Travel Bug – A Genetic Trait
Well it’s seems like any one who gets into writing, good or bad, eventually starts to think about why they are who they are, and how they got there. Next […]
Thirty Day Challenge II – Past The Midway Point
This challenge was meant to start on April 15, but due to some time spent in a Chinese hospital with a nasty virus, then travel to Myanmar, and the Water […]
Legazpi
UPDATE May 7, 2013 We are back in the Philippines on Malapascua Island, where we met a guy on the beach who said he just received a text that the…
Easy Rider
Day 1 200 km After a week in Nha Trang, we decided we needed something very different, so after some research, we chose to go with Easy Rider to Dalat. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ladyboys and Transgenders
I think one of the hardest things to deal with in life would be to know that your whole life is a lie. Everyday, every moment, to everyone, telling lies […]
Thirty Day Challenge – Final Results
I am thrilled by how the thirty-day challenge worked out. When I started I thought it would just be a great way to force myself to sketch more from life, […]
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 […]
The Irish and Canadian Invasion
Koh Sumai is Thailand’s third largest island, 247 square kilometers, and one of the biggest tourist attractions. There are three main beaches, the longest being seven kilometers long. The beauty […]
A Sketch A Day – Thirty Day Challenge
I have decided to step up my art game on the road. It can be difficult to find time to do art between catching buses, seeing temples, deciding on accommodation, […]
Language Barrier
Three days of Hell and the Road to Recovery
You ever been so sick where the only thing you want to do is curl under the blankets in your temperature controlled bedroom. Where the slightest sound or touch send […]
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 […]
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