My traveling companion has finally taken the time to sit down and sort through his photos. So may I present, back by popular demand, The Cow Around-The-World, now with an updated photo gallery. If you have no idea why a grown man is carrying a stuffed cow around-the-world, see About the Cow. Click [...]

[Sorry for my hiatus from updating you, its not for a lack of interest...but a lack of internet... electricity...and running water....as I've been living in an Africa village for the last few weeks. But I'm back to internet-land, and you can expect I'll be telling you all about it, soon!] Take a tour of The [...]

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Located on the southeast coast of China, Xun Zhou is a rural fishing village whose inhabitants make their living farming fish, clams, vegetables and rice. I spent a five days there as a guest of the Zheng family, who graciously invited me to experience life in rural China (and being reported the first American to ever visit the island). See a collection of my photos from the village here.

Some photos from across Hong Kong.

“Meet me at the corner of Temple and Tai Chee Lo Street, near the taxi stand,” the voice on the other end of the mobile phone said in Chinese, as we wandered the narrow streets of Mong Kok, the literal beating heart of Hong Kong’s lively local youth shopping and night scene. We were in search of illegally pirated designer handbags…

With the possible exception of Jackie Chan (who most Hong Kong people have a sort of love-hate relationship with) and Yo Yo Ma (who is actually French-born Chinese, I think) most Americans can not name a famous Chinese movie star or musician. I decided I needed to fix this, at least for myself. So, I joined a few Hong Kong friends to see ‘Sammie’ live in concert.

Some photos of more traditional Japan, as seen from a whizzing bullet train.

There are many surprising and fascinating things about Japan that I was not expecting upon arrival. One of the things I had the most fun with was the vending machines. The Japanese Vending Machine Manufactures Association (I am not making that up) reports that there is somewhere in the realm of 5.5 million vending machines in all of Japan, roughly 1 per 23 citizens of Japan–or that means 1 roughly every 2 feet in Tokyo.

Travel constantly reminds me that we must always have a sense of humor. To help provide you a few laughs, may I present the first of an ongoing series, called “Things That Make Me Laugh.” Here is the Japan edition.