On my recent trip to the Caribbean I visited nine new countries and the highlight was undoubtably my helicopter trip to Montserrat. Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The former capital city of Plymouth was completely destroyed and two-thirds of the island’s population forced to flee […]
I’m Back
August 24, 2008 by 2 Comments
I apologize that I have not been posting on my site recently but I was away in the Caribbean for a while knocking out another 9 countries including an amazing helicopter tour of Montserrat which I will be writing about soon with pictures. I have also temporarily relocated to Arizona so I have been getting […]
Random Sports Rants
August 7, 2008 by 7 Comments
I haven’t written much about sports lately, except for the pointless Olympics that start tomorrow, because I’ve been away and really busy lately but I have some things that are driving me nuts in the world of sports and they need to be said. I almost hate to give it more coverage than it already […]
Who Cares About the Beijing Olympics?
August 6, 2008 by 11 Comments
I am a sports fanatic and I love the Olympics. I have been to every Summer Olympic city and most of the Winter Olympic cities. I could tell you the host cities for every single Summer and Winter games. I could list you most of the gold medalists for the major events since the modern […]
I Don’t Speak Starbucksese
August 5, 2008 by 15 Comments
I am not a coffee drinker and never have been. However, I did discover a drink recently at Starbucks that I kind of like and if I have an early meeting or something I will stop and grab a $4.82 “Venti Skim Iced Caramel Macchiato”. Now that’s quite a mouthful. I feel like a complete […]
Air Travel Pet Peeves
July 31, 2008 by 27 Comments
Pet peeves are an often funny and certainly an unavoidable part of life. However, when traveling they can certainly be one of the most annoying things about your trip. Pet peeves related to air travel are probably the most common and I have seen them actually start fights on board planes and get people kicked […]
Olympic Gender Testing
July 30, 2008 by 4 Comments
This is absolutely brilliant. Apparently, in an effort to prevent cheating and doping, they are now testing not only for steroids and performance enhancing drugs at the Beijing Olympics but they have an entire lab devoted to testing if supposed female athletes that physically look like men are actually males. As a matter of fact, […]
Reflections on My Trip
July 29, 2008 by 8 Comments
Sometimes it’s hard when you’re on a massive trip that you’re constantly on the move for, to really appreciate everything that you saw and did. With my Central and Southeast Asia trip that I just returned from, perhaps the best part is sitting at home, thinking about and appreciating exactly how amazing some of the […]
Eye Opening Iran
July 27, 2008 by 12 Comments
When I first was planning this trip I was a little wary on whether I was going to include Iran in my itinerary or not. I had always been curious about this rogue nation of sorts. After giving it a lot of thought I decided that I was going to be so close in Ashgabat […]
Trapped in Turkmenistan
July 24, 2008 by 8 Comments
I really appreciate all the emails from everyone and I am fine, I promise. It’s nice to know so many people are reading my site and following my trip. I know I haven’t responded to emails, facebooks or posted in a few days but that is because the government of Turkmenistan censors and blocks all […]
