A Case of Tecate Blues (or "The Ballad of the Champagne Ranger")

Hank and I made it down to Guerrero Negro just in time to catch the last boat of the season.  The good news is we had this mommy and baby ballena all to ourselves.

Adios California: Big Trees and Big Foots

Colby (an old friend from Washington) stands in front of General Sherman, in Sequoia National Park.  The General is over two thousand years old and the largest living thing on Earth (if we're not counting clonal organisms, and we're not.)

Here There be Dragons, Part III: Escape from Komodo Island

"You'll never take me alive, you damn, dirty lizards!"

Here There be Dragons, Part II: "Hooray for Bali-Wood"

Our next stop was Bali.  Bali was much more touristy, until we took to the road to find this mountain hot spring.  A local woman stopped us in the middle of the road and insisted on performing a Hindu ritual for good luck.  I guess it worked.

Here There be Dragons, Part I: "Wonderfully UnWholesome Climes"

 Just got back from a trip to the East Indies with my buddy Hank.  In Java, we met up with Hank's friend, Bryan, an ex-pat who teaches English when he's not playing gamelan music.  Everywhere we went, people wanted to take our picture.  I'm not sure if it's just cause we were bule (foreigner, also: albino) or because I was travelling with "Mr. Harry Potter."

The Motorcycle Diaries

Met this guy in the Cedar Mesa campground, in the Waterpocket district.  When I talked to him, he was on his way to Peru, via Alaska.  Pretty nice bloke, even if his sense of direction is a bit off.

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