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alive…and exhilarated!

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Well my 5 day bike cruise turned into 8 & it was darned near impossible to give up that beautiful russian machine this morning.
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Vietnam Now…Specifically Thursday…9 P.M.-ish

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Hanoi is wonderful…a million motobikes…HOT HOT HOT! i’m talkin’ 3 cold showers a day hot (this also applies to the girls on the motobikes).

Next…off on my first MOTORCYCLE ride ever Saturday..i’m learning on a Russian Minsk 125cc wonderbike…lets hope it stays together on my 750 or so km trip to the Tonkinese Alps Northwest of Hanoi. Vietnam…”the most dangerous country in the world to ride a motorcycle!”

Don’t worry…We’re leaving at 5 a.m to avoid traffic (& escape Pres. Bush who arrives Friday)after the first hard days travel of 250-300 km @ maybe 45 km/hr the roads turn to dirt, the traffic disappears, the speed slows to 20-30km/hr & i’ve got a helmut. Plus we’re going in disguise as locals to avoid bandits! And Tim bought a machete today!

What could possibly go wrong?

Just kidding!!!! Just kidding! here’s a real one…this is the real thing...

a bike ride…

Sunday, November 12th, 2006
So Gerald, Ray & Dan headed out one morning on chinese mountain bikes, which are just like the american ones, except they suck. The day before, Gerald (a scotsman living in London) & i had biked from my new ... [Continue reading this entry]

PICTURE! PICTURE! LONGHAIR! BEAUTIFUL! 5 YUAN!!

Thursday, November 9th, 2006
REMEMBER: CLICK ON PICS! So i met this businessman from Tehran, we'll call him Ray because later on i will be blogging about our tea time together in which we discussed many things, including the Mullahs in ... [Continue reading this entry]

entering MAINLAND CHINA

Thursday, November 9th, 2006
(YES THIS POST IS FROM A TIME PERIOD BEFORE THE LAST ONE)..get used to it! So, after a beautiful & efficient train ride from Hong Kong through the New Territories one arrives at the border. Signs at places say things ... [Continue reading this entry]

Xie for the memories…

Thursday, November 9th, 2006
nirvana...The first word i learned in chinese was xie xie, which means thank you. Chinese is actually a very simple language. There are no gender words, as in the French Le ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hong Kong Phoeey!

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Hong Kong morning...from Tsim Sha Tsui across the channelMy first  ... <a href=[Continue reading this entry]

ADVENTURES IN FOREIGN TERRITORY or Bong Hits with Bro-Bras

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Its a Sunday night, 2 days before departure & i am sitting outside Tahoe Underground smoking a joint with 3 typical tahoe snow-bras. They have taken me -dressed well, so very unTahoe to be almost preppy- into their confidences. ... [Continue reading this entry]