Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

On Sunday, October 29th from 11:00am to 8:00pm you can party in downtown Orlando. It is a latin fiesta that will have live music, food vendors and lots of energy. If you live in or around Orlando, Florida you should stop by for some food, music and dancing.

Tokyo Teriyaki 21 1/2 E. Kiowa, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 * 719-473-8105 A small little hole-in-the-wall Japanese (semi-quick) restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. I had the Bento Box C for lunch – very good – Tempura, rice, 2 pieces of California roll, terriyaki salmon, salad, and miso soup. For $9. Good service, friendly staff. Much [...]

Denver, Colorado Saturday, October 21, 2006 – 6:00 PM MST A case of artifacts from Haiti were being delivered to the Colorado Anthropology Museum for analysis on Saturday afternoon that accidentally fell off the truck onto the 16th street mall around the corner of Glenarms saturday afternoon. The jars contained a deadly white powder known [...]

It’s always hard to explain living in China. The guys at Talk Talk China have started a quest for a perfect metaphor to describe ex-pat life. Last night, Zorro and I set out separately, cellphones in hand, on a scavenger hunt through Kaifaqu, looking for a street vendor selling bananas. Once we found them, we [...]

In China, you really can’t get away from the Friendlies. They’re on t-shirts, hats, sneakers, pins backpacks, keychains, earrings and necklaces. They’ve been made into charms, toys and giant paper-mache effigies at the airport. Back when we had CCTV9 in Kaifaqu, I couldn’t turn on the TV without seeing the Friendlies skipping though the air [...]

Historic Cripple Creek From Colorado Springs via US 24 and SR 67, or the adventurous “Gold Camp Road” thru the mountains Cripple Creek Welcome Center, 5th and Bennett, PO BOX 430, Cripple Creek, CO 80813; 719-689-3315 Population: 1,115 Elevation: 9,508′ “There be Gold in dem Hills” … “Pikes Peak or Bust …” and many rumors [...]

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument CR-1 just south of Hwy 24, Florissant, Colorado 719-748-3253 In prehistoric times, this temperate forest meets giant natural lake hosting the flora and fauna of a landscape that would have resembled similarities with today’s Pacific Northwest. Now an extinct lake bed, with a plethera of ancient petrified redwood stumps, this [...]

Cafe @ Netherworld http://ra.ntw.net/netherworld.com/ 1278 Pennsylvania St., Denver, CO 80203 Denver’s only full service Cyber Cafes … an incredible hotspot of local activity from dancing, art gallery, poetry readings, a full bar, a full service restaurant, poolhall, the best jukebox in Denver, free wireless, and a venue for many events. Definitely a must-visit and must-hangout [...]

I took my mom and dad to Beihai Park on their first real day. It’s always beautiful but it was decorated for National Day and looked ever better than last time. On the sidewalk by the south entrance, a man was writing water poems. These poets use giant brushes and buckets of water to write [...]