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B O N E V O Y A G E
Robert W. Bone is a writer, author, editor and photographer. Since 1957, he has lived in a half dozen different countries and traveled to nearly 100. (All content is copyrighted.)
Bone leads in to the SATW coverage in New Zealand
On the eve of the November debut of the film, the “Rum Diary,” the TV3 network in New Zealand asked me to talk about my early friendship with Hunter Thompson. Then they ended up switching the mood entirely, using brief portions of the 15-minute interview to lead into coverage of the opening events of the annual meeting of The Society of American Travel Writers, held in Wellington. (I’ve been a member of that prestigious organization since the 1970′s.)
Later, NZ3 included both the short and the long version of the interview on its website. These may or may not be available indefinitely, of course. In any case, I have permanently preserved the air check video made by my brother-in law, Eric Cameron, in Rotorua. It can be seen by clicking here. (Give it a few seconds to load.)
I suggest not selecting the longer, perhaps more boring version of the interview, which is the second of two choices on the page, at least it is as long as this URL remains valid:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Travel-writer-Bob-Bone—full-interview/tabid/420/articleID/232452/Default.aspx .
Hunter Thompson and Bob Bone in my Fiat 500 in Puerto Rico, 1959.
Johnny Depp's car in the Rum Diary, 2011.
Posted in Introspective
The header shot and some web history
My longtime friend and newspaper colleague, Bob Hollis, took the photo I’m currently using as the header of this new blog. I was on the balcony of my stateroom on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam shooting pictures (of what, I can’t imagine). I had begun to dress for a formal dinner on the ship and took a brief time out for photography. (Bob also took the photo at the left.)
Incidentally, this is not really my first blog. From 2005 through 2008, I produced the Vertical Pronoun News, which is still accessable. My two other web sites, one dating back to 1966, are robertbone.com and the newer travelpieces.com.
If you find bonevoyage.us hard to remember, you can also find this blog by using an alternate address, robertbone.com/wp. (My daughter says nobody will ever remember an address that ends with anyhthing other than dot-com or dot-net.)
Let me also offer an apology from a neophyte at the blog stuff. I have not yet figured out all that the WordPress format has to offer, and please forgive me the dead links and other amateur flubs until solve the technical problems. Meanwhile, I am also frequently available on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Robert.W.Bone
Now, after some difficulty, the “Comments” section seems to be working. Please click on the “No Comment” or “Comments” line below to chime in about any particular post, including this one.
Posted in Introspective
Epic proportions
Books and Bowling Shoes: My previously published story on the Norwegian Epic has come to life again as the lead story in the October issue of WatchBoom. It was also carried on Linda Coffman’s prizewinning Cruise Diva site earlier in 2011. (Click on either to read.)
Nothing to do with the story. But here’s a little contest: NCL Cruisers can choose to take this colorful jitney on the long dock from the ship to the shore at Costa Maya, Mexico. You can click on Comment below to tell me why it looks like there’s nobody steering the thing! (I had to figure this out myself, and I took the picture!)
UPDATE: Gordon McBride of Wellington, New Zealand came up with the correct answer almost immediately. If you give up, click on the “comments” to see Gordon’s answer.
Posted in Cruises
