Chinalog VI: Guangzhou with a Bullet
The first difference we noticed between Hong Kong and mainland China was a whole lot less English…
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Chinalog V: Stanley and the Opium War
It’s amazing to think that China ceded Hong Kong to the English as a bribe to convince the Brits to stop bringing opium into their country…
Chinalog IV: Ferries and Funiculars
We decided to make for Victoria Peak, the pinnacle of the mountain that lines the west side of Hong Kong…
Chinalog III: Welcome to Hong Kong
Drinking in the street is so civilized; I’m surprised I never see anyone but me doing it here…
Chinalog II: Pivoting Through Beijing
The flight to Beijing went fairly well but then…
Burning Man: Summer, 2001
My eight-instalment reminiscence of the wackiest art festival on planet Earth.
Chinalog I: Ready or Not Here We Go
When I woke up at 7am I hadn’t even started packing yet…
Romania: Autumn, 2016
A mother and son rent a car and circumnavigate the land of Vlad the Impaler. Forts, castles, churches, vampires, historic old towns, caves, monasteries, and the only time Dracula’s Castle ever hosted a rave.
The Rock & Roll Field Trip Through America: February, 2011
An epic three-week treasure hunt through fourteen states searching for the ghosts of rock & roll from Rochester to Mississippi, ending with a romp through the Florida Keys, the Everglades, the world’s only underwater hotel, Disney, and the Daytona 500. Whew!
New York City: Valentine’s Day, 2005
Four of us make a Valentine’s Day journey to and from The Big Apple for a date with Les Paul, Christo, and John Lennon.
Todd Man Out 