Sunday Morning Coming Down
Today I’m off to Madison to go shopping at REI. The local sporting goods stores really specialize in stuff like hunting and fishing, not backpacking and travel. I’ve found all the stuff I’m looking for at REI in the Twin Cities and now the closest store is in Madison….so off to Madison I go. My …
Episode 2 – The Tropic of Capricorn
As I was driving through the outback of Australia, I drove past this sign. I couldn’t let this opportunity pass, so I pulled over the van and did an impromptu podcast. If you ever wondered why the tropics are the tropics, now you’ll know. [display_podcast]
Google Earth Update
Something I forgot to mention. I have uploaded a new copy of my Google Earth map. The red lines show where I’ve been and the green show (sort of) where I’m going. It’s subject to lots of change of course. The routes are only approximate. I didn’t make the lines follow the road in New …
My Trip In Airport Code
I’m still working on my Rennell photos. To hold you over, here is a summary of my trip to date in the form of three letter airport codes: MSP–>DFW–>LAX–>ITO–>OGG–>HNL–>PPT–>IPC–>PPT–>RAR–>AKL–>NAN–>APW –>PPG–>APW–>TON–>APW–>NAN–>NOU–>VLI–>HIR–>RNL–>HIR–>INU–>TRW–>NAN –>SUV–>FUN–>SUV–>NAN–>CXI–>HNL–>GUM I’ll keep this as a running list. I think it’s interesting to view it this way.
New Site Feature: Click on the Daily Photo
I just want to tell everyone about a new feature I added to the site. Starting today, and with the other Daily Photos on the front page of the site, if you click on the image, you will see a nice big 900 pixel wide version of the image. If you are familiar with such …
Caesar in Ponhpei
When you travel on the seat of your pants like I do (not booking far in advance and doing things at the last minute) there is always the risk of not being able to go somewhere at the time you want. The biggest risk is running into a busy weekend or a convention and there …
So that thing about the thing….
So…..now I am going to Musandam. Arun, who lives in Oman and met me on Twitter, came through and figured out where I had to go. The ferry company is in a very nondescript building with a temporary sign out front behind a tree With all the money they spent on the boat, they forgot …
Back to Samoa III
I’m back in Samoa for the third and last time. I got to fly first class from Tonga to Samoa for a whopping one hour. Next few days will be logistical work. Today I get my visa at the Chinese Embassy (small countries are a great place to get visas. The embasies have nothing else …