Entries Tagged ‘Travel’:
filed in Site News on Feb.14, 2008
Yesterday marked the 11 month anniversary of me closing on my house and starting my trip. I took the time and made an estimate of how far I’ve traveled during the last 11 months. I used Google Earth for this estimate. I rounded everything to the nearest 10 miles. It doesn’t include short trips, walking, [...]
Tags: Google Earth, Map, Miles, Travel, Travel Blog, Trip
filed in Site News, Travel on Feb.13, 2008
My World of Warcraft alter-ego: Caesar, Level 70 Undead Priest
This post is going to divide people who read it into two groups: one will roll their eyes and say OMG, and the other group will laugh out loud and say OMG! The first group will have no clue what the hell I’m talking about, and [...]
Tags: Djork, Travel, World of Warcraft, WoW
filed in American Samoa, Daily Photo on Feb.06, 2008
This house was on a hillside in Pago Pago. it was orange, gaudy and stuck out like a sore thumb. I had to take a photo of it.
Tags: American Samoa, Daily Photo, Pago Pago, Travel
filed in Daily Photo, Japan on Feb.02, 2008
In the Toadiji Temple, it is said you will have a long life if you can crawl through the hole in this pillar. Considering that children are the only people who can fit through the pillar, it is sort of a self fulfilling prophesy.
Tags: Buddhist., Daily Photo, Japan, Nara, Temple, Todaiji, Travel
filed in Asia, Indonesia on Jan.31, 2008
I have found that you get the same questions from every cab driver in the world: Where are you from? Is it your first time here? How long are you staying? When did you arrive?
In the few taxi trips I’ve taken in Bali, after saying I’m an American, every cab driver has said [...]
Tags: Blog, safety, terrorism, Travel
filed in Asia, Japan on Jan.13, 2008
Mmmm, conveyor belt sushi
Sushi is far and away my favorite food. I’m not alone in that assessment. All around the world sushi restaurants have been springing up like weeds as sushi has gained in popularity. It is easily the biggest Japanese contribution to global culture (yes, bigger than Anime).
So I couldn’t really go to [...]
Tags: Adventure, Fish, Japan, market, sushi, tokyo, Travel, Tsukiji