posted by Curt Gibbs @ 6:22 PM
Sunday, September 03, 2006
This blogger account was set up in tandem with the ExperienceLA blog. The Trek'N'Travel name dates back to when my wife and I imported Indonesian handicrafts to sell at the LA Street Scene in the early 1980's. The main purpose of this blog will be travel-related. A recent article by Rory MacLean in the London Sunday Times mentioned my overland travels around the world in the late 1970's and used two of my pictures. The article, however, uses some literary license with regard to my travels. The article was promoting the English travel book: The Magic Bus which is scheduled for publishing in the US in 2007. Not yet available in the United States, but can be obtained on UK Amazon.com.
A Blog that will slowly evolve to track my travels, both here and abroad. A history of my overseas experiences and pictures can be found right now on Flickr as ExperienceLA. You can also find video on YouTube as TrekNTravel and follow me on Twitter as trekntravel and Facebook and LinkedIn. I am also an admin on the the FB group The Hippie Trail.
About Me
- Name: Curt Gibbs
- Location: United States
Founder of ExperienceLA.com and ExperienceLA WiFi. Travelled overland around the world in 1977 - 1979. Several pictures from those travels have been published in the London Sunday Times Magazine and other publications. Combined my interest in travel and promoting Los Angeles to launch www.experiencela.com in July 2003 as a public service of many government agencies. Web site promotes public transit and cultural tourism in greater Los Angeles. Also, includes official Los Angeles County Cultural Events calendar which is a feed into the LA Convention and Visitors Bureau website. Back in the 1980's, used to volunteer leading workshops in travel in Europe and Asia. Also, on How to Work Your Way Around the World. This was for American Youth Hostels - Los Angeles Council now known as Hostelling International. Organized travel fair that hosted Tony and Maureen Wheeler from Lonely PIanet Books. Maureen gave workshop on travelling with children. Had a chance to meet with Tony Wheeler again after the 2004 LA Times Travel Show which resulted in Tony introducing me to Rory Maclean author of The Magic Bus. I have been told many times that I look like Steven Spielberg.
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