Hi! My name is Reannon and I’m a travelholic…
In the past six years I’ve lived in five countries and backpacked through almost 30. I’ve worked on cruise ships in the Caribbean, au paired in Austria, studied abroad in Germany, taught English in Nepal and Japan and worked for an airline in San Francisco. Once, I even traded in my Jeep convertible for a plane ticket to India.
Taken by the Wind chronicles my life and love for all things travel.
Why is your site called Taken by the Wind?
“All your life,
You’ve never seen, a woman,
Taken by the wind…”
~ lyrics from the song “Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac.
My name is Reannon and I was named after a Fleetwood Mac song by the same name, (although spelled differently – Rhiannon – ). Although I’m not the biggest Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks fan (sorry, mom and dad), the lyrics seemed fitting for a site about a travelholic.
Some of the sample lyrics are “She rules her life like a fine skylark” and “She rules her life like a bird in flight.” Fitting, no?
What’s a ‘Travelholic’ and how do I figure out if I’m one, too?
For an answer to those question, my friends, I refer you to the following posts about travel addiction:
You Know You’re a Travel Addict When…
16 Signs Your a Frequent Flier
The History of Taken by the Wind:
I started this site back in May 2008 when I moved to Tokyo. It began as an online journal chronicling my struggle to adjust to life in Japan, but has since morphed into a site about travel and life abroad (and at home).
This blog has had several identities over the last couple of years. When I originally started it, I was about to leave for Japan and had envisioned my target audience to be mostly other English teachers. Quite a few of my posts in the beginning offered lesson plan outlines and tips for tutoring or teaching English. I also wrote a lot about my personal life, as well.
But then I realized that the people who found my site via a Google-search for “ESL Games” weren’t necessarily the same people who were interested in reading about my climb up Mt. Fuji. Eventually, I stopped writing about teaching ESL on this site and focused on writing about my favorite topic – Me. : ) I’ve since moved all of my ESL posts to my page on Associated Content. Here’s the link:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/760868/reannon_muth.html
What this blog isn’t:
This isn’t an advice blog. You won’t see posts offering tips on where to find the cheap airfare or how to travel the world on a tight budget. Not that there’s anything wrong wtih posts like that, I just didn’t feel that they fit in with the tone or feel of this blog. That, and posts like “The Top Ten Budget Hostels in Bulgaria” or whatever, are incredibly boring to write.
So for tips and advice on travel, I’ll refer you to this site’s ‘Links’ tab. There you’ll find some awesome resources, in particular Matador, Almost Fearless and Nomadic Matt. If you know of another helpful travel site or if you’d like me to add your blog to the list, feel free to email me: afineskylark@gmail.com
I wanna know more! What should I read first?
You can click on any of the tab’s on the left sidebar of the ‘home’ page. But here’s a few of my favorite posts to get you started…Thanks for reading. : )
I like your writing style. Where else can we find you on the web?
Thank you! I occasionally freelance write and have appeared in the Japan Times on Associated Content, HubPages and on Bukisa.com
You can also follow my crazy adventures as they unfold twitter.
