Cool! Jon, I'm ferping now and have more free time to enjoy your blogs. Congratulations on your world travels. Don't know if you saw Kule during his visit, but we're working on a Rotary project for Kandy and it was great to spend some time with him. He's returning, but we now have this project to work on.
Stay in touch and keep on blogging!
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!
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
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.
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!
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
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
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 ?
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...
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!
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!!
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
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!
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
I officially started my travel addiction during a Fulbright year in Zimbabwe back in 1991. Since then I've had a number of visiting professor gigs in interesting places. In a good year I'm able to squeeze in two or three trips. Sometimes I feel like I could simply not return and spend the rest of my life living out of my suitcase.
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mike
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Jon, I'm ferping now and have more free time to enjoy your blogs. Congratulations on your world travels. Don't know if you saw Kule during his visit, but we're working on a Rotary project for Kandy and it was great to spend some time with him. He's returning, but we now have this project to work on. Stay in touch and keep on blogging!