Enter to win a free copy of A Map For Saturday DVD!
I was never a fan of popping pills. Even if I am deathly ill. I prefer to sleep it off and pray that my lungs will still be in my chest when I wake up. But there is one thing pills and sleep, can’t cure – my wanderlust. All it takes for me to spark this irresistible impulse to travel is a look out the window.
My wanderlust has always been the fuel for this travel blog. I didn’t start this blog with the intention of becoming the Grand Master Guru of All Travel Bloggers. I’ll save that title for Dave at GoBackpacking.com. This blog was intended to be my escape. I just wanted to write. For myself. No one else.
Then Art of Backpacking featured me in “The 5 Travel Personalities You Must Know In 2010.” Shocker, I know! How could I stack up to Canada’s most charming traveling couple Dave & Deb? How could I be put in the same game as Twenty-Something Travel, Sosauce & Brook Silva-Braga? It still behooves me.
What surprised me even more was when Emmy winning producer Brook Silva-Braga reached out to me. He is an ex-TV producer turned world traveler. He produced his around the world trip documentary, A Map For Saturday, and offered to send me a copy. The film chronicles Brook’s travels through 26 countries on four continents.
The film is inspiring, thought-provoking and real. At the end of the day relationships and experiences are two things that weigh most in our lives. Brook beautifully documents all the challenges travelers face when it comes to relationships, whether it’s platonic or romantic, and the relationships travelers have with themselves and the world as they travel around the world.
A Map For Saturday synopsis:
On a trip around the world, every day feels like Saturday. A MAP FOR SATURDAY reveals a world of long-term, solo travel through the stories of trekkers on four continents.
But at its core, SATURDAY tracks the emotional arc of extreme long-term travelers; teenagers and senior citizens who wondered, “What would it be like to travel the world?” Then did it.
The documentary finds backpackers helping neglected Thai tsunami victims. It explains why Nepal’s guesthouses are empty and Brazil’s stoplights are ignored.
A Map For Saturday Giveaway Contest!
Now I’d like to take this opportunity to share with you what Brook has shared with me. I am giving away a copy of A Map For Saturday!
All you have to do is…
1. Leave a comment below with a quote/motto/phrase that best expresses what traveling is to you.
[Commenting will be closed on February 23rd, 11:59 PM EST]
2. Follow me on Twitter @monica530 & retweet this blog post
That’s it!
You can also become a fan of my Facebook Fan Page and/or subscribe to my blog via RSS feed or email. I am not going to check to see who subscribed but it will come in pretty handy when I announce the winner. I’m just saying. 
Once I’ve collected all the quotes, the entire travel community will have a week to vote for their favorite quote. Voting begins February 24th and ends on March 4th at 11:59 PM EST. The winner with the most votes will be announced on March 5th.
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