There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says, "Anywhere but here." Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. A good traveler has no well-defined plan and is not intent on arriving. He who travels much comes to know more than he who lives long. You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate. I never travel without my diary. [View Full Entry]

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That night I walked into Joe's room to find a tall man sitting on his bed. It was Andy, the couchsurfer from Germany who was staying with Joe while I was, for a week or two. We talked for a little while about our adventures and then he crashed out. His flight had been long and he had travelled all day---I knew that kind of exhaustion. So I went to a show with Lucas, the manager of the Lofts. We drove in his little black pick up truck to a bar down the street. Every corner we turned I thought I [View Full Entry]

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The next day I filled my belly with sushi at Little Tokyo, the “JapanTown.” The day after that I looked at my maps and decided to head to the famed Venice Beach. I walked to Union Station and waited for the Red Line #33 to show. The guy next to me was wearing a very fashionable suade hat with a feather in it. While I was admiring his attire, he whipped out a harmonica and played away. I smiled because I had wanted to learn how to use one of those before I left for my trip. We started to talk [View Full Entry]

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The last week of my journey was quite the friggin' adventure. I took a ride from cool guy on Craigslist, we drove about 5 hours down to Los Angeles and I wasn't really sure where I was going to end up. Halfway throught the ride his friend asked me to stay with her for the night, so I ended up kickin' it with a married chinese couple and their kids. I would have stayed longer with them in their beautiful house in Thousand Oaks, but I knew it was potential disaster. I always ended up staying longer than planned, and time [View Full Entry]

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So I'm getting lazy towards the end of my trip-I'm just posting pictures with intentions of typing the stories later...but then by the time later swings around, I've already forgotten those funny little stories. You'll just have to catch me in person one day and maybe-just maybe-one will pop into my mind and I'll start laughing and tell you. Because, inevitably, that is how my brain works. [View Full Entry]

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WRITE MORE SOON [View Full Entry]

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I opened my eyes to your everyday 40 year old man. Except that he was crazy and in a bikini thong. I closed my eyes. When I opened them again he was throwing a frisbee to someone across the field. I was in Golden Gate Park, I had fallen asleep on the dewy grass in the warm sunshine. [View Full Entry]

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Note to Self: When you get a chance, write about: Twin Peaks Staying with Nick in the Presidio The Castro Fishermans Warf Smelly bus people Chinatown The Pacific Ocean with Ceca etc etc For now you have pictures. [View Full Entry]

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