao Te Ching

My Blog

Visionary

Ladies and gentlemen -It seems we have a visionary on our hands: a man who speaks with foresight and eloquence the likes of which our nation has not seen for quite some time. Just read this excerpt f...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:58:00 PST

World Traveler Internship 2008!

Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys - STA Travel has introduced its Ultimate World Traveler Internship for the summer of 2008, and the itinerary is the jam. I suppose I have no right to be jealous o...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:58:00 PST

The podcasts are up

I realize I've been back in the States for some 6 weeks now, but I'm just posting my podcasts from this summer. I think I've posted all the ones worth watching.These videos comprise some of the work ...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:53:00 PST

Final Submission

[For "The Miami Student" newspaper]This will be my final submission  my final communiqué as STA Travel's World Traveler Intern. I've finished all the blogs and videos, and I've transferred all my pho...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:19:00 PST

Podcast Playlist

A lot of you have been asking for this along the way...so here it finally is: the song list from my podcasts! Enjoy the listening, and spread the word about the great musicians featured :)*My applicat...
Posted by Rachel on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:27:00 PST

Questions Answered

As I've traveled this summer, I've been asked a lot of questions regarding the more practical issues of a trip abroad, and I've tended to answer them on an individual basis. But, at this point I've d...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:41:00 PST

Connections Australia Blog 5

As promised, I'll begin this blog with an account of our fabulous night with the Tjapukai aboriginal people. Now, none of us could have anticipated the delight and awkwardness that would come as a re...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:15:00 PST

Connections Australia Blog 4

Following our stay in the paradise that is Long Island, we boarded the bus for one final long journey, this time to Cairns, a destination with such a relaxed beach culture that it seems more like a to...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:18:00 PST

Connections Australia Blog 3

From Fraser Island, we continued onward to a wee city called Rockhampton. More than anything, we were passing the night there in transit; so, that meant we had the chance to just relax, talk, do laun...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:11:00 PST

Connections Australia Blog 2

Our next stop along the way was Byron Bay, the coolest surf town in the universe. I've seriously never been in another place so welcoming and chilled out. I know I speak on behalf of all the Connect...
Posted by Rachel on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:08:00 PST