Once upon a time, I was young and healthy and pain-free. Like many college students, I took a couple of quarters to “study” abroad. I went to Paris, and used the locale as a base from which to travel much of Western Europe. Over the Christmas break, I shouldered a pack lent to me by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chronic pain travel’
Why Slow Travel Works Better Than Fast Travel
Posted in International Travel, Travel Tips, tagged chronic pain travel, Prague, slow travel on October 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
East African Safaris With Pain
Posted in Accessible Travel Web Sites, International Travel, Parks and Outdoor Travel, tagged accessible Africa, adventure travel, chronic pain travel, disability tour, East Africa travel, Ecocta, Safari on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wanna go on Safari with pain? Apparently, Ecocta Tours and Travel can hook you up: Women’s tours Disabled tours The Women’s tour section describes travel options for women with special needs as well. I don’t know this company personally–I’ve never been to Africa, though I’d like to visit sometime. My husband was born in Zimbabwe. [...]
Bucket List Success: Traveling to Great Places With Pain
Posted in California travel, International Travel, Travel Attractions, tagged bucket list, California, Caribbean, chronic pain travel, cruise ship, Kauai, London, Paris on October 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My bucket list may be near-infinite, but it’s not all dreams and fantasies. Even traveling with my chronic pain, I’ve gotten to see and smell and touch a bunch of my bucket list destinations. * Paris Paris was my #1 bucket list item from childhood. I studied there as a healthy college student many many [...]
Bucket List for a Traveler With Pain
Posted in International Travel, Travel Essay, tagged Acre, bucket list, chronic pain travel, Egypt, Gettysburg, Jerusalem, New Orleans, New Zealand, Panama on October 9, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I doubt that my bucket list of dream travel destinations looks much different from that of a traveler without pain. Maybe it’s a little bit more ambitious. I’m not just a traveler with chronic pain–I’m a dreamer with chronic pain. Here are just a very few of the places I want to go and things [...]
Honeymooning With Pain
Posted in Accommodations, California travel, Spas and Luxury Travel, Travel Tips, tagged Big Sur, chronic pain travel, Esalen, honeymoon, vacation, Ventana Inn, wedding on October 7, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I just got back from the Best Honeymoon Ever! It’s possible that I may be prejudiced…really, every newlywed should think her or his honeymoon is the Best. But how did I create the Best Honeymoon Ever, with pain? 1. I got my spouse-to-be into the honeymoon with pain planning process. Because my sweetie and I [...]
Traveling to Escape Pain
Posted in Travel Essay, tagged chronic pain travel, Crohn's disease, Escape magazine, Jon Carroll, Kauai, Liz Hamill, pleasure travel, SFGate, travel with pain, Waikiki on October 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I know that last post about travel writing being “dead” blew pretty hot. But the top of my head didn’t actually fly off until I read Jon Carroll’s little opinion piece on SFGate’s Travel page this morning. Kablowie! While I was scraping bits of hair and blood and bone off my ceiling, I figured out [...]
Fear of Traveling With Pain
Posted in Misadventures, Travel Tips, tagged chronic pain travel, fear travel, travel chronic illness, travel hidden disability, why travel on August 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Traveling with pain is scary. No doubt about it. Stuff happens on the road. In Amsterdam, my hotel room was robbed while I slept. On the balmy island of Moorea, a roach crawled into my ear and got stuck. I starved for five days in Tuscany. All that (and more) happened back when I was [...]
Traveling Alone Part 4: Packing Up and Heading Home
Posted in Accommodations, Air Travel, Travel Tips, tagged BlogHer 2011, chronic pain travel, Marriott Marquis, San Diego, traveling alone, woman travel solo on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After two really good sessions about professional blogging and brand communications on Saturday at BlogHer 2011, the conference ended for me. To put myself out there, approaching strangers with a smile and a conversational gambit, takes energy. I knew nobody at BlogHer, so I had to do this about every 5 minutes, for hours at [...]
Traveling Alone Part 3: Making Decisions All Day Long
Posted in Business Travel, California travel, Travel Tips, tagged BlogHer 2011, chronic pain travel, San Diego Convention Center, traveling alone, woman traveling solo on August 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again. Traveling with pain and hidden disability is all about making decisions–good decisions, bad decisions, big decisions, small decisions. Eating breakfast is a decision. Buying a map is a decision. Throwing the GPS out the window of the car at 80 mph in a fit [...]
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