Travels Beyond Common Sense - How I Lost My Mind, but Found the World. (Around the world, every continent. Trains, buses, rickshaws, trucks, camels, motorcycles, feet, and as few planes as possible)
About this blog
At the tender age of 33 (ok, now 34), when one's mind turn to thoughts of houses in the suburbs, little tykes running through the sprinkler, and job security, my mind malfunctioned. So here I am - no job, no house, I hope to God no kids, a backpack and a plan, sort of. That plan? TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!! I mean, TRY TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. (Damn, might have tipped my hand on that one.)
This travelogue will be an attempt to bring you (whomever "you" might be) along for a bit of the journey. Maybe if you read enough, you can explain to me why I'm doing it.
If it occasionally gets raw, and just plain juvenile, well, then it's probably what you expect of me if you know me.

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There are 165 entries in this blog
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1
The beginning of my World Wide Freeloading -
2
Loafing in Birmingham at Matt and Lisa's -
3
The Netherlands - What could one possibly do here? -
4
Is that a Toblerone in Your Pocket? -
5
Istanbul (not Constantinople) -
6
"Gastronomic Orgasm" -
7
Harems, Bombs, and the Head of John the Baptist -
8
A Virgin, a Turk, and a Saint Walk Into a Bar.... -
9
Wacky Rocks and a Close Shave -
10
Syria -
11
Kool Kids Do Krak -
12
Palmyra, Land of Heat -
13
Damascus, Dana, and Diarrhea -
14
Suicide Bombers, Iraqi Insurgents, and Jello Shots -
15
Dead Tourist and the Dead Sea -
16
Keeping up with the Indiana Jones -
17
You Big Ferry -
18
Chlling in the Land of the Burning Bush -
19
Walk like an Egyptian - dirty and hot -
20
Baksheesh, cockroaches, and ancient wonders -
21
Abu Simbel - See entry for Aswan -
22
Ramadan? Rama-Damn-I'm-Hungry! -
23
Ethiopia, who would have thought?! -
24
"Bus"-ting My Ass -
25
Churches Rock! -
26
Addis Ababa - the Return -
27
Addis Ababa - the Doldrums -
28
Moyale - the bad place -
29
The Worst Road in Africa -
30
The Worst Road in Africa - Part Deux -
31
Everybody now - "Nairobbery!" -
32
Moshi and Me for a Month -
33
Safari!! -
34
Fear and Loathing on the Mountain of God -
35
Uganda - the Odyssey continues -
36
A Child's Hand -
37
Mountain Gorilla Madness -
38
Happy New Year! And a Love Letter to Africa -
39
The Passport Story -
40
The "Nearly Killing My Best Friend" Story -
41
Goodbye Backpackers and Kampala -
42
World Social Forum, Shantytowns and a New Camera -
43
A response and addition to the last entry -
44
Rafting With Ugandans -
45
More Adventures in Stupidity: Abseiling Sipi Falls -
46
Gulu, IDP Camps and the Lord's Resistance Army -
47
Life on the Humanitarian Front Line -
48
Rwanda - Visa Issues and the Plastic Bag Police -
49
DJ vs the Volcano - Round Two -
50
Don't Mean to Bug You... -
51
Rwanda - The Genocide -
52
Genocide Tourism - The Memorials -
53
10 Signs You've Been Traveling in Africa Too Long -
54
From Civil War to Simply Civil - Burundi -
55
The Great Escape -
56
You Can't Get There From Here -
57
A Man, his Money, and a Master -
58
Lakeside -
59
Please don't touch my bag in public -
60
Free Mugging Wth Every Order of Chicken and Chips -
61
Motoring Through Mozambique -
62
Zimbabwe: Welcome to the World of Mugabe -
63
Transport Troubles -
64
Mosi-oa-Tunya - The Smoke That That Thunders -
65
Perspective: The Art of Seeing -
66
Life on Edge -
67
Ode to a Crappy Canadian TV Show -
68
Elephants, Elephants, Elephants! -
69
Planet Baobab -
70
Where The Wild Things Are...Just Outside Your Tent -
71
Tsumeb - Norman Rockwell's Africa -
72
Etosha - Fun with Animals -
73
Are You Ready to Rock? -
74
The Himba -
75
Swakopmund = "Bowel Opening" -
76
Sand Sea & If God Exists, He's Taunting Me -
77
Cape Town: The Mother City -
78
A Whale of a Time (Painfully Unoriginal I Know) -
79
Shark Diving: Chum = Chew + Yum -
80
The End of the World, Well, Africa Any Way -
81
Playing With Your Bird in Public is Rude -
82
Buccaneer's Backpackers -
83
Hogsback - Away With the Fairies! -
84
Pretoria and a New Passport -
85
Stop Over in Abu Dhabi -
86
Delhi Daze -
87
Sikh and Ye Shall Find -
88
The Making (and Manhandling) of a Star -
89
Back To The Taj -
90
A Man, A Mask, A Massage -
91
Varanasi - Holy City of India -
92
Karma's a Bitch -
93
Night Train to Jaipur and DJ Rants -
94
Pushkar -
95
Scenes from a Bus Window -
96
Udaipur -
97
Jodhpur -
98
Jaisalmer -
99
"Bhanged" up by a Camel: Desert Safari -
100
The Rat Temple -
101
Back to Delhi - Danayi Flies Home -
102
Sikhing Some Peace and Quiet -
103
Ladies and Gentlemen, Introducing the Dalai Lama -
104
Tibet and China - Can't We All Just Get Along?! -
105
Good Bye India! -
106
Koming to Kathmandu -
107
Stoned Sadhus and Burning Bodies - Pashupatinath -
108
Peeking at the Peaks - A Flight Over Everest -
109
XXX - Not Safe for Work! Ancient Erotica! -
110
Krazy About Kathmandu -
111
Puttering around Patan -
112
Bopping around Bhaktapur -
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Battling Buddhists in Bodhnath -
114
Poking around Pokhara -
115
The Annurpurna Circuit - Day 1 - The Agony Begins -
116
Annapurna Circuit - Day 2 - The Agony Continues -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 3 - Explosions and I'm Fat -
118
Annapurna Circuit - Day 4 - "There is no spoon" -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 5 - Goodbye Gram -
120
Annapurna Circuit - Day 6 - ManicDepressiveTrekker -
121
Annapurna Circuit - Day 7 - Little Up, Little Down -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 8 - Nepali Chicken -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 9 - Old Chinese Penises -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 10 - Himalayan Laxatives -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 11 - Yak, Yak, Yak -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 12 - THE PASS -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 13 - Forbidden Kingdoms -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 14 - Forbidden Adventures -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 15 - Torrential Trekking -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 16 - Hot Springs -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 17 - The Horror -
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Annapurna Circuit - Day 18 - The End -
133
Bathing With Elephants -
134
Getting Horny with Rhinos...What? -
135
Happy Birthday Old Man -
136
If That's a Ping Pong Ball, This Must be Bangkok -
137
A Tribute to Star Movies -
138
Traveling With the Only Person Lazier Than Me -
139
Back to Bangkok - Ode to AC -
140
Cunning Cambodians and Ridiculous Roads -
141
Angkor what? Angkor Wat -
142
Right Places, Wrong Times -
143
Cambodian Happy Meals - Beat this, MacDonald's -
144
Boating on TonleSap or Oh Crap, We're Going to Die -
145
Battambang -
146
Free Ego Massages - Read on! -
147
Phnom Penh -
148
Toul Sleng or S21 Prison -
149
The Killing Fields -
150
Crossing to Vietnam by the Mekong -
151
Floating Market Madness -
152
Saigon? Ho Chi Minh City? HCMC? Argh... -
153
CaoDai - Cao What? -
154
Why North Vietnam won the war - Cu Chi Tunnels -
155
Dalat - Hilltribes, Rain and Giant Swan Boats -
156
Nah Trang - Long Thanh - Photographer -
157
Hoi An - "You buy me?" -
158
Hue - Great Food, Big Palaces -
159
Ninh Binh -
160
Hanoi -
161
Halong Bay -
162
Back to Hanoi -
163
Sapa -
164
Hanoi -
165
Vientiane
