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So everything is getting taken care of like clock work. We transferred the company in Boris’ name; the car, the internet contract, and my cell phone sim-card goes with, it worked out great. Tomorrow I will say goodbye to Mitko and his family, and also Maria, my female friend that live in the neighboring town.

On Sunday Boris, Jifko, and their mom will visit the village to show Boris’ mom the house and say goodbye to my neighbors. On Monday morning I will drive the car to Hisar to drop off, catch a ride to Sofia with Boris, and visit the Bus Station. I will be catching a bus or train on Monday out of Bulgaria.

It will be 395 days in Bulgaria.
I paid for one night of accommodation the entire time.

Identifying Divine direction can be difficult for the majority, yet there is a minority that are able to recognize the energetic intervention of guidance. Some ideas are just not meant to occur. The simple non-attached method is always predominant. I really wanted to change my travel style, but sometimes a want is not always the reality.

There is one change I am forced pursue and that is my eating habits while actively traveling. I am determined to eat more raw and vegetarian food that will included tomatoes everyday. When I arrived from Greece last year I was very depleted for not only traveling fast, but mostly my eating habits. My style of cooking and consumption has changed dramatically from experiencing the traditional life even though I ate slightly too much bread over the winter.

I still have the Eastern Europe Lonely Planet, but I will also start taking advantage of WikiTravel.org

So Monday is a Green.

Monday is a Green Light—Departing Bulgaria. is a post from: Travel Enlightenment

So everything is getting taken care of like clock work. We transferred the company in Boris' name; the car, the internet contract, and my cell phone sim-card goes with, it worked out great. Tomorrow I will say goodbye to Mitko and his family, and also Maria, my female friend that live in the neighboring town.

On Sunday Boris, Jifko, and their mom will visit the village to show Boris' mom the house and say goodbye to my neighbors. On Monday morning I will drive the car to Hisar to drop off, catch a ride to Sofia with Boris, and visit the Bus Station. I will be catching a bus or train on Monday out of Bulgaria.

It will be 395 days in Bulgaria.
I paid for one night of accommodation the entire time.

Identifying Divine direction can be difficult for the majority, yet there is a minority that are able to recognize the energetic intervention of guidance. Some ideas are just not meant to occur. The simple non-attached method is always predominant. I really wanted to change my travel style, but sometimes a want is not always the reality.

There is one change I am forced pursue and that is my eating habits while actively traveling. I am determined to eat more raw and vegetarian food that will included tomatoes everyday. When I arrived from Greece last year I was very depleted for not only traveling fast, but mostly my eating habits. My style of cooking and consumption has changed dramatically from experiencing the traditional life even though I ate slightly too much bread over the winter.

I still have the Eastern Europe Lonely Planet, but I will also start taking advantage of WikiTravel.org

So Monday is a Green.

So there is a slight change in events, and this is one example to remain in the moment and avoid futurist expectations. Since the collective consciousness fails at remaining the in the moment it is extremely easy to get caught up in futuristic thoughts. So if I take the car I would have to return [...]

A Slight Change for the Departure. is a post from: Travel Enlightenment

So there is a slight change in events, and this is one example to remain in the moment and avoid futurist expectations. Since the collective consciousness fails at remaining the in the moment it is extremely easy to get caught up in futuristic thoughts.

So if I take the car I would have to return to close the company and sell the car, which could easily throw a non-flexible wrench in the pie. First there are some downsides of driving the car.

No cruse-control. My right leg would suffer having to be on the pedal continually. Even when I drove 3000 miles round trip to California and back in 1991 I had cruse-control.

The diesel here in Bulgaria has increased from 1.75 BG a liter to 2.25, and in other countries it will be more expensive.

Driving into any capital city would be a major headache.

The car is not secure. My cat was able to roll down the passengers window twice overnight to sleep in the car. Having camping gear and cooking stuff everything would be visible in the car overnight.

The car cannot carry much weight, thus, picking up hitchhikers is not ideal. I do enjoy picking up hitchhikers, most are backpackers themselves just needing a ride.

So Ideally, it would be best just to put the company in Boris' name and the car goes with, but he will buy the car. This way I am detached totally, but, back to the original travel style.

It is a thorny straw to except in a certain way, but on the other hand the detachment is healthier; the car and the idea having to return to Bulgaria could become a monkey on the back. Instead, I will just have my backpack. Plus, I met many more people than if I am driving a car and camping, and this is what matters most, because the most serious conversations always occur.

So now you may wonder where I am going to head first?
I will decide when I get to the bus station.

The last winter has been very progressive. I accomplished everything that I had planned and even more.

BTY: Boris is taking my Cat.

I visited Sofia for a couple days this last week. I got added pages in my passport at the US embassy and stay at the Hostel Sofia because Boris was out of town. The above picture is the Russian Style Ploshad Aleksander Nevksi Church located in the center of Sofia. I met a wonderful Spanish [...]

A Visit to Sofia and Departing Bulgaria Soon. is a post from: Travel Enlightenment

I visited Sofia for a couple days this last week. I got added pages in my passport at the US embassy and stay at the Hostel Sofia because Boris was out of town. The above picture is the Russian Style Ploshad Aleksander Nevksi Church located in the center of Sofia.

I met a wonderful Spanish girl that is attending school in Istanbul, we hung out for a day. The energetic cultural dynamics of the Mediterranean countries are very different than Bulgaria. The openness with close affectionate hugs are welcomed and refreshing compared to the conservative Bulgarian women. Bulgaria has been great, but the cultural conservativeness of how the Bulgarian women relate to foreigners is very odd.

So the time has arrived to leave Bulgaria after 13 months. Possibly a week from Monday I will head out if I can get everything together. The house is set up for the summer; Boris is taking an interest in the quite relaxing atmosphere of the village for the weekends as a break from the city.
Remember the story I wrote about the neighbor kids that the entire street outcasts because the parents live like gypsy's but are Bulgarian? Well I can say that the kids are much happier this year. Just a little friendliness and respect goes a long way.

My plan is to travel through Romania, check out a few places like Dracula's castle and head for Hungary. I am ready for some different cultures.
The above picture is the walkway in Plovdiv the second or third oldest city in Bulgaria and my favorite. The walkway spans the heart of the center. The McDonalds on the left the one of the first one built in Bulgaria, a place I avoid of course.

The pictures posted are from the Bachkovo Monastery and the Asenovgrad Castle that I visited a couple of weeks ago. Bulgaria isn’t always noticed as a major tourist destination, although there are 525 sites and landmarks that are presented on a handy dandy map you can purchase upon arrival. Strange artwork wouldn’t you say. This [...]

The One Year Mark Nesting in Bulgaria. is a post from: Travel Enlightenment

The pictures posted are from the Bachkovo Monastery and the Asenovgrad Castle that I visited a couple of weeks ago. Bulgaria isn't always noticed as a major tourist destination, although there are 525 sites and landmarks that are presented on a handy dandy map you can purchase upon arrival.
Strange artwork wouldn't you say. This artwork is extremely well preserved.
The castle is built upon a high hill over looking the valley entrance. The fortress was built in the 13th century and called the Assen's fortress. It was built to guard the Aegean pass and the Byzantine border in this area.
The Byzantine pictures are filled with masonic/Jesuits symbolism.

I have been in Bulgaria for one year now—how time files. I did another border run last week and stayed in Sofia for three nights with Boris. It looks like Boris will reimburse me for putting money into the house and will buy the company I formed. I gave him my old computer which I said I would last summer. So possibly I might beeline it to Poland in June, most likely visit the holocaust locations and other sites of interest and possibly a couple of areas in Germany and the Czech Republic, and then head back to Bulgaria in October and sell my car and switch the company paperwork. If I decide to fly someplace I can always head to Istanbul, it is a good hub to depart from. But, for now, I will head north in June.
My new web blog site "Advent of Deception" is doing great. After two months I have a page rank of 3 and averaging between 600 to 800 page views a day with a lower number of unique visitors, which means the site is getting readers and not just fly-bys, and the numbers are increasing everyday. Of course the content is much different than travel, health or food. Working with Wordpress is much better, too. I have full control of permalinks, SEO title tags, and with Thesis 1.7, believe me there is no looking back. I am convinced that using the Thesis theme is the best one on the market and well worth the money. Yet, at this point in time this travel blog will stay with blogger, I might make the change at some point in time, but not any time soon.

There are many blogs that I have discontinued reading, only because I am busy with more important subjects, and some blogs just are not adventurous or provide the depth that I enjoy reading. Possibly, my travel blog has been boring for many, but I am not trying to create a large crowd.

Yet, there are a few select travelers that I keep following and one very interesting blog is Canada's Adventure Couple at The PlanetD.

Since they departed Canada a little over five months ago their blogging continues to attract my attention. They started their adventure in India; Deb and Dave provide many hints and ideas for India. Indeed, India can be challenging for the traveler similar to Egypt.

Just before their arrival, another couple from Canada visited India on their one year trip and couldn't handle it, and move on to Thailand. Yet Deb and Dave did great for two months and then diverted over to Sri Lanka, which I think was a great move and then back to India, on to Nepal, and currently hiking up to Everest base camp.

Interesting enough, in the news the youngest person will attempt to summit Everest at age 13, if successful, he will be the youngest person to summit the highest peaks on all 5 continents.

Because of reading The PlanetD, I have taken a strong interest in certain parts of India and Sri Lanka; their honest views of the positive and negative realities of each country are very realistic. Yoga in Goa sounds great and the island of Sri Lanka looks like a nice place to camp out for a couple of months. India offers a 6 month visa, which is great for a long term slow traveler.

Deb and Dave are hiking up to Everest base camp with a porter and a guide, the trek is several days, however a person could just hire a porter to carry everything and not a guide. That is good news because I really wouldn't want a guide with me if I chose to do the trek. I have read other bloggers doing the trek but never really caught my attention until now.

So if your interested in reading about their final hike to base camp and the story on the way back I suggest to migrate over to The PlanetD and join along.

There are many blogs that I have discontinued reading, only because I am busy with more important subjects, and some blogs just are not adventurous or provide the depth that I enjoy reading. Possibly, my travel blog has been boring for many, but I am not trying to create a large crowd. Yet, there are [...]

Travel Blog Spotlight: The PlanetD! is a post from: Travel Enlightenment