http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Jamaica/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Jamaica en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:05:51 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:05:51 +0000 Hey allOy I've owed you some tales I'm sorry. I am now writing these retrospectively from Seattle. Time has gotten away from me since returning to the belly of all evil not Seattle it's lovely here. It's this damn country of mine that gives me the gout and I do apologize for the stories left untold. This one however is not so much of a story though really just an explanation of I http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-68296.html Well hello from Paris I've been doing some thinking here about what it means to be on the top of the food chain and how it is we all came to achieve such heights. To be certain opposable thumbs are at least partly responsible for the glory. Without them how could we carve a blade load a gun or squirt ketchup from those little packets The reason I write all this folks is because I thi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-57613.html Oh dear friends. The magnificence continues. Today was studded with incredibly touching moments all springing from nowhere.After being frankly underwhelmed this morning by the Aya Sofia alright alright It's a work of art and incredible and a testament to God or Allah or Gd and all that and I'm glad I went but once is enough. That's all I meant I found my way to the serenity of a littl http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-60465.html Hey all.Listen I know I owe you the sordid tales of Split and Belgrade but I've been in Istanbul for the last howevermany days and I'm feeling much more moved to tell you all about it. Yarns of hotel rooms bythehour and eternal train rides with toothless Bulgarians are forthcoming I swear. But for now sit back have a glass of tea and let me tell you some more recent stories beginning w http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-60041.html Hello allOy Such a delay in the reporting I know and I'm sorry. I've been stuck on any variety of transport traversing the Balkans with many taciturn locals get that dictionary yet Handsome. No time for internet... must catch the next donkey out of SplitBut I'll try to catch you up and I'll start where I left off Hvar.Where Yeah I know. It's a Croatian island off the Dalmatian http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-59233.html Hello AllSo the train from Paris carried me through Germany great people man super friendly and Austria dont know I was sleeping and then down out of the Julian Alps where Santa Claus vacations with the munchkins of Oz. Im sure of it and into Slovenia. I wobbled very well rested but still a touch discombobulated out of the train and into the legoland world of Ljubljana. I guess http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Ljubljana/blog-58062.html Yeah so that's the dangerous thing with me. Once the travels start I'm not sure if they're going to stop. Here's the update I fly back to New York from Istanbul on May 22. About 15 hours later I fly back out this time headed for Vancouver chasing another longstanding daydream of mine. All told folks I will have traveled almost 13000 miles in 18 daysOh and I leave in nine count http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Brooklyn/blog-54694.html Hey y'all.None of you even know I'm doing this travel blog 'cause I haven't sent you the link yet. Ah well. Once I leave I hope this will serve as a point of communication 'till then it's just another outlet for my daydreams. In the meantime I thought I might post the photos from another recent trip I made to New Orleans. I think it's important to get these out there for the sake of bear http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Louisiana/New-Orleans/blog-51446.html Well 33 has always been one of my favorite numbers. For those of you who believe in Numerology and I know that narrows it down to just me 33 is actually my number aligning me I've been told with some sort of higher vibration. Yeah well anyway like I was saying 33 is not a bad number. A 33karat ring Hot damn Okay 33 dollars Certainly not a fortune but a gal can buy at lea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Brooklyn/blog-50148.html