March 2012
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"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end...
- T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”
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Family Photos
February 2012
3 posts
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Charming men know how to taste lives: English in...
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I’m not gay but I don’t care if you are
All in the confines of the King’s Palace
"Go on, who knows what awaits you there, it's all...
̶̶ Castle secretary, The Castle. Franz Kafka
January 2012
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Jesus walks
The most important religious and popular party on the calendar takes place on the second Thursday in January. Dressed in traditional white garb and strings of beads, Bahianas (of the uniquely Brazilian, slave-descendant religion Candomble) lead an 8-kilometer (5-mile) procession of similarly white-attired and perfumed devotees and partyers from Comércio to the (Catholic) Igreja do Bonfim for the...
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Peru you take my breath away
Day 2
Day 4
@ Machu Picchu
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Oh! Yes!
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South America's two biggest hits at the moment
Not gonna lie, I’m digging the Michel Telo jam.
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Southeast Asia: Loves and Hates
Loves
Free tea with almost every meal
Children yelling hello and giving high-fives in the street
Sandals and shorts are appropriate everywhere
The conspicuous absence of police
The variety of fruit
$3 hostel beds in every city
$1 meals
“Same same but different”
Unashamed plagiarism of everything: movies, music, books, brands, storefronts, designer clothes, jewelry, etc. A...
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The only thing worse than trying to poo in a...
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Guess where I am?
If your first guess was Brazil, you spelled Brasil wrong.
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Actual things Brazilians think
That God is Brazilian.
Fábio: Because we don’t have wars. Nobody attacks us and we attack nobody.
Me: And the extreme poverty, hunger and violence?
Fábio: Yeahhhh, but the whole world has that.
Me: Hmmm moving on…
(I know you’re reading this Fábio… no offense, I just find that hilarious! Besides, we all know God is an American.)
That a Brazilian invented flying.
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December 2011
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Legend of the Falls
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Beginner's luck
Night 1 in Europe: ran from the authorities
Night 1 in Asia: went on a date with a rice farmer girl
Night 1 in South America: the continent’s biggest soccer team won the championship
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Don't feed the giant shadow puppets!
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They seem to enjoy soccer
“Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong...”
– palahniuk (via tommychaselucas)
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“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to...”
– Robert Frost
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Ladyboy hooker fight anyone?
I had my hair pulled, was punched, my iPhone swatted and grabbed at by teeming transgender Thais, all just to keep this video in tact. Just for you.
You’re welcome.
The Madame in the bright red dress presides over it all, in what I can only describe as Cold Hard Hooker Justice.
November 2011
30 posts
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Goosebumps and Butterflies
Time for some crispy corners
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Offbeat adverthaising
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Compar-adise Found
The real Koh Phi Phi
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Going vegetarian for my last 3 days in Asia
Not really sure why, and I’ll probably regret it, but at the very least it’ll make me appreciate Argentina’s steakhouses that much more.
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Going to the beach today
Like, the beach:
Curious to see how it stacks up in real life.
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"There once was a time when sex was safe and...
I’m an officially licensed open water scuba guy. Which means you should never feel safe treading water in the ocean again.
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Eurotheme 3: Defense Mechanisms
Munich, Prague, Berlin, Berlin, Prague
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How to speak Vietnamese (lesson 2)
“Restroom”
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How to speak Vietnamese
“Scaffolding”
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How to speak Lao (lesson 2)
“Shower”
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How to speak Lao
“Iced coffee”
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Just booked my first Couch to Surf
In Rio de Janeiro, for New Years. Which means I’m guaranteed to be present for this…
For the record, it took 42 requests to get a yes, due to the crazy-high demand of being there. If you’re keeping score, that’s a 2.4% acceptance rate.
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our...”
– Mark Twain
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The Thailand hit list
My personal goals for the next 3 weeks:
Half Moon Party in the jungle of Koh Phagnan island
Visit Koh Phi Phi island, where The Beach was filmed in part
Eat snake, munch on beating snake heart, drink snake blood
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Get diving certification at Koh Tao island
Play soccer in a village with Thai children
Volunteer @ flood damage sites in Bangkok
Attend soccer game
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Please, please... a-Lao me to finish
The best of Laos
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Ball so hard maff*ckas wanna Banh Mi
$1.50 for two
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Actual things written/said at Saigon museums
“Like a crazy batch of devils, the Americans bombed the [North Vietnam militarized area]”
“The US claimed that only military buildings were the targets of bombings, however civilian neighborhoods were their real targets.”
“Even women and babies are targets of US Americal (sic) Division mopping up operations.”
Vietnamese reporters are...
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Combat chic
The reversible, fashion-forward Ho Chi Minh sandal. Way #12,823 that Ho Chi Minh outsmarted a vaster, richer, more militarized army. (No footprints.) (Also kinda sexy-looking.) (And eco-friendly - made from truck tires.) (I want the baby one!)
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