So I sent an email a couple weeks ago to a nice guy named George. George noticed the domain name in my email address and went to my site. George stumbled upon my dancing video and thought it was kinda … Continue reading
So my laptop got destroyed. …not completely. The computer itself is fine, but the screen is shattered, which means I’m limited in my journal posting until I can get it repaired back in the states. It happened in Uganda, riding … Continue reading
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy goddam birthday to me. So I got waylaid by an injury on Kilimanjaro. Well, not so much an injury really. My feet froze on the way to the summit and stayed … Continue reading
Day 4 – The Surface of Mars Now it’s getting serious. We’d had a pretty leisurely time those first three days, but day four would take us up another full kilometer – much higher than I’d ever been in my … Continue reading
I hate throwing up. The last time I vomited was Ms. Blumhart’s freshman English class. Some sort of puberty thing. Spotty vision in my right eye followed by a migraine headache and then a grand finale in the school nurse’s … Continue reading
After a day recovering from our safari, Andy and I took the overnight train to Nairobi to explore its many wonders. We requested separate adjoining rooms instead of a single compartment. I knew this was possible from taking the train … Continue reading
I love trains. I can’t entirely explain why, but there’s definitely a genetic component. My dad is a train lunatic. I spent a great deal of my childhood listening to lengthy explanations of how trains get over steep gradients. For … Continue reading
My day started on Mahe with a mile long walk uphill to the bus stop carrying 55 pounds of luggage in the rain. A taxi to the airport would have cost $30 and the constant price gouging on this island … Continue reading
When a whale shark is spotted, it’s like an alarm call in a firehouse. Everyone jumps. The engine stops. The deck starts thumping. Tony and Gerard get the gear ready, Ian and Winfield pull the line on the Zodiac, and … Continue reading
So I’m on my way to Africa. I woke up at 5 this morning with a lot of things to do. I left Melissa’s place in Seattle and raced across the bridge to clear out the remnants of my erstwhile … Continue reading