travel | excerpts



Everything Is A Reflection Of Something Else
[July 20, 2008]
Rather than fly or rent a car, we took a bus. Rather than book a swanky hotel, we stayed at what turned out to be an oversized bed and breakfast. Ahh, but we ate well!

The World's Most Dangerous Road
[January 16, 2008]
I was a high school kid living as an exchange student in Bolivia. I had a bad photocopy of an even worse map of an old Inca trail and a vague set of instructions that went a little something like this:

Doctor And The Gringo
[October 25, 2005]
When I returned to the courtyard, I found Jeff beaming with pride. He was surrounded by Bolivian men who appeared to be having the time of their lives. They paid no attention to me, as they were determined to help Jeff teach Doctor to say this magical phrase.

It's A Fucking Rock Pile
[November 19, 2004]
At first, we just sat in silence, as if words required energy we didn't have. Finally, I looked at Jeff and said "That was amazing."

Who Da Ho?
[June 22, 2004]
He of many names thought my theory of little sense was full of lots of crap. To prove it, he and his lovely one-named-fiance took me for a drive.

The Switch
[June 21, 2004]
If there's one thing I've learned about traveling in the third world, it's this: When there's a sign posted in a language not native to the country you're in, you'd damn well better read it.

Having Those Thoughts Again
[April 21, 2004]
Movies are so disposable these days. I'm sick and tired of everything being CGI'd to the point where I'm watching a damn cartoon. Is it Saturday morning? Am I eating Coco Puffs? I don't think so...

She Was The Virgin 'When'...
[April 17, 2004]
Nevermind that the Babylonians thought up the whole virgin-birth deal long before the Christians got around to it... and nevermind that Mary wasn't a virgin - just a virgin when you-know-who was conceived...


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