And on to the Big Rigs
Continued from Redwoods, Big Rigs and Glowing Grapes… Okay, back to that surprise. Turns out, Bruno lives in someone else’s backyard… in a shed turned tiny, cabin-styled home thingamagig. He has a toilet outhouse jimararig near his “room.” The room has electricity. He gets access to the bathroom and shower inside the house whenever needed. [...]
Redwoods, Big Rigs and Glowing Grapes
Lately, I’ve been telling myself money doesn’t matter. Well, my West Coast Cali adventures taught me just how much money really does… or doesn’t… matter to me. Back to that in a minute. Dustin and I set off for Cali in great spirits excited about the prospect of unknown adventure ahead of us. We hadn’t [...]
More Sights and Sounds from Chi-Town
Last week’s trip certainly wasn’t my first visit to Chicago. I’ve blogged about past Chi-town based adventures including my first-ever couchsurfing experiences, The Passion event, and coverage of the 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 (actual coverage of the race can be found on DomesticFuel.com). This time, the U.S. Africa Agribusiness Forum brought me to Chicago [...]
Daily Land Shows…
I’m not sure if many of you knew… but on top of my “professional blogging,” I produce daily Land Shows for Southeast AgNet. The one-minute feature shows are aired through the radio network in Florida, Alabama and Georgia. Sometimes, the shows are even posted online. Click here to listen to a few recent ones. You [...]
Cruisin Indy Style
Check out this vid of me cruising around in a street legal two-seater IndyCar. Just one of the many perks of covering the Indy Racing League! I do have to warn everybody now… I’ve got in my head to become an IndyCar driver now. So, I’m going to be making a habit hitting up the [...]
Learn to Fly…
…or swing around like a monkey. It all depends on how you look at it. Either way… I’m determined to learn how to do this! It’s called Parkour: Here’s another one I don’t know why it says “Hated” at the end… whatev…
Once Upon a Time…
…far far away, in the land of rolling hills and rocky cliffs, lived the Von Trapp family. Okay, okay. I know, my posts are enough of a novel as it is… But, Salzburg, the city that served as the storybook setting for the movie The Sound of Music is, well, something out of a storybook. [...]
Uninhibited African Beats
My head was still in a deep contemplative fog when I arrived in Graz, and that wasn’t a good mix for trying to find the connecting train from Graz to the small village outside of Graz where Claudia lives. Long story short, a major bout of absent-mindedness meant I added two hours to my journey [...]
The Grandeur of Vienna
It was late, half past eleven, when I finally met Vincenc in Vienna. So my first hours in that thriving city of European crossroads were spent getting acquainted with Vincenc while he and I scurried about in the windy chill of the night, catching the various trams and busses we needed in order to find [...]
Making the Most of the Time I Have Left…
I feel like everything inside of me is going topsy-turvy. False illusions are crumbling – some quickly, others decaying rather steadily, but slowly. And that’s a good thing, because my desires and dreams are coming to fill the voids that these crumbling illusions leave behind… and my desires and dreams are becoming more of my [...]
She’s a Tiger… Growl
Ha! It’s been what… nearly a month since I’ve posted. Sorry bout that… Munich was a shock to the system. The air bit at my skin, sending shivers of chill that I had completely forgotten about in SE Asia. Wasn’t in March? What’s going on here? Everywhere I looked, it was mostly white people, people [...]
The LMAC Goes Ringside
I just made it to Phuket today… what a haul! On the overnight bus I met this cook chick, from, you guessed it… Australia. She was on her way to Phuket to go to Tiger Muay Thai, a Muay Thai boxing training camp. Can you guess what I’m doing now? Training for Muay Thai boxing!!! [...]
Regrouping in Bangkok
Not too much going on. I’m back in Bangkok just trying to get caught up on random things. I’ll be heading out in a day or two for the south of Thailand. I’ve been corresponding with old travel buddies. A lot of us seem to have migrated back to Thailand for some island action. Ran [...]
Vang Vieng on Repeat
What can I say? I’m an adventure junkie. It was back to days of cycling, caving and rock climbing. I even got some pointers in lead climbing. That means I’m on the rock and the rope that’s holding me is actually clipped in below me for most of the climb. If I were to fall, [...]
Moto Pro
Ever since I arrived in Bangkok I’ve been wanting to try piloting a motobike/motorcycle. SE Asia is perfect for a first crack at it. Cheap and no need for a special license (or any license for that matter). Finally, today was the day. Joee offered to coach me through my first moto-driving session. Turns out, [...]
Can’t Get Enough of the Tubes n’ Swings
Again, tubing in Vang Vieng’s claim to fame… and there’s a reason for it. It’s a blast and it never gets old. Joee was new to Vang Vieng so I thought there was nothing better than to christen her with the true Vang Vieng experience on her first full day. Another day of tubing, flying [...]
Local Lao Fishing
First evening back in Vang Vieng was back to bliss. I caught up with Joee and she had managed to snag some tents on the little island in the river in Vang Vieng. Sweet! Nothing sounded better than camping in this beautiful, laid-back city. Unfortunately, I had already reserved a guesthouse so I would have [...]
Paradise on Earth
Vang Vieng is everything I’ve ever dreamed of… There’s no question it’s a small town that’s thriving from the influx of backpackers that migrate here and seem to find it hard to leave and that means it’s not such a local experience. But, it’s paradise nonetheless and there are plenty of locals that have adapted [...]
Aussie Assurances
I definitely made the right move in buying that ticket to the Land of Oz. I just met a Canadian girl who has been traveling for nearly 3 years straight now. Wow! She lived and worked in Australia for a year and also lived in worked in New Zealand. Her stories and tales of adventure [...]
Hauling Out
As I headed north, I seemed to catch up to the rainy, gray weather that I thought had disappeared. My symptoms also seemed to re-emerge in the 12-hour bus journey. When I finally reached Hanoi, I discovered it was also frightfully colder. A tropical storm from the south carried a nippy chill with it as [...]
Laid-back Laos
Talk about all your problems melting away. There is no room for stress, or bad moods in Laos. The country is laid-back. The people are genuinely friendly and they don’t hound you for a thing. Laos is just… chill. Vientiane is the capital city and rush hour seems to amount to no more than 15 [...]
Disney World for Real
Dong Hoi is not on the backpacker/tourist trail. The Lonely Planet guidebook said as much and that’s what attracted me to the place. That and the fact that the city was just an hour motorbike away from what the guidebook calls Vietnam’s most spectacular cave system. I hopped on a sleeper bus and it all [...]
Drugged in Hoi An
In Hoi An, Pieter had to immediately head back south. He had been traveling south and had already been to Hoi An, but didn’t want to pass up the 5-day motobike trek and went with us back north for the trip (he did it the boring way by bus along the coast on the way [...]
Mountain Haven
We arrived in Dalat in the evening. The air was crisp, cool and fresh. A beautiful lake shimmered in the dimming light as the day turned to dusk. The Guesthouse Markus and I found was not only reasonably priced, but luxurious for a guesthouse. What a nice change! Dinner was delicious and cheap… Lonely Planet [...]
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