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Main street Khuzhir

Olkhon Island

June 22nd 2002
Olkhon Island North of Irkutsk the road is quite uneven and ridden with potholes. In fact, one man stands on the roadside waving his arms in an undulating fashion, so as to alert drivers of bumps ahead. He smiles and waves as we pass; his horse waits unbothered. Does he really do this all day long? The landscape is featureless. Other than random shrubs, patches of forest and yellow wild ... read more
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December, 2005 In my incessant pursuit of experiencing the world as it is and not as it appears on the screen, I have embarked on my next installment of travel. This one has abandoned the elements that tend to plug us into one spot for the benefit of a particular society, and embrace the flux and whim of nature, vector and rhythm. What else but sailing? I've clipped the necessary puppetstrings that attach me to the US (rent, employment, and car, not to mention debt, the greatest hindrance to human movement and the prison warden of society), and am now free to move about as the world wants... full info
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