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North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Venice Beach February 12th 1990

Now that we were flying domestic, United suddenly went downhill. You had to pay for the beer and you even had to pay for headphones in order to be able to listen to the movie! Tight gits! At least we didn’t have the custom’s grilling when we arrived. We weren’t going to take any chances of not being able to find a hostel in Los Angeles, so we had already booked into one at Venice beach. This place got Ian’s prize for the weirdest place we stayed, with arty paintings all over the walls, Beatles posters, four foot plastic monsters over the doors. Unfortunately it was full of obnoxious German hippies. Needless to say, we hated it. Los Angeles is just one huge great urban sprawl, going on and on and on and on, with little ... read more
Venice Street

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu February 5th 1990

The 5 February 1990 was a very strange and unique day for us. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to live it twice. We left Auckland on the evening of Monday 5 February and we arrived in Honolulu in the morning of Monday 5 February. The international date line meant that we jumped back to the beginning of the previous day and all those hours we lost each time we travelled east had been given back to us in one go. Confused, well so were we. We were not exactly welcomed to America with open arms. There were an horrendous number of questions, including "Are you a member of any subversive or communist organisations?" We were tempted to say "Nyet Comrade", but customs officials don't like smart-arses and would probably have bought us down ... read more
Pearl Harbour
Hawaiian View
North Shore

North America » Mexico January 30th 1990

When we were in San Diego, caught a bus across the Mexican border into Tiajuana for the day. Bought a mexican hat, if I recall.... read more

North America » United States » New York » Long Island December 1st 1989

1 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1989 HISTORIAS DEL AEROPUERTO Stuttgart, Luxemburgo, Keflavik, Nueva York. Llegué al aeropuerto JFK, pero mi conexión rumbo a Dallas (y de ahí a El Paso) salía del aeropuerto de La Guardia ¡24 horas después! Fui a La Guardia con la idea de meter mis cosas en un locker y darme una vuelta por la ciudad. ¡Pero no había, carajo! Así que tuve que instalarme en una incómoda banca aeroportuaria a cuidar mis cosas y esperar. A unos metros de mí, ocupando un asiento, había una escultura muy rara, de papel y plástico, con forma humana, que me hacía sentirme muy, muy lejos del arte abstracto. Horas después, empezó a moverse. ¡Pensé que alucinaba! Pero no. En un procedimiento perezoso, que debe haber demorado quince minutos, la persona que había bajo todo eso ... read more

North America » United States » Maryland » Laurel October 22nd 1989

well...my travels are now winding down to the final days... its been 7 months since i gave up the daily routine and schedules of the work world to embark on yet another journey of mine. i departed from the illusion of everybody else's reality to allow myself to be brought back into my own. my eyes have been given the pleasure of watching spring, summer, and fall run their course. a beauty of wonders that engulfed me on a daily basis. waking up and noticing the blossom of each color and the birth of life in nature, was always a great way to start my day. there were days on the road, that i would literally just sit and stare at this awesomely awesome view for hours at a time. very soathing, relaxing, and peaceful. definately ... read more

North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui September 30th 1989

I got me a michael jordan singlet on this trip!... read more

North America » United States » Maryland » Laurel September 12th 1989

5:51 in the morning on this glorious tuesday feel that i am done with my nightly sleep, so therefore i am up...preparing coffee as i type this. in about 3 hours roughly, mandy jean, dan and i head for alantic city, new jersey. we'll spend a night there before departing to newark to board our long awaited flight to europe. i'm stoked to be revisiting this lovely country!!! also, sorry for the delay in my writing on this thing...you know how i get. since my last update of this journey that i'm on....hmmm, let me think for a second......ok, done....i spent some time in orlando...and some time in texas....really just chilled out and relaxed....good to see friends and family... sorry, this isn't that exciting or freshly popping with adventure or good randomness...my coffee has yet to ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Orlando July 29th 1989

its been three weeks since butch dropped me off back home...and i'm still livin the dream... though, i must admit there are some pretty pie crazy jabbies down in these parts... so...i spent a week back home hangin with the fam and a few friends...did a nice little ceremony thing for JLG...those that were there, i truly appreciate it... then i caught a flight on down to the city of sunny orlando... and like an idiot...i tried puttin the word "plan" back into my vocabulary...but, again...shit falls apart...and living in 1989...its best to not plan...cause all they do is not pan out... so...Annie and Jason allowed me to spend a week with them in there place...it was a fun, drunken, yet relaxing time...pool and sun always add to a great day. finally ate at the gyro ... read more

North America » United States » Maryland » Laurel July 7th 1989

...its official...the great roadtrip of 1989 has finally come to an end. a week ago today butch and i left shawano, wisconsin to return home (butch was needed to return home). we drove for about 8 hours, down wisconsin, through illinois, over into indiana...eventually, around 7:30pm our water pump crapped out on us, while on a toll road...so we pulled over...understood the damage, and proceeded to contact our RV club for a tow...we, eventually got picked up around 1-1:30am...and the next day, we waited for quite sometime for the mechanic to finish the repair...which ended around 3:30pm...so, it was back on the road... we finally made it to butch's house around 4-5pm on friday evening...just in time to hop up on the boat, hit the lake and watch the fireworks...after spending the weekend at his house, ... read more

North America » United States » Wisconsin » Shawano June 29th 1989

...its been a long time, i shouldn't have left you... currently having coffee, looking out the patio of a log home at a beautiful dusk...slowly preparing for i believe to be yet another amazing evening here in shawano, wisconsin... well, we left st.louis possibly 2 weeks ago...and overall the experience was pretty descent. we also got to meet some pretty cool ass people there...shout outs to kyle, jake, cass, tard, jessica marie, ashyln, and kayla...(i got a pizza eating contest with her next time we cross paths)... if you get a moment to stop in st.louis, there are a few things i think you should partake in. first and foremost...city museum...definately a great spot to spend the afternoon at, its a mcDonalds playground on steroids...and no matter your age, you'll enjoy it. if you head towards ... read more




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