New Years Flip-Flop
Our options for New Years were pretty limited, because most everything was booked, we knew we wanted a beach. All the beach towns were already booked, but the travel agent […]
Category Archives: Travel
Good Morning Vietnam
Goooood Morning Vietnam! These words scream in my head as soon as I think about my next destination. Who can forget Robin William’s performance in this brilliantly done film. Movies […]
Chinese Visa
Bangkok – You Dirty, Dirty, Little City
WARNING: Some of the content is not intended for young audiences, 18 and older only. Bangkok. The very word oozes dirtiness. A place where everything goes, and corruption is just […]
Hysterics at Sea
Coming up to the coastline of Koh Tao, I instantly felt something was very different about the island. From afar it rose up out of the water, mountainous peaks breaking […]
Ten Days Left – A Sketch A Day – Thirty Day Challenge
So here we are, a little more than two thirds of the way through the challenge, and things are going great. I started this in Cambodia, and now I am […]
Beach Wedding in Thailand
Destination weddings, for some, a huge pain in the ass where you have to put up a lot of money to fly far away, pay for accommodation, as well as […]
Language Barrier
Sketches From The Road III
To paint… to travel… to combine the two… is to celebrate life. Jack R. Brouwer I have updated my page with new art from hospitals to some of the most […]
Cannibalism and Landslides
If you were to look at Sumatra from a thousand miles up, there would be few landforms that would be noticeable from the air, but on the Northern part of […]
Revenge of Mina – A Jungle Tale in Sumatra
Butic Luwang is located in Northern Sumatra, in a jungle clad valley with a raging river running through it. One side of the river is a very idyllic town, on […]
Mina – Terror in the Jungle
We flew out of Singapore to Medan, Indonesia. The flight was uneventful enough, but at customs we had forgotten to take money out of my checked luggage, and we only […]
Singapore Sling
We came upon a massive complex, with all clean lines, stainless steel and glass. A cavernous mouth greeted us large enough for the Millenium Falcon and a few squads of […]
Malaysia’s Modern Metropolis
Ironies being ironies, we had no idea how close we were going to be to where we hung out in China Town, literally a half block from the entrance. We […]
Sketches From The Road II
I have updated my Sketch Page with new art from my travels. Click on the link or go to the Sketches from the Road link to see the new art. […]
Artificial Reefs and New Friends
One of the great thing about the Gili’s Islands is how active the dive centers are into conservation. Of course you think that is a given, but it actually isn’t. […]
Adventures of Captain Bintang, Aliikai Part 2
Day 3 The next day we arrived at a small volcanic island named Satonda that had a huge crater in the center that was filled with water. We hiked around […]
The Land of Dragons, Aliikai Part 1
Day 1 Time had come for our boat journey to begin. We were to meet our guide Niko at the port around 9 am to get ready to board our […]
Monkeys With Drug Problems!
Every Day Ends In Splendor
We flew in to Flores in the early afternoon. The airport was rustic, with just the bare necessities to run. It was a really hot day, and the heat hits […]
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