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Into the Abyss : But a Blip in the Ocean
“When I grow up, I wanna be a pirate.” – Former me, age 5ish… And I really did. I wanted to swing by ropes from boat to boat waving plastic swords (all swords are plastic Read more…
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Some Epic Title… [The End of My World]
TEN…. NINE…. EIGHT… Thoughts are racing around my head like a giant disorganized herd of pregnant water buffalo playing ice hockey with sharpened samurai swords: Are we actually ready? What have we forgotten? Will we Read more…
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Do you Speak Lion?
Us human types are always on the run. As an African, I learned to run before I could walk – it’s the only way to dodge the lions and hippos and the Tokaloshe. And then you Read more…
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How to Lick a Dragon
I’ve spent a good portion of my grown-up life chasing mythical creatures: mermaids, unicorns, leprechauns, “the one”, and now a new sort of quest has evoked me – the dragon hunt. Because my flying academy Read more…
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Equatorial Escapades : Homeish at Last
The purple seas swarmed rigorously about me as I tried in desperation to locate south and; more importantly, the captain. Clearly the breathing of fresh Southern hemisphere air was too much for him to handle, Read more…
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The Life of a Dead Kitten
On our second day as illegal Indonesian immigrants (Sunday), we found a kitten.A kitten so small it’s eyes hadn’t opened yet- meuwing helplessly under a tree – squirming at the pain caused by the puncture Read more…
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About a Boat
I’ve pretended to be a lot of things this year: A camel (slash backpacker): This is how I arrived in Indonesia after a whole year in Aus land A nautical engineer (the boat sank) A Read more…
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Travel the World, Lick Things, Be Super-human
Licking a friend Licking a camper van Licking the ruflasia, Malaysia What have you licked lately? I ask this because statistically (probably… I think, maybe) us humans don’t lick enough. We see things and hear Read more…
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Life’s a Journey
They say life’s a journey. And so far it’s been quite a trip – learning to crawl becomes learning to walk, learning to walk becomes learning to do so without being hit by traffic or Read more…
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Abolished by a Sultan[a]
It’s not the first time I’ve been awakened by the police, but this time was different – this time the Sultan himself had ordered them to get rid of us… Finally, after 6 weeks of Read more…