Vagabonding begins!

Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan - what a place!

Well, rather than some mushy, tear-jerking rant about how 2007 was a good year, but 2008 is going to be an even better one…yada..yada… I have decided to just make a photo history of the year’s adventure highlights. It’s not complete, but its enough eye porn to make you want to travel anyway.

There are a lot of photos so I pity your soul if you have a slow connection.

Enjoy!

….and Happy New Year!!

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My playground

In the last 2 years, I have been to 15 countries…..far less than many of my backpacking counterparts that I have met. However, throw in 2 trips to Alaska, which can be every bit as expensive and adventurous as international travel, and the fact that I lingered in many of the places for months rather than just weeks, and it really doesn’t seem that bad. I covered some ground.

The problem is….I haven’t even scratched the surface!

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In Tibet, where snow and rough terrain would many times make the road impossible to find or navigate, travelers would leave each other with the blessing of "May there be a road". As I sit here ... [Continue reading this entry]

Now that I have a juicy DSL connection at my disposal and no Chinese kids playing WoW all around me, I am slowly but surely uploading lots of pictures and making old blog entries. Pictures can be found [Continue reading this entry]

Voltaire said "Wherever my travels may lead me, paradise is where I am" Great writer, good concept, but I have to disagree on this one. I think I much prefer 40C over 40F any day. :) I was starting to get cabin ... [Continue reading this entry]

I sat up in bed with a start, my heart racing. It was still dark outside and my brain was halfway between a strange dream about London that I was having and reality. For several seconds, I actually had no ... [Continue reading this entry]

I am sitting here in Gatwick airport. As usual, no time for now.....but loads and loads of updates when I get home. (and pics). Hard to believe it, but another vagabonding year has come to an end. I have said ... [Continue reading this entry]

I am a big Sinatra fan, and for the first time I listened hard to the lyrics from "My Way". I was nearly in tears. No song could better sum up what I want people to remember about me one ... [Continue reading this entry]

The infamous Khao San Road in Bangkok I stumbled into my guesthouse on Rambuttri street at around 11:00am. My favorite hostel in Bangkok, Suk11 was full, so I found myself on the other ... [Continue reading this entry]

Someone help the stranded Farang! I could tell by the obnoxious smell that our ride was up. That was OK with me. The nightbus we were traveling on just wasn't that comfortable anyway. ... [Continue reading this entry]