Illiquidity Tomsk is a civilized place. Even had public johns right near Lenin’s statue, which is in the middle of downtown. It did cost 30R to use them. In my illiquid state, that seemed like a bargain. After a coupla days I carefully snuck up on a dry fart. Happy Read more…
I have a friend in Brazil who lives in a house in the forest 1 kilometer by trail. There is also a minor drug dealer living along the trail not too far away. I recently visited him and mentioned the brother of a fellow I rented a car off of had been Read more…
Ulaanbaatar to Tomsk Tomsk on the map Propain So we went back to the air camp, after getting the passports back, so we could head out to new venues. Were a little late because Marisol ran across an American buy called Darrel who lived in UB. She trotted him by Read more…
Vladivostok to Ulaanbaatar Sat in the van all day the 22nd waiting to get the plates. One time about midday I saw a guy drive up in a van and head toward the front door of The Jing Long, with what looked like a FedEx envelope. This was looking Read more…
Top of the World to Vladivostok Three days before departure date I get this email message that says everything the Visa guy was supposed to do, wasn’t going to happen. He claimed he could get us multiple entry one-year business visas for Russia and would get visas for both Read more…
Gettin Started Howdy Buckeroos, Here we go again. Details, details, details. To get going is all about details. You CAN take it with you, in fact if you forget something you have to deal with it for a long time. We took the van and bike over to Read more…
Every time I take a trip here in Brazil I put my computer in the safe.. I call it "safe mode".
Went to a friends house today. He split up from his wife between last visit and now. His mothers old house is up on a hill in the forest. You have to walk 1/2 mile up a hill on a single track foot path. No road to it. Saw several Read more…
I am back in southern Brazil and passed through Dallas Fort Worth airport. I had an 8 hour wait before my flight between Dallas and Sao Paulo. I really needed to find a nice comfortable place to rest if not sleep. Most airport lounge chairs are pretty unconfortable by design Read more…
Eu abro todas as janelas da casa Eu deixo o sol iluminar o caminho Eu deixo a lua fazer sombra na sala E o vento bagunçar meu destino Eu vejo o teu fantasma dentro do quarto Acendo a luz pra que você vá embora Te exorciso enquanto eu calço Read more…