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Date: 15th January 2012
Loving Colonial Mexico!
You know that we just love the blogs you send us on your adventures, both hither and Yon. Several years ago, we were lucky enough to ramble about in that verysame niegborhood; Valadolid etc. Once you leace the "green-tunnel", you can travel on a parralel road, but you have to slow down to 5-10m.p h. as you enter these tiny villages, where you may look right into the homes,(usually partially obscured by the ever-present hammock at the entrance). Yes, there was a toll on the new road that wasn't too steep, but God b-o-r-r-i-n-g. We loved Merida getting lucky enough to get rooms in an empty house with an extaordinary art collection. These folks were Lebonese and they had their own stories as it was in Oct 2001! Keep em' coming Dr. Pearce. p.s. we loved Nancy!
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
Loving Colonial Mexico!
You know that we just love the blogs you send us on your adventures, both hither and Yon. Several years ago, we were lucky enough to ramble about in that verysame niegborhood; Valadolid etc. Once you leace the "green-tunnel", you can travel on a parralel road, but you have to slow down to 5-10m.p h. as you enter these tiny villages, where you may look right into the homes,(usually partially obscured by the ever-present hammock at the entrance). Yes, there was a toll on the new road that wasn't too steep, but God b-o-r-r-i-n-g. We loved Merida getting lucky enough to get rooms in an empty house with an extaordinary art collection. These folks were Lebonese and they had their own stories as it was in Oct 2001! Keep em' coming Dr. Pearce. p.s. we loved Nancy!
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
Date: 10th January 2012
jumping lead
it appears you might still be in the environs where chapulines are popular, usually in the oaxaca area; not that you might be attracted to fried grasshoppers but the local customs might grab you with the 'why not' and you might not regret tempting your palate with these potato chip, nut substitutes that go well with a cold cerveza now, but perhaps your bone marrow will rebel with the high concentration of lead, apparently from the material used to cook them, and be plagued until the earth changes its axis. tiene cuidado de los banditos
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
jumping lead
it appears you might still be in the environs where chapulines are popular, usually in the oaxaca area; not that you might be attracted to fried grasshoppers but the local customs might grab you with the 'why not' and you might not regret tempting your palate with these potato chip, nut substitutes that go well with a cold cerveza now, but perhaps your bone marrow will rebel with the high concentration of lead, apparently from the material used to cook them, and be plagued until the earth changes its axis. tiene cuidado de los banditos
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
Date: 10th January 2012
Go to Isla Mujeres
2nd best snorkeling in the world! Avoid Cancun.
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
Go to Isla Mujeres
2nd best snorkeling in the world! Avoid Cancun.
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
Date: 10th January 2012
loved the blog, which brought back old memories of trips to the Yucatan
Enjoy participating vicariously in your travels. I've just booked my first trip to Bangkok to learn more about Asia. keep up the good work.
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
loved the blog, which brought back old memories of trips to the Yucatan
Enjoy participating vicariously in your travels. I've just booked my first trip to Bangkok to learn more about Asia. keep up the good work.
From Blog: The Two Merry Men of Merida
Date: 12th August 2011
We just got back rom Desolation Sound in British Columbia. Something about feeling all that untravelled space beyond the roads.
From Blog: North
We just got back rom Desolation Sound in British Columbia. Something about feeling all that untravelled space beyond the roads.
From Blog: North
Date: 11th August 2011
bearing up
Love your blog and envy you the travel. Be careful out there!
From Blog: Bear Food
bearing up
Love your blog and envy you the travel. Be careful out there!
From Blog: Bear Food
Date: 10th August 2011
everything's relative
hi jon--glad to hear from you. i thought maybe you were aboard this one- http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/alaskan-tourists-assailed-collapsing-glacier-ice-225644873.html or near this one-- http://news.yahoo.com/satellite-images-show-eruption-alaska-volcano-014613560.html watch your head!
From Blog: Inside the Inside Passage
everything's relative
hi jon--glad to hear from you. i thought maybe you were aboard this one- http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/alaskan-tourists-assailed-collapsing-glacier-ice-225644873.html or near this one-- http://news.yahoo.com/satellite-images-show-eruption-alaska-volcano-014613560.html watch your head!
From Blog: Inside the Inside Passage
Date: 9th March 2011
Thank you
John...That was great. It was like going down memory lane. Used to live in Manhatten Beach very near Venice. Visited there all the time. Was so sorry to hear about your cousin, sounds like he really had a tough time the last few years. Sad how we get so involved in our own lives and lose touch with our own family. I had a cousin call me last year and wanted to come visit to get away from the central valley heat. She was not my favorite person and I didn't want to see her, and it was 105 here. Told her fall would be a better time. Two weeks later she took a gun and shot herself in the head. Another guilt trip to take to my grave. Anyway, wonderful stories keep them coming! Love, Donna
From Blog: To Live and Die in LA
Thank you
John...That was great. It was like going down memory lane. Used to live in Manhatten Beach very near Venice. Visited there all the time. Was so sorry to hear about your cousin, sounds like he really had a tough time the last few years. Sad how we get so involved in our own lives and lose touch with our own family. I had a cousin call me last year and wanted to come visit to get away from the central valley heat. She was not my favorite person and I didn't want to see her, and it was 105 here. Told her fall would be a better time. Two weeks later she took a gun and shot herself in the head. Another guilt trip to take to my grave. Anyway, wonderful stories keep them coming! Love, Donna
From Blog: To Live and Die in LA
Date: 2nd March 2011
Howdy Jon!
Jon, I am so sorry to hear of your cousin passing away. Do you remember me? We spoke for 8 or more hours on that infamous plane ride from LA to London. I live in Tustin, which isn't too far from Venice, where you are staying. How long will you be in LA? Maria
From Blog: To Live and Die in LA
Howdy Jon!
Jon, I am so sorry to hear of your cousin passing away. Do you remember me? We spoke for 8 or more hours on that infamous plane ride from LA to London. I live in Tustin, which isn't too far from Venice, where you are staying. How long will you be in LA? Maria
From Blog: To Live and Die in LA
Date: 25th January 2011
Great Pictures!
You know, how to travel well! Anyway, it is a very thought full question about Vietnam War. But I like to believe members of your generation sacrificed their lives, so that my generation ( GOOGLE generation) will understand that wars are not winnable when our motives are flawed. Which generation does Bush belong ?
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Great Pictures!
You know, how to travel well! Anyway, it is a very thought full question about Vietnam War. But I like to believe members of your generation sacrificed their lives, so that my generation ( GOOGLE generation) will understand that wars are not winnable when our motives are flawed. Which generation does Bush belong ?
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 24th January 2011
You're the real deal
Your little story raises many more questions than it answers. So I guess that wasn't Rosemary.
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
You're the real deal
Your little story raises many more questions than it answers. So I guess that wasn't Rosemary.
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 23rd January 2011
I remember the rooftop bar at the Rex Hotel. I spent a night there. A young woman finished her shower first, and ran away with my billfold. Live and learn...
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
I remember the rooftop bar at the Rex Hotel. I spent a night there. A young woman finished her shower first, and ran away with my billfold. Live and learn...
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 23rd January 2011
Why war ???
the "defense industry" needs to maintain market ???
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Why war ???
the "defense industry" needs to maintain market ???
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
he will be never tiered
dear jon! i likw this foto so much.... miss you all georgia and tbilisi and nino
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 23rd January 2011
Divorced?
Let's just say a recent change in status. Looking forward to that beer in temperate San Jose.
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Divorced?
Let's just say a recent change in status. Looking forward to that beer in temperate San Jose.
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 23rd January 2011
I need more
I read that smug bastard's book. I want more. Where's LBJ's apology? What about the Dulles' apologies? Nixon's apology? I want McNamara to wash my car and paint my house!
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
I need more
I read that smug bastard's book. I want more. Where's LBJ's apology? What about the Dulles' apologies? Nixon's apology? I want McNamara to wash my car and paint my house!
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Food Chain
- "Don't get out of the boat" It is a weird feeling to actually be part of the food chain. There are tigers in the jungle there (or is that Cambodia?). I had that feeling one time while skin diving alone in Sharks Cove (Pupukea) adjacent to Waimea Bay, Oahu, during summer when it is like a lake. The bay is abruptly 30 feet deep and maybe 100 feet wide. Rocks the size of Volkswagens on the bottom, no sand (winter waves keep it cleared out), all sorts of exotic fish everywhere. !!I got out of the water immediately when, from way across the bay, smoothly gliding in my general direction I spied a 'fish' that was way larger than me!!
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 22nd January 2011
you're a regular Steinbeck
Jon, I really enjoyed this blog and admire your adventuresome ways. Let me buy you a beer at a debriefing when you're back, and invite my buddy Roy, who's an old Vietnam hand. He liked your blog too. Your comment about returning to an empty home sounds like you're divorced? Safe return, Mike
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
you're a regular Steinbeck
Jon, I really enjoyed this blog and admire your adventuresome ways. Let me buy you a beer at a debriefing when you're back, and invite my buddy Roy, who's an old Vietnam hand. He liked your blog too. Your comment about returning to an empty home sounds like you're divorced? Safe return, Mike
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Fido
How do you say Fido in Viet? Was that "Dinner" sniffing at your butt? "The hara . . . . the hara . . . . the hara"
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 22nd January 2011
apology you wanted
McNamara gave us that apology in his two books about the war.
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
apology you wanted
McNamara gave us that apology in his two books about the war.
From Blog: A lifetime in two weeks
Date: 18th January 2011
Top five annoyances travelling with Jon
5. The garlic was used to ward off evil spirits emanating from Dr. Jon! 4. The snoring, snorting, pacing in the middle of the night, coughing, wheezing orchestrated from J was real! 3. In fact, it was lucky traveling with Jon, as pointed out in our Hotel Impressive in Hanoi. Whenever we entered the elevator with one of the hotel staff they rubbed his belly in amazement - must have considered him a Buddha of sorts. 2. Keeping a stiff upper lip listening to his complaints of cold feet. 1. The look on our guests cousin when viewing this strange American in a dress!
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
Top five annoyances travelling with Jon
5. The garlic was used to ward off evil spirits emanating from Dr. Jon! 4. The snoring, snorting, pacing in the middle of the night, coughing, wheezing orchestrated from J was real! 3. In fact, it was lucky traveling with Jon, as pointed out in our Hotel Impressive in Hanoi. Whenever we entered the elevator with one of the hotel staff they rubbed his belly in amazement - must have considered him a Buddha of sorts. 2. Keeping a stiff upper lip listening to his complaints of cold feet. 1. The look on our guests cousin when viewing this strange American in a dress!
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
Date: 17th January 2011
thanks for the update
Looks very interesting and colorful too! Don't think I could handle the cold though, and the food...:-) Thanks for the detailed descriptions, very helpful. Cheers! Diane
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
thanks for the update
Looks very interesting and colorful too! Don't think I could handle the cold though, and the food...:-) Thanks for the detailed descriptions, very helpful. Cheers! Diane
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
Date: 17th January 2011
quite a compliment coming from someone like yourself. I'm on my way to a friend's house in Saigon to soak the aforementioned joints in warm water
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
quite a compliment coming from someone like yourself. I'm on my way to a friend's house in Saigon to soak the aforementioned joints in warm water
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
Date: 17th January 2011
Awesome'
Jon, I knew you were in Vietnam because Mark Novak mentioned it in a skype conversation last week. You're an amazing guy, unable to stay put. The north must have been bone-chilling cold. How do your joints hold up? Let's have a beer when you return to debrief. Cheers, Mike
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
Awesome'
Jon, I knew you were in Vietnam because Mark Novak mentioned it in a skype conversation last week. You're an amazing guy, unable to stay put. The north must have been bone-chilling cold. How do your joints hold up? Let's have a beer when you return to debrief. Cheers, Mike
From Blog: Party on, Nguyen
gerintyxec
non-member comment
As savo kudikius maitinau iki dvylikos metu net ir ta nieko blogo nera,o viskas gerai.
From Blog: Under the Volcano