Their drunk by the time I get there, and that time would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 2am.
" Mikes, head is bleedin, I thought we were gonna die...juss come down the rope when you get there, were on the beach."
The Rope, knotted in three foot increments, is fasted to a tree, threaded...

Tale of the tape

Countries traversed ~ 4

Cities, towns, villages visited ~ 31+

Duration of Bridgets journey ~ 5 months 25 days

Duration of Joshua Journey ~ 8 months 13 days

Photos taken ~ 1,500+

Hours of footage shot ~ 23

Blogs posted ~ 186 (approx. 175 pages)

Blog Views ~ 11,458

Money spent ~ $7,000+

Plane...

Three bags full... the end? 2/2

Bah bah black sheep

have you any wool?

Aye, merry have I,

three bags full!

One for my master,

one for my dame,

one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

*

Dame

Where...

Closing chapters, back where we began 1/2

 Bah bah blacksheep, have you any wool?

    Aye, merry have I, three bags full!

When your load is light enough to fit on your back the winds may move you about more freely. The moving becomes as much a ritual and reality as anything, so one morning after 4...

Feats of Strength!! in which our hero questions his own childlike judgement

The funny thing about southeast asia is ya never know what you're gonna get...

ah, computers may be slow, fast, plentiful or elusive, the power will cut or mercifully remain constant, or any combination.

Laos,...

Tale of Wonder ( Next, Feats of Might!)

The girls squat and clatter the dishes into the tub in the shade of the big tree, tree dripping with green and casting a wide cool shadow. They laugh and talk in self assured, familiar tones as they scrub and dunk the plates, a little hair falling from their brow,...

Tales of Valor!! ( part 1 of my Valor Wonder and Might Trilogy)

Well what can be said, what with so much adventure on the wind, plenty to keep my sails full. And you, dear friends, no doubt have been full of festivities, and so it goes. We've been dreadful out of touch, Life and Laos bein...

Only the Lonely ~2/2

 Not surprisingly, I am sole the guest of Montagnana and have my choice of bunks. The room opens onto the guard watch. The floor dissolved centuries ago and was replaced by the same iron grating so I can see 100feet down to an enclosed circle of undisturbed weeds and cigarette...

Only the Lonely~ part 1/2

 Written in Italy, nearly five years ago, written in Saigon over 5 weeks ago and written today, 5 minutes ago

                        Their laughter bangs up the stairs. I want to go down and get a glass of water but I don't...

Dear Bridget Love Joshua

"Oh bridget, how I miss you! Thank you so much for all that you say, thank you for letting me glimpse your world from so far away and yes, your vlogs make me feel like your just a click away! I am lucky to find this internet shop; I'm in sam neua, last night I slept in vieng xai,...

The occasion of my birthday

damn. a hard days rockin, betta slip off my shoes...Ok so I have embarked on my 27th year and it's been a crackerjack so far! What did I do on my birthday, well I'll tell ya.whoa, lemme back up to June 26th... the bus was suppose to leave at 2 so of...

Ramble on! the time is now...

Ok, there are more things to see in 'Nam, there always are but as Tom Petty sings;

"It's time to move on, time to get goin. What lies ahead I have no way of knowin. But under my feet baby the grass is 'a growin. Time to move on, time to get goin."

Or as Willie...

The last five days...Hoi An, Hue

Alright true believers this account has to be quick and only mildly verbose.

Gee willikers, so alot has gone down since I took inventory and exited Saigon. I landed in Hoi An for my first stop and it was just a gem of a city. The whole old quater is designated as a UNESCO...

All Aboard! ~J

            I knew that if they saw me they would stand and wave me aboard, I also knew that if I kept diving and swimming further and further out into the swells they would see me. A wave crests in front of me and I take a big ol gulp of air going back under. Kick once and...

Inventory~J

Ok 23 hours and many many under the breath curses later I'm out of Saigon and nestled into Hoi An. This marks the second day of anew chapter in the Expedition.

Chapter 1~Bridget and Josh discover SEA

Chapter 2~ Life in Saigon

Chapter 3~ Josh wanders on

It's funny, I feel like I just...

Soilage or vacate!~J

My baby makes me so proud there is little to do but smile, countin them shining lucky stars. General photogenicness and physical beauty aside, never has there been a woman quite the likes of Bridget. From the first she has been the most intriguiging, caring, respectable, insightful,...

same old jam~J

" No matter how I try I find my way into the same old jam."

We always manage to fit 5 more people into these tour busses than seems possible. Seats flip down, luggage is stacked and a tree trunk of a German nustles his sweating, bristly legs well into my territory.

"My...

Squashed like a grape~J

"In the days of my youth I was told what is means to be a man."

so where were we...ah, of course.
The less comely silk clad women fall grumbling away and she grins full and glossy lips, she is only missing one tooth, and not a consequential one.

* Interuption...

in which our hero is swarmed by nearly naked vietnamese girls~J

All right two stories, both involving Vietnamese women...

So I'm tall right, and I always slouch and you know, twist and turn in bed, slumbering in back crunching un orthopedic poses so my back always hurts, no kidding, I'm always...

This week has been a drought week for blogs, just trudging along, trying to find a centering point to plant myself in. I'll admit to you that I have been struggling with separation from Bridget, for a number of reasons. Mainly I had no clue that we would be apart for so long, but already it is 69 days...