Sick, sick, ill people 7
There is a special place in hell. A very special place in hell for these people.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Video: Mongolian music on Horse Fiddle 4
It is amazing how much range he can get out of this traditional Mongolian instrument, a horse fiddle. It has only two strings. A two stringed bass guitar type thing. Amazing. And the additional sounds he gets from his “throat music” makes this incredible.
Avoidable Mistakes on a Trip 9
I have no been on the road for more than a year and think I have learned a fair bit about travel and backpacking. The topic is avoidable mistakes that we’ve all made on the road. Learn from our mistakes. I hate top “10” (or whatever number) lists — so […]
Funniest sign ever? 1
try not to laugh — I dare ya. Warning sign posted at one of the temples in Thailand
Your first excellent wine 3
As I sit here in my cabin on the CAP Capricorn steaming through the middle of the Philippines on my way to Australia, I am writing this and drinking a bottle of fairly poor red wine. And looking forward to many weeks of excellent wine drinking upcoming in Australia and […]
Travel Tip: Rental Car Insurance in Oz 20
My cargo freighter arrived in Brisbane, Australia on the morning of December 13th. I found my way into town and got a room at a local hostel. The owners were reported to be very helpful about travel plans, which was important to me, since I had no idea how I […]
Picture of the Day: Sossusvlei, Namibia
From New-Old Sossusvlei in Namibia. The dead trees have been there for hundreds of years, because it is too dry to ever have them rot.
Mongolian Hip-Hop 3
I can’t wait to go back. Mongolia is a beautiful country, which I only got to mostly witness from the train windows. The people are friendly and given better weather, there is a ton of stuff I want to do here.
Picture of the Week: Bullfight in Colombia
From Bullfighting in Medellin Sorry about the quality of this picture. This was early on my trip and I really had no idea how to work my camera. On this one, the bullfight was inside at night with poor lighting and that’s why it looks so off. In another fit […]
Potato Chips Around the World 17
One of the fascinating things on the road is how products that we are used to from back home are slightly different around the world. Potato chips being a good example. Back in the U.S., we’ve got our regular chips, BBQ flavor, sour cream and onion flavored, and a few others. It is one of the few things in the food area where I have seen more variety outside the U.S. than inside.
Hawkers in Angkor Wat 13
One of the things that immediately strikes you in almost any Third World country you go to is that amount of touts and hawkers that you run into. The vast majority of the places I have been to on this trip have people that fairly constantly are coming up to […]
Sudan’s Meroe Pyramids 4
photos from Sudan
