Random Past Posts
A Longish London Layover With just a day and a half of jet-lagged layover in London on the way to points further east, I don't have many stories to tell. It was my first visit to England, so I mostly hit the most touristy More...
Buddha on the Chindwin One of a series of posts from the Chindwin River in Burma (Myanmar). Those statues of a fat, laughing Chinese Buddha are no part of Theravada Buddhism in Burma. Summarizing Buddhist beliefs and practices is like trying to summarize More...
Fat Chuck’s Revenge Today was my first-ever mountain bike race. I even bought a (one-day) racing license. Ned Barnett made me do it; it gave him one more opportunity to demonstrate his biking superiority over me. The race was called "Fat Chuck's Revenge" More...
Patagonia 2013: Trekking the “W” at Torres del Paine One of a group of posts from an"autumn" trip to Patagonia. If you just drive around Torres del Paine National Park in far-southern Chile, you'll be very impressed. But "you ain't seen nothin'" unless you've hiked deep into the More...
Warmly Welcome on the Chindwin River, Myanmar (Burma) #5 of series of posts from Burma that started here. Check the list of Recent Posts in the right margin.--> Every stop on the Chindwin had its own unique charm -- especially the aptly-named village of Warmly Welcome. Late More...