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Photo |
Date |
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Title of entry |
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Countries visited |
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Commentary |
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1 |
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19
May 2002 |
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"The Beginning" |
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USA |
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...in which I depart,
having little idea of what I'm doing, and no idea of what I'm getting
myself into... |
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2 |
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23
May 2002 |
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"Bangkok" |
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Thailand |
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...in which I'm naive, but
showing some promise... |
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3 |
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28
May 2002 |
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"Bali = Heaven" |
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Singapore, Indonesia (Bali) |
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...in which I show signs
of the randomness that will come to characterize my journey... |
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4 |
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7
Jun 2002 |
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"Fulfilling Sentence in Gili
Air" |
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Indonesia (Bali, Gili Air) |
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...in which I accidentally
leave Bali, not to return for 18 months... |
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5 |
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22 Jun 2002 |
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"Hopscotch Across Indonesia" |
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Indonesia (Gili Air, Flores,
Sulawesi) |
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...in which I get my
first glimpse of adventure travel, though I'm still shy of ekonomi
class... |
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6 |
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12
Jul 2002 |
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"One Giant Leap" |
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Indonesia (Sulawesi), Hong Kong |
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...in which I really begin
to get the hang of things... |
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7 |
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23
Jul 2002 |
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"Chillin' in China" |
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Hong Kong, Macau, China |
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...in which I temporarily
enjoy a relaxing life in southern China... |
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8 |
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18 Aug 2002 |
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"Trans-Asian Northbound Express" |
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China, Mongolia |
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...in which I begin to
enjoy doing things the hard way... |
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9 |
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30 Sep 2002 |
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"(Mis)adventure in Mongolia" |
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Mongolia |
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...in which my horse runs
away... |
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10 |
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8
Oct 2002 |
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"Masochistic Road Trip" |
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Mongolia, China |
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...in which I'm introduced
to pain and built lots of character... |
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11 |
|
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28 Oct 2002 |
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"Long Road to Pakistan" |
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China |
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...in which I see a side
of China that I'd never imagined existed... |
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12 |
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23 Nov 2002 |
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"Sinless, Yet Stranded, in Ngari" |
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China (Tibet) |
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...in which life gets yet
rougher, but at least my sins are erased... |
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13 |
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17 Dec 2002 |
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"My Personal Shangri-La" |
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China (Tibet), Nepal |
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...in which I finally see
the color green again... |
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14 |
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20 Jan 2003 |
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"India By Storm" |
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India |
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...in which the Just
brothers take India by storm and are nearly defeated... |
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15 |
|
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24 Jan 2003 |
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"Really Had No Choice..." |
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India |
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...in which I buy a
motorcycle/travelling companion... |
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16 |
|
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23 Feb 2003 |
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"The Bullet and Me" |
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India |
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...in which my travelling
companion is broken a lot... |
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17 |
|
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6 Apr 2003 |
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"Sri Who?" |
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India, Sri Lanka |
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...in which I discover a
new vocation in Sri Lanka... |
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18 |
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20 Apr 2003 |
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"Quick Run North" |
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India, Nepal |
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...in which I take the
quickest motorcycle route to Nepal... |
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19 |
|
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24
May 2003 |
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"Himalayas Are Pretty Big" |
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Nepal |
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...in which I search for
yeti... |
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20 |
|
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29
May 2003 |
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"A Year?" |
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-general- |
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...in which I summarize my
first year on the road... |
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21 |
|
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29
Jun 2003 |
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"The End of India" |
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Nepal, India |
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...in which I dump the
bike and meet my friend Kris... |
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22 |
|
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17 Sep 2003 |
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"Every Now and Then I Fall
Apart" |
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-general- |
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...in which I ramble on
about nothing for a few pages... |
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23 |
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20 Sep 2003 |
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"FECs Suck" |
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India, Myanmar, Thailand |
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...in which I say goodbye
to India and jump into the open arms of Burma... |
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24 |
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28 Sep 2003 |
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"Stupid Farangs" |
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Thailand, Laos |
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...in which I sink a boat,
among other stories... |
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25 |
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23 Oct 2003 |
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"Same Same But Different" |
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Vietnam |
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...in which I jump down
Vietnam from north to south... |
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26 |
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26 Oct 2003 |
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"Variety Pack" |
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Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia |
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...in which the other Just
brother joins me for five weeks of mayhem... |
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27 |
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13 Dec 2003 |
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"Borneo: Clockwise" |
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Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia |
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...in which I get stuck
on a large island... |
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28 |
|
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24 Dec 2003 |
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"Jungle Fever...or something" |
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Indonesia |
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...in which I end up on
Bali once again... |
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29 |
|
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17 Feb 2004 |
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"A March Towards Independence" |
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Indonesia, East Timor |
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...in which we are very
creative about sleeping accommodation... |
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30 |
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14 Mar 2004 |
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"Island of the Fuzzy Hairs" |
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East Timor, Indonesia, Papua New
Guinea |
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...in which I decide that
New Guinea is the strangest place on the planet... |
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31 |
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18 Mar 2004 |
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"Asia and Me" |
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-general- |
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...in which I blabber on
about the stereotypes I've gained by experience... |
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32 |
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5
May 2004 |
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"Driftin'" |
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Australia |
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...in which I hitchhike
all over the place and comment on the interesting characters along the
way... |
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33 |
|
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28
May 2004 |
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"Another Year?" |
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-general- |
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...in which I comment on
my second year of travel... |
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34 |
|
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24
Jun 2004 |
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"Land of the Long White Cloud" |
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New Zealand, New Caledonia |
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...in which it's cold but
I don't care... |
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35 |
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25
Jul 2004 |
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"Friends in the Far East" |
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Japan, South Korea |
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...in which I see a
completely different side of Asia... |
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36 |
|
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17 Aug 2004 |
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"One Final Plunge" |
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China |
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...in which I return once
again to this massive country that I love and hate... |
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37 |
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9 Sep 2004 |
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"Momentum" |
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China, Russia, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania |
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...in which I take a
lengthy train ride... |
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38 |
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12 Oct 2004 |
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"Windmills and Roquefort" |
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Lithuania, Holland, France |
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...in which Ma Just and I
join forces... |
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39 |
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7 Nov 2004 |
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"Rumelia" |
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Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria,
Macedonia |
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...in which I really
wonder where I'm going and why... |
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40 |
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9
Nov 2004 |
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"The Anatomy of a Decision" |
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-general- |
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...in which I display how
I really wonder where I'm going and why... |
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41 |
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23 Nov 2004 |
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"Pleasantly Decrepit" |
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Kosovo, Albania |
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...in which I really like
Albanians and discover a pocket of the world I knew nothing about... |
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42 |
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13 Dec 2004 |
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"I-Go-Slavia" |
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Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Serbia, Slovenia |
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...in which I tramp
through many fast-changing countries... |
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43 |
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5 Jan 2005 |
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"Abracadabra" |
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England, Switzerland, USA |
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...in which I get a bit
too theatrical about surprises... |
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44 |
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13 Jan 2005 |
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"Made in America" |
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USA |
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...in which I explore my
own country, just a little bit... |
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45 |
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14 Mar 2005 |
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"Arbadacarba" |
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USA |
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...in which I depart once
again with a head still overfull of unformed ideas... |
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46 |
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17 Mar 2005 |
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"Bogart & Co." |
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Netherlands, Belgium, France,
Spain, Morocco |
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...in which I spring into
Africa... |
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47 |
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12 Apr 2005 |
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"Saharan Tribulations" |
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Morocco, Western Sahara,
Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia |
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...in which I spring into
Black Africa, which I realize is completely different from northern
Africa... |
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48 |
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26 Apr 2005 |
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"East in a 504" |
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Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea,
Mali |
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...in which by bum
blisters begin to form... |
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49 |
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19
May 2005 |
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"Toubab in Timbuktu" |
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Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana |
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...in which I'm really
hot for most of the time... |
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50 |
|
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26
May 2005 |
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"Year #3" |
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-general- |
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...in which I statisticize
my third year since the beginning... |
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51 |
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31
May 2005 |
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"Bobo in Voodoo-Land" |
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Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger |
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...in which I start to
get tired... |
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52 |
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22
Jun 2005 |
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"Happy Happy Joy Joy" |
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Niger, Chad, Ethiopia |
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...in which I'm officially
sick of the desert... |
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53 |
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22
Jul 2005 |
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"Abyssinian Days" |
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Ethiopia |
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...in which I find a new
energy amid the wondrous Ethiopia... |
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54 |
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6
Aug 2005 |
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"Mzungu, Meet Mapuwa" |
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Kenya, Uganda, DR Congo, Rwanda |
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...in which I get back to
proper Africa, and even see some gorillas... |
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55 |
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14 Aug 2005 |
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"The Life of Brian" |
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Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi |
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...in which I traverse
miles and miles of bloody Africa... |
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56 |
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22 Sep 2005 |
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"Botswana" |
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Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
Zambia, Namibia, South Africa |
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...in which I do a lot of
things I never thought I'd do, and quite enjoy it... |
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57 |
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27 Oct 2005 |
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"East Coast Exit" |
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South Africa, Swaziland,
Mozambique, Tanzania |
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...in which I have my own
private game preserve before an impossibly tiring journey up the east
coast of Africa... |
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58 |
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11 Nov 2005 |
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"Magic and Mountains in Arabia" |
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Yemen |
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...in which this little
mountain-desert kingdom amazes me... |
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59 |
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14 Nov 2005 |
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"Me and Africa" |
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-general- |
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...in which I spout off
my thoughts of Africa... |
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60 |
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30 Nov 2005 |
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"How I Almost Returned to Sri
Lanka (and other stories from the Holy Land)" |
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Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Israel,
Palestinian Territories |
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...in which Syria denies
my entry, among other minor adventures... |
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61 |
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12 Dec 2005 |
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"Kurdistan and Beyond" |
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Turkey, Georgia |
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...in which I'm cold and
alone all the time but still manage to enjoy myself... |
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62 |
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3
Jan 2006 |
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"Warm Cold Caucasus" |
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Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Nagorno-Karabakh |
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...in which I find one of
my favorite pockets of the world... |
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63 |
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11 Jan 2006 |
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"Some Kind of Exit" |
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Georgia, Turkey |
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...in which I find warmth
and hospitality in Ankara, Turkey... |
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64 |
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16 Jan 2006 |
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"Bye" |
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-general- |
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...in which I cut off
communication until my eventual return... |
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65 |
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15 Aug 2006 |
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"1553" |
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USA |
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...in which I show up
unannounced at my parents house... |
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66 |
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22 Aug 2006 |
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"The End, Part II" |
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-general- |
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...in which I rummage
through the contents of my backpack... |
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67 |
|
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24 Aug 2006 |
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"The End, Part I (this is it!)" |
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Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia,
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico |
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...in which I fit many
months of travel into a couple short paragraphs... |
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68 |
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1
Jan 2007 |
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"New Year, New Beginning" |
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USA, England |
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...in which I find a new
direction, a different type of travel perhaps... |
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69 |
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17 Jan 2008 |
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"2007" |
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England, Wales, Italy,
Switzerland, Malta, Germany, Denmark, South Korea, Sweden, Chile,
Argentina, USA |
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...in which I attempt to
be 'normal' again... |
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70 |
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1 Nov 2008 |
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"England to Germany (via
Minnesota)" |
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England, Switzerland, Italy,
France, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, USA, Germany |
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...in which I have a general
plan, but continue to find that no plan
lasts more than a few weeks... |
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71 |
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17 Feb 2009 |
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"A Change of Climate" |
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USA, en route to Australia |
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...in which I
charge into uncharted territory... |
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72 |
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23 Mar 2009 |
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"A Quiet Life" |
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Australia |
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...in which I write and cook and enjoy each day... |
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73 |
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13 May 2009 |
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"Writing" |
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Australia |
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...in which I
exist... |
| 74 |
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31 Jul 2009 |
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"Australian Winter" |
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Australia, Samoa |
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...in which I write some more... |
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18 Dec 2009 |
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"Changes Ahead" |
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Australia, USA |
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...in which I finish a manuscript and then move once again... |