October 2010
9 posts
I hit the ground running in New York. A direct...
WatchMy dinner group on the ship. Fun crowd!
September 2010
7 posts
Watch
August 2010
15 posts
Trans-Siberian
I’ve only had limited spots of good Internet access the past week and have had to devote more of my time to catching up on work. I’ll be posting about the journey from Beijing -> Ulaanbaatar -> Irkutsk -> Moscow -> St. Petersburg sometime in the next couple weeks. I may get a couple small updates in though if I can. It’s been a great time so far!
July 2010
32 posts
WatchOn Sunday Liz, Ella, and I went to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. This aquarium was made “Internet” famous by this video:
http://vimeo.com/5606758
I love this video and have the HD version of it on my laptop. So it was especially cool to visit the place where it was shot. I made my own poor facsimile. I hope you enjoy! HD version of my video here:
http://vimeo.com/13622417
Song in the...
WatchA little video from Forest Adventure Park.
The recording isn’t great (the buzzing is...
WatchIt was a crystal clear night so I had dinner at the revolving restaurant on the 45th floor of my hotel. Even though I paid $60 for dinner and a couple drinks (compared to $1.50 for those fried dumplings), the view was well worth it.
“Chinese culture has brought us many great things: gunpowder, paper, compass,...”
– My brain
Anonymous asked: how were you able to get on a container ship? do you have to pay a fee? what are the rooms like?
Adaptation
On my first trip outside the U.S. back in 1999 (semester in Luxembourg) it took me about three weeks to “adapt.” I don’t know if anyone else hits this point as profoundly as it hits me, but there comes a moment in every longer-term trip I take where the place I am becomes “normal” and any life I had before gets a bit hazy in my mind. For some reason I’m always...
