“Could you be looooved, and be loved?” They were idling at an intersection in Da Nang and had been doing so for approximately 1 minute and 45 seconds. The eyes of a hundred local riders rested from time to time … Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 2): Big City Life
Part 1 – The Gathering of the Wins There had been a conspiracy. After days of discussing how and how soon the motorbikes would be purchased, the deed was done. Arriving back from a morning of crepes and OJ from … Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam: Motorcycling from Hoi An to Hanoi
She stood silhouetted in the downpour, gazing out at the droplets as they fell to their fate in the silken sea at Kina Bay. I’d like to call it destiny, but frankly she was just the only other person crazy … Continue reading Hitchhiker’s Guide Part 4: Mary and the Marvelous Mobile Apothecary
I was in Trelew, a city on Argentina’s east coast and a bizarre experience with a truck driver had left me in two minds about hitching west across the country to the Chilean border. To be fair, I’d been scared … Continue reading Hitchhiker’s Guide Part 3: Lost in Translation
The white Patagonian sun bears down on me through the glass. Picking at my empanada, I lift my gaze again to where the truck drivers are refueling outside. Sparse nothingness extends out from the gas station for the hundreds … Continue reading Hitchhiker’s Guide Part 2: Out of The Mouths of Gramps
Part One: One Eyed Jack Hitching just isn’t as popular anymore. At least it feels that way as I stand on the side of the road out of Greymouth; thumb out, grin manic and eyes ever-so-pleading as cars continue to … Continue reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Down Under – Case Studies from New Zealand and Argentina
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