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Adventure Sports Journal Online However over the top it may have been to associate the Green Tortoise with the Prankstrers' LSD-fueled explorations of mind and country aboard the Further bus, I couldn't help but feel that it gave me a better understanding of the vagabond spirit that fueled the Tortoise and its counter-culture denizens. But those were the '70s and early '80s, when the Green Tortoise still rolled under the radar: unlicensed, uninsured, and like the times, a little less inhibited. The Tortoise first took to the road in 1974, when founder Gardner Kent, who was living at a Sonoma County commune at the time, headed home for the holidays. www.adventuresportsjournal.com /html/Articles/28/28_greentortoise.htm   (2044 words)

Communing with nature – human and otherwise | The San Diego Union-Tribune Green Tortoise buses run all year but are busiest during the summer. Tortoise owner Lyle Kent, looking like a surfer dreaming of his next curl, drove up, introduced himself and explained that the bus, his newest, was still at the shop and would be here "in a few." This was our introduction to one of the company's founding principles: We're not in a hurry. Since the beginning, Green Tortoise trips have included stops at hot springs, and most accounts include at least one instance of riders stripping to their smiles and having a soak – if for no other reason than to rinse off the dust. www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041212/news_lz1t12green.html   (2160 words)

Galapagos Giant Tortoises Indeed, the saddle-back shape of the shell in many of the tortoise races reminded the early Spaniards of a type of riding saddle called "galapago", and this term is also applied to the tortoises. However, no other tortoise, living or dead, has been found on Fernandina and it is entirely possible that that one lone male was a stray or a release. Fernandina is the most pristine of the islands and any tortoise population would not be likely to have become extinct at the hands of introduced animals. www.rit.edu /~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/Tortoise.html   (1055 words)

Green Tortoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Green Tortoise is a self-described adventure travel company based in San Francisco, California that hosts tours mostly within the United States. Tortoise on a desert run: relive the days when getting there was half the fun. Trip on the Tortoise can be hair-raising if you aren't hip; rolling remnant of the 1960s, a bus unlike Greyhound, still plies the West Coast. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Tortoise   (628 words)

Slow, but steady: with the Green Tortoise Bus line, getting there is half the fun - adventure tours bus line E: The ... And that's just the way it is with Green Tortoise, a slightly eccentric bus line that has been taking people on adventure tours for 24 years. When Green Tortoise started in the early 70s, there were several alternative bus lines, like the Gray Rabbit and Gypsy Flyer, offering cross-country trips to members of the counter-culture. Green Tortoise is very sensitive to environmental protection along its routes: Campers set up shelters, but no permanent buildings. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1594/is_n3_v9/ai_20581510   (854 words)

The Collage Foundation: Travel Green Tortoise began in the early 1970's, when owner Lyle Kent's father realized that he could actually make a living out of his hobby: carting hippies around the country in his converted Greyhound bus. Green Tortoise, for example, purchases food for each trip from organic farmers in an effort to support eco-friendly growing habits. Green Tortoise, itself, is moving wholeheartedly towards providing the most sustainable transportation possible. www.collagefoundation.org /travel/greentortoise.html   (984 words)

Green Tortoise is on the move After May 1, the Green Tortoise's current home near the corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street will be torn down for a high-rise of luxury condominiums. On a recent weeknight at the Green Tortoise, guests streamed through a lobby decorated with a lava lamp, etchings of Jimi Hendrix's grave and origami cranes dangling from exposed pipes. Around the Green Tortoise, three proposed condo high-rises on Second Avenue between Pike and Pine are expected to transform a rougher stretch of pawn shops, wig stores and adult entertainment venues. seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/256248_greentortoise19.html   (1805 words)

Touring Alaska the Green Tortoise Way Entrepreneur Gardner Kent devised a different route for his "Green Tortoise," a weary green school bus which took five and a half days, stopping to camp out in national parks, relaxing in hot springs, and cooperatively cooking fresh food at their campsites. Today the Green Tortoise has graduated from "hippie buses" to "adventure travel" with a fleet of modern sleeper coaches with booths and couches that easily convert to beds accomodating up to 36 weary passengers. Suzy was a veteran of the tortoise and she explained the loose itinerary. www.gonomad.com /transports/0507/tortoise.html   (2468 words)

Tortoise on a desert run: relive the days when getting there was half the fun - Green Tortoise bus tours Vegetarian ... Tortoise on a desert run: relive the days when getting there was half the fun - Green Tortoise bus tours I'd heard that things aboard the Tortoise had changed since my friend's journey eight years ago--the clientele was more diverse and international, side trips were of the outdoor kind rather than the drug kind, and the buses were more reliable--but that Tortoise travel still meant plenty of quirky good times and great vegetarian cuisine. Green Tortoise's management is willing to go to great lengths in this pursuit, even so far as to persuade the mother of one of their mechanics to bake her scrumptious pies for Tortoise travelers. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0820/is_n217/ai_17169763   (894 words)

Burning Man : Bad Times on the Green Tortoise The only shelter that the $240 Tortoise was providing was on the bus, which would have made the trip even hotter and stickier than it already would have been. Gardner Kent, the founder of the Tortoise, is a kindred spirit and a particular fan of Burning Man (it's a mutual admiration society). Concern about the past (and probable future) behavior of BMORG is. As I discovered, the attitudes of the Green Tortoise staff fit in all too well with the attitudes of BMORG, their alleged partners. commonsense666atlast.tripod.com /Green_Tortoise/green_tortoise.html   (8496 words)

The Green Tortoise Takes You There / "Adventure travel" bus is a different kind of tour Some Tortoise pals, however, knew of a short trail that quickly took us to a secluded bank of the Merced River, an excellent place to read, lie in the sun, and occasionally dip one's toe in the extremely cold water. Jen Anderson, 33, took the Tortoise across the U.S. in the late-'90s, and had a less-pleasant time than I. "You've got to be prepared for absolutely no privacy," she said. But Tortoise drivers work to maximize the scenic value of the trip -- scheduling early morning hikes before the park is crowded with tourists, plotting routes to remote campsites far from the clamour. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/08/16/tortoise.DTL&type=printable   (1306 words)

OWH | Green Tortoise - US Tours | Overseas Working Holidays, Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Green Tortoise will take you to all the places you want to see and also to some you have never heard of. Green Tortoise will take you to the most stunning places in North and Central America. Green Tortoise are committed to offering safe, comfortable and cheap travel in North and Central America. www.owh.com.au /tour_green_tortoise_benefits.cfm   (329 words)

USATODAY.com - Seattle's Green Tortoise Hostel slated for new location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) SEATTLE (AP) — The funky downtown Green Tortoise Hostel is being torn down to make way for high-rise condominiums, but the co-owner says he's planning to keep offering low-cost beds and breakfasts. Until now, Green Tortoise has had a low-rent lease for the three-story building owned by Samis Land Co. But staying is not an option. Community has been part of the Green Tortoise ethos since 1974, when Gardner Kent loaded up his green school bus with flower children who paid him a nominal sum to drive from Berkeley to Boston. www.usatoday.com /travel/hotels/2006-01-20-green-tortoise_x.htm?csp=34   (897 words)

Dissatisfied Customers of the Green Tortoise: The Webring I stayed at a hotel, stayed at the Green Tortoise and what a difference, the Tortoise had more fun people, went on a pub crawl, ate great food that was included in the price and even met a girl. I have stayed in a lot of hostels and am used to them but the Green Tortoise sticks out as being a real disappointment for me, probably because it did not live up to the hype (or the $20 per night). It just tried to rationalize the actions of the Tortoise staff, and as one sees in the rebuttal in that "open letter" on this ring, all that one needs to see through that is a mind of one's own, a decent attention span, and a little common sense. commonsense666atlast.tripod.com /Green_Tortoise   (2060 words)

Deconstructing a Rationalization: An Open Letter to "Mike Tattoo" (aka Mike Bolger) Everything that we brought onto that bus, under the Green Tortoise's own policies, announced at the last minute, had to fit in the two pieces of luggage that we were allowed. Oh, but it was very much the Green Tortoise's fault that I found myself with very little cash at that point, Michael, a point which doesn't go away just because you try to confuse the reader about the chronology. This is a little different from the Tortoise, which charged four times as much for what amounted to being little more than an expensive trip on a crowded bus, turning what had to be a very healthy profit, indeed. www.geocities.com /commonsense666atlast/green_tortoise.html   (12454 words)

Xpress Online Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) The Green Tortoise is known for attracting free-spirited people seeking a different way of travel. The Green Tortoise has many scheduled trips, including an Alaskan adventure, a trip to Costa Rica and a Mardi Gras tour every year. If you do find yourself on a Green Tortoise adventure this spring break, one thing is for certain: It will not be the usual getaway. www.journalism.sfsu.edu /Xpress/archive/spring2000/travel/tortoise2.html   (568 words)

Field Research For Boneheads1 : From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise The Green Tortoise is a bus travel company, based in San Francisco, that emerged from the youth countercultures of the 1960s. The philosophy of the Green Tortoise (i.e., Arrive inspired, not dog tired) is to elevate the status and comfort of being on the road. The Green Tortoise is an excellent example of a countercultural organization because it is a successful business that is predicated upon a celebration of the rowdy, youthful times from whence it came (Wolfe, 1968). theoryandscience.icaap.org /content/vol002.002/mcgettigan.html   (6579 words)

Green Tortoise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) So I buried thoughts of the Green Tortoise way back into my subconscious, forgetting about it while I was exploring Europe, discovering Alaska and taking road trips up and down the west coast. But when I was mulling over where to go for my next vacation, it all came back to me and I realized I would soon be too old to fully enjoy the magic of the Green Tortoise. In preparation for that I've taken the tentative itinerary from the Green Tortoise website and added some links to the places I'll be going so you can follow along. home.earthlink.net /~marisaerica/greentortoise.htm   (235 words)

Green Tortoise San Francisco Hostel Review The ballroom at the Tortoise is the best place I have found in all of SF to meet cool and interesting people. There is also a Green Tortoise hostel in Seattle. They range from international travelers who are here for a few days to people who work in the area and need a place to stay for a little while (maximum stay is 3 weeks per season). www.sftravel.com /hotels/hostels/greentortoisehostel.html   (722 words)

"Green Tortoise" Timothy C. Furgeson Green Tortoise is a counter-culture bus line which serves the west coast from San Diego to Seattle. The guy on the phone told us to meet the bus at a corner in the city, and that's how it started, with us standing on the corner one morning, waiting for the bus. When we got going, the driver said, "Hi, I'm Richard, I'm one of the owners of the Green Tortoise. www.thewritegallery.com /writing/green_tortoise.html   (2581 words)

Porphyrion: Meeting The Green Tortoise I'd heard about a bus called The Green Tortoise from an old college friend who sometimes drove for them, so I looked them up and booked a seat on the next bus north. After getting over my initial reservations I realized that the Tortoise was an amazing thing; a very comfortable and friendly way to travel and have fun with a bunch of people you've never met before. After spending the night aboard the bus, cooking breakfast by a river and taking a dawn swim, I decided that this was the way I wanted to travel. home.blarg.net /~bcechony/travels/cross-country/tortoise.html   (274 words)

Tortoise keeps on truckin' / 'Hippie bus' at 30 is still more about people than places It seemed wrong taking a Yellow Cab to catch a Green Tortoise (and it doesn't do much for your backpacker street cred), but I did it anyway, as most buses leave at night from a dimly lit alley behind the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco. Since the beginning, Green Tortoise trips have included stops at hot springs, and most accounts include at least one instance of riders stripping to their smiles and having a soak -- if for no other reason than to rinse off the dust. Green Tortoise Adventure Travel, 494 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133. sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/22/TRGDM8A44C1.DTL&type=travel   (2436 words)

Dissatisfied Customers of the Green Tortoise Consumer reports from those who haven't been satisfied with their experiences aboard the Green Tortoise busline, and alternatives they might consider. You don't have to be displeased with the Green Tortoise to be a participant, but if you were looking for a ride to Burning Man and didn't want to rely on the Tortoise or BMORG, these lists would offer you an alternative place to look for that ride. A ring for those telling the other side of the story of the "legendary hippy tour line" - one of abusive treatment of customers, fraud, baiting of the handicapped and much more, including the story of the man they left begging for food in the middle of a desert. c.webring.com /hub?ring=greentortoise   (279 words)

Seattle Hostel - Green Tortoise The World Famous Green Tortoise Adventure Travel began over 30 years ago, with one sturdy bus and the realization that beautiful places, great food, and sociable people were the only essentials for gratifying travel experiences. The Green Tortoise hostels in San Francisco and Seattle are built on this fine tradition. The Green Tortoise San Francisco and Seattle hostels are created around a social communal experience. www.greentortoise.net   (185 words)

Adventure Travel with the Green Tortoise Bus Company Green Tortoise Adventure Travel began over 30 years ago, with one sturdy bus and the realization that beautiful places, great food, and sociable people were the only essentials for gratifying travel experiences. There's nothing else like the Green Tortoise—even a short ride on the Green Tortoise is a vacation. Even a short ride on the Green Tortoise is a vacation, and the longer adventures will become life-long memories. www.greentortoise.com   (824 words)

Green Tortoise, Costa Rica I spent an awesome two weeks touring Costa Rica with the Tortoise, and what a trip it was. We spent time on the pacific coast, we visited Rincon De La Vieja National Park, We spent time at Arenal Volcano, The Sarapiqui reigon, and the village of Tortuguero, before ending up in Cahuita on the Caribbean coast. We hiked, camped, ate great tortoise food, swam, saw ALL kinds of animals, bared our souls to one another, and overall had a WONDERFUL time. tortuga.nomoss.com   (227 words)

Green tortoise beetle - Cassida viridis - English Nature Green tortoise beetle - Cassida viridis - English Nature This is a bright green tortoise beetle commonly seen on white dead nettle growing as a casual weed in gardens or on water mint in a garden pond. When attacked by predatory insects, especially ants, tortoise beetles grip the leaf surface hard with their feet and pull themselves down, presenting no grip to the predator which usually gives up. www.plantpress.com /wildlife/o198-greentortoisebeetle.php   (260 words)

Green Tortoise 1990 Arriving in New York, I made my way to Boston where I got on the Green Tortoise bus for a twelve-day trip across the USA to San Francisco. I still rate that trip as one of the best I have ever taken in my life, seeing the USA as it should be seen: from the ground, and with a mix of people from the four corners of the world. I'd still recommend the Green Tortoise to anyone who wants to get a different perspective on the world and on themselves. www.pimpa.com /gallery_GT1990.htm   (125 words)

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