Tuesday, June 30, 2009



Yes......I know......very tough questions indeed......

These things I will have to think about.....

Try this photo for instance......

I sat here in this little park for hours one very early morning.....

I was waiting for the Postojnska Jama office to open....

Yes.....I know.....what and where the hell is that...?

Well .....This beautiful little park has been the host to many Kings and Presidents of Europe for a long, long, time.....

I learn these things.....

Postojnska Jama is basically the worlds best tourist friendly giant fun filled underground cave system.....

I learn these things......

All this one day in a tiny country in Europe called Slovenia....

It is beautiful and has the funnest language features any where on earth....(my opinion)...

I learn these things.....

Yes.....I know.....

You've never heard of no place called Slovenia......

And Postojnska Jama sounds like Dr. Suess......

FINE.......let's get back to the questions then.......

If I didn't have my photos of my travels to go through every, (or every other) day.....?

If I also didn't have a new adventure in the works at the same time.....?

Would I still be here, at this computer, at this house, paying the bills best I can, being a law abiding and conscientious citizen....?

Tough questions......I don't know where you get this stuff....

Perhaps I should ask......How Much......?

Does travelling by train through a dozen countries.....

Seeing all and every thing you can......

Fill the need .....or just fuel it.......?

What do those magical "anywhere you want in the world" jet planes mean to you...?

Willing to risk your life on one.......?

Sleep under a bridge .....?

Be a complete foriegn object in someone elses homeland...?

O.K......O.K.......I seem to be avoiding the question........

Yes.......I know ...... very tough questions indeed......

These things I will have to think about........

These things I learn.....

Sunday, June 28, 2009



Welcome to AFRIKA



I have to admit.....

It was pretty cool having a driver with a sign meet me at the airport....

Then personally drive me to my hostel in downtown Cairo.....

This a new thing for me.....

I've been to some of the biggest cities in the world.....

It's always been explore, explore.....never a taxi.....

Walking, exploring, learning the subways, buses, and streets...

Yes.....I totally liked airport service.....just this once.....

It was also scary, very, very, scary........awesome....

BIG TAXI FUN



New to Cario.....

New to Egypt....

New to Africa.....

A new adventure begins..... May 2009....




The first thing you notice about Cairo .......

After the Death-Taxi shock thing wears down.....

Is the place is beautiful......way new and awesome....

Great new and unusual trees and greenery.....

With the very elegant and awesome architecture.....

A completely new and different looking place....




I must be in Egypt.....





It took most of the trip from the airport to start to relax.....

I stopped grabbing the dash and gasping every time my driver very nearly killed a pedestrian or missed ramming into another taxi of death by less than can be measured.....

This was only because I was being continously exposed to these near death experiences and my body starting shutting down to slow mode so I would not Explode...!

It is an amazing thing.....

What would ordinarily be a rare, scary, and heart stopping event....

Can be adapted to in minutes....

When forced on you fast and constant......

Welcome to Cairo.....




Awesome.......


Downtown Cairo.....
Talaat Harb st......
King Tut Hostel....
McDonalds.....


The King Tut Hostel.....

Cairo , Egypt.... May 2009





Time to check in.....

King Tut Hostel.....

Cairo , Egypt... May 2009

Saturday, June 27, 2009



Flights to Egypt


Sea-Tac airport early morning....... may 2009...

Off to New York.......then Egypt......



Waiting at the airport.....


Ready to load up for the flight to New York City......


At J.F.K.....



Lunch in New York.......


Ready for my second flight.....


On the plane at J.F.K.



On the plane and on my way..... to Cairo.....May 2009


Blue night skies......


Somewhere over Egypt and North Africa......



Cairo, Egypt....


Finally time to get off the plane.....

This is the second plane trip on the way here....

There was a 6 hour flight to JFK, plus this 11 hour one Cairo......




A shuttle ride from the plane to the security station.....



The Cairo airport...... May 2008

It was a long, long 2 flights to get here.....




Welcome to Egypt.....


Wauna 2009