http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/ en-us winstonfb@gmail.com Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:32:43 -0900 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/017530.shtml And going on a visa run to Turkey and back. I'm even employed now. More at 9.* * "9" refers to early next week, or whenever I get around to writing something.... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/017260.shtml I think it was somewhere between downing homemade wine with an Orthodox priest and being featured on the national evening news that I realized I wouldn't be leaving Georgia in much of a hurry.... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/017038.shtml Super quick now: I'm in Georgia, I'm on the radio, I'm still not married, I might go to Ukraine next week. There is so much wine here.... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016917.shtml Georgia. When I told the guys I was talking to back at the Aktau port that I intended to go through this conflict-wracked ancient Caucasus nation, one of them swiftly whipped out his mobile phone. He played a movie clip... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016916.shtml Aly and Nurlan were crying when we said goodbye at the port, which I found a little perplexing. I encourage people to put me out of their minds entirely; how else can I flit through their lives and them through... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016881.shtml This is where the party is: http://images.igloos.ca/v/untitled/album422/ I'm in Baku, and I don't know where I'm going.... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016767.shtml So, I'm still in Astana. I hope that someone appreciated the last post, because that hour on the net compounded with my record-breaking stupidity resulted in me missing my cross-country train. I thought it left at 9:45 pm. It left... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016757.shtml I just walked for two hours up and down a street looking for the OVIR office. I'm in Astana, I leave for Aktau tonight, and I need to register my presence with the ever-watchful bureaucracy of Kazakhstan. Actually, as of... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016729.shtml This obviously requires clarification: there was no pregnancy/marriage incident. That was for April Fools Day, and I'm only a little bit concerned that a plurality of people have so little faith in me. On the upside, now that I know... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016633.shtml THIS COUNTRY IS CRAZY AND I LOVE IT. BUT WHY AM I SO SCARED OF RUSSIANS. ESPECIALLY THE SOLDIERS. DAMN YOU JAMES BOND.... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016618.shtml I'm late for my train to Kazakhstan. More than seven months in China, and it's time to hit the road once again. I was going to let you all know that, in the space of a week, due to a... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016439.shtml Have I done one of these yet? I'm in Shanghai. I mounted the internet (y'know, got on) this evening for the first time in a bit, to nothing but assorted good news. It looks like an old friend and I... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/016230.shtml But I have no idea where to go.... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/015868.shtml When I was six, Christmas meant an early rise, every cell in my body vibrating with sure anticipation. Eyes snap open, feet swing to the floor, and I'm running downstairs with my brother, all in one motion. At sixteen, Christmas... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/winston/archives/015834.shtml For anyone I haven’t been able to keep in touch with, this is what I’ve done: November 16, 2004 -- Anchorage to Bangkok, with precisely one backpack, one ticket, and no plan. Bangkok to Sydney, where I had the best...