Ok, we took over 800 pictures and I would be being extremely unreasonable if I expected you to read everything I just wrote, but it’s here if you want it- first there’s an overview of where we stayed, and then it’s chronological. And if you want a better written version of the whole thing, chris [...]
The island of Boracay is about 7 km long and shaped like a drumstick. White Beach covers most of one side of the skinny leg part (Bulabong Beach is on the other side – maybe a six minute walk if you’re taking your time). White Beach is a Resort Area, which emphatic caps, and there’s [...]
We woke up on Thursday sunburned, blistered, and sore, and couldn’t even convince ourselves to go for a last swim. So we went out for breakfast at Paradise Grill (decent, relatively cheap breakfast stuff – bacon, pancakes, eggs, etc.), and then checked out of our hotel. We got a tricycle guy to take us to [...]
We slept kind of late, which felt good. I woke up pretty sore from all the rock climbing the day before, and it seemed like a very good idea to take it as easy as possible. We went to Jammers for lunch, and then met up with Felix and John, who came to our hotel [...]
On our third day on Boracay, we got up surprisingly early and went out for a swim and then breakfast (I had that omelette again). Then we headed down the beach looking for a guy selling dune buggy rides, since Leif and Lily had a blast doing that while they were there. The nice thing [...]
When we woke up the next morning, though, our plight didn’t seem quite so desperate. We walked up the street, which during the day was a totally friendly, fun place, with brightly colored funk buses (called jeepneys) running up and down, roosters crowing, and people smiling. We got breakfast at McDonald’s, and I looked at [...]
By the time we arrived at our final destination, we had traveled by taxi, train, subway, maglev, plane, van, bus, crop duster, tricycle (a motorcycle with a little side car attached), banca boat, and feet. Getting out of China was easy enough (always a surprise) – we woke up, grabbed a taxi, sat down on [...]
This Friday I dropped my digital camera in a toilet. And not just any toilet - a nasty, used squatter toilet. And not just any squatter - it was the Castle Bar squatter. This is Castle Bar:
Say what you want about me - I can be a gutless wimp about a lot of things, but [...]
That’s my city!
Saturday I went to Castle Bar with some friends and coworkers to see the Shanghai band Banana Monkey. There were posters plastered all over town for this, showing a guy in a gas mask looking very punk rock.
I’ve got to admit that I’ve had a pretty snotty attitude toward Chinese music - most [...]
Hey, I survived my first Chinese travel experience with nothing more than a nasty cold. Last Saturday, five of us got on a bus and headed for Jiujiang, which is in the JiangXi Province (a couple of provinces south of JiangSu, which is Anne Town). It was surprisingly easy - I was ready for travel [...]