Naked and Covered In Coconut Oil
Saturday, July 25th, 2009There I was lying on a table, covered in coconut oil from headed to toe, and totally and absolutely naked.
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Quaint It, Ain’t It?
Friday, July 10th, 2009quaint |kwānt| adjective: attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
A funny little travel thought: Many things most American’s find quaint, rare and cool are how people in the developing world live everyday.
1. Farmers Markets
Parking lot gatherings of small, local fresh veggies and fruit sellers are all the rage in America these days, especially for the yuppie, slow food, [...]
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007Well, in Asia, on the other side of the world, where everything is opposite—including the direction the water swirls in the toilet—there’s a bit of a difference in what is required to be considered “The King of Karaoke.”
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007My “To Do” list for my trip around-the-world is long, but it does not include the goal: “Shut Down A Post Office,” yet somehow as fate would have it there I was at the postal counter in the Tsim Sa Tsu district of Hong Kong nearly positioned, oblivious to me, to do just that.
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