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Liechtenstein? Where The Hell’s That…?

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Ryan Murdock

Liechtenstein is a strange place. It’s a monarchy ruled by a prince in the middle of Europe, landlocked in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria. At 62 square miles it’s the 6th smallest country in the world, but has the world’s second highest GDP per person thanks to it’s status as a tax haven.

It’s the sort of anomaly on a map that people pop into for an hour, just to say they’ve been there.

...dizzying views of the Rhine and Switzerland on the far side...

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Take a Walk Through Tokyo With Me

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Ryan Murdock

It’s been quiet here in Road Wisdom land, but it’s the silence of distant places rather than the silence of inactivity that has fallen over my blog…

I’ve been on the road these past couple months. Exploring the rugged interior of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. Navigating the hectic city streets of Tokyo, and the quieter corners of northern Honshu. And more recently in the US — the farthest steamy south at Key West, and then across the continent to Seattle to see The Church and hang with Steve Kilbey.

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Castaway on a Hostile Shore

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Ryan Murdock


I’m still drifting through Central American memories, looking at my life 10 short years ago…

The present has rippled and the past intervened. It’s leaking through the walls of this cold northern room, and all those feelings are coming back with it.

This is from Chapter 4 of Vagabond Dreams. It’s about traveling alone, and that first time you set out on the road.

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Pushing Through My Safe Ideas

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Ryan Murdock

My recent visit to Panama City has left me drifting 10 years in the past…

I’d like to share with you a reading of something I wrote at that time.  It was my first real trip. I was alone and disoriented, in a place where I didn’t speak the language. I didn’t really know why I was there or what I should do. I only knew I had to go. 

Those of you who have followed such impulses know how deeply that first trip will change you. After traveling the length of Central America, nothing ever looked the same again. I could never go back to the life I’d left behind. 

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What’s Your Personal Landscape?

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Ryan Murdock

Just got back from my first trip to Las Vegas.

Yeah, it’s weird eh? I’ve been to Mongolia but never Vegas.

Am I the only one to go there and not set foot in a Casino, club or The Strip?

What the heck did I get up to?

On the outskirts of Sin City, among the red rocks and the ghosts of broken dreams, I filmed a couple programs for my health and fitness website. I also put together this little video blog for you. Hope ya like it!


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History In Your Glass

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Ryan Murdock

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I received a lot of emails about my previous blog installment on the Pan American Clipper and the golden age of air travel. Many of you would have liked a taste of that bygone age — so I’m going to give you one. A little bit of history, right here in your glass…

A lot of drinking goes on in the air these days, but it’s become nothing more than a way to knock yourself out on long haul fights. Plastic cups stuffed full of ice, little bottles of major brand liquor, and a can of soda, or god forbid some horrible pre-made mix. This dose of oblivion is sloshed together by a bored steward with a plastic food service cart. And more often than not, they have no idea how to mix a proper drink.

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