Articles tagged with: Asia
Gear Thoughts – Tents, Sleeping Bags, and Stoves
Saturday November 1, 2014
7:00 a.m. Bird Nest Guest House
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I’ve conceded victory to the animals of the Bird Nest. I now feed the rabbit a slice of bread every time I sit down, even if I’m not eating any bread myself. When I sit down to have a cup of coffee, I also get a slice of bread for the rabbit. Feeding him the …
Photo Walkabout in Virac, Catanduanes
Friday April 12, 2013
6:30 a.m. Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines
I lost the war of the little things this morning. The man in the room beside me was snoring like a freight train and at an incredible pace. I can’t imagine breathing that fast while sleeping let alone snoring that loud at the same time. I wonder how snoring has managed to survive as a human trait? Wouldn’t …
Day 9 CNY Scooter Trip 2013
Day 9
Friday February 22, 2013
7:30 a.m. Taipei
It’s Friday today, a few days after my trip ended. I had to go back to work on Monday and a bunch of other stuff happened, so I haven’t been able to finish up my trip journal. I’ve got some time today, so here I am to put a period on that epic scooter trip.
I woke up in my …
Korea 003 – The Mad Biker
THE MAD BIKER
I’m glad Robert was the first person I met on that cold miserable night. In some ways he was so weird he made the place I was staying and the situation I found myself in appear normal. He stood about six four, the top three inches of that, thick black curly hair. I met him in the dark hall, his huge white teeth …
Korea 002 – Arrival
ARRIVAL
When I saw Seoul from the air, my heart sank. It sprawled snow covered for miles in all directions, a crush of aggressively square buildings without a tree in sight to break up the monotony. From the crowded airport bus, I could see nothing at all except the occasional light in the darkness. The outside of the windows were sheeted in ice from the storm, …
Korea 001
There are untold numbers of people wandering the world and making their living as English teachers. In its way, teaching ESL is the modern French Foreign Legion attracting all manner of people from the fully qualified professional to the out and out lunatic. They are of every possible and improbable nationality, spreading (some would say oozing) to every corner of the globe and creating an …