Tag: life
member name: Sean Paul Kelley
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September 23, 2008 11:00 AM EDT --
Tomorrow morning when I awake, walk out of my flat and head to the bus station I will begin the adventure of a lifetime. I will get on a bus and head off towards Malaysia and the famed spice trading city . . .
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October 03, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
I learned an annoying lesson today: pay attention to where you park your moped. If there are red and white stripes on the curb, no matter how many other mopeds are parked int he same space, don't . . .
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September 25, 2006 11:38 AM EDT --
You know what really bites: being in the middle of a shower, all soapy and whatnot and having the maintenance people shut off the water. Yeah, you laugh, but seriously, what do you do?
Thank heavens the . . .
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September 21, 2006 05:14 PM EDT --
I stood in line at the DMV for two hours today waiting to get my driver's license renewed. What fun. Actually, I didn't stand the whole time, they have a waiting area full of fold out chairs. I . . .
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February 05, 2007 11:55 PM EST --
this is the first of a four part series about Azerbaijan
From my travel journal dated June 23, 2003:
Other than the beautiful Georgian castle in the Khaketi and the strange border crossing my busride . . .
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September 24, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
Thus far Malaysia really reminds me of Mexico. There are several reasons for that. One is that everything shuts down during the heat of the day. Second, the day gets started very late, most places . . .
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September 27, 2008 09:33 AM EDT --
Why Chiang Mai? Well, I'll get to that in a minute. But first, a few thoughts on the road up here. Looking at a map on would think the trip from Melaka to Chiang Mai wouldn't take that . . .
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November 24, 2008 01:51 AM EST --
PLEASE COMMENT, VOTE AND SEND THIS TO FRIENDS HERE AT GATHER. COMMENTS AND VOTES EQUAL CASH FOR ME AND CASH KEEPS ME ON THE ROAD AND KEEPS THESE POSTS COMING.
I've had a few readers ask me . . .
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December 16, 2008 03:11 AM EST --
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain
Beyond the darkness and all the pain
When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes
Love is the road that leads out beyond . . .
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January 04, 2009 09:07 AM EST --
No, I wasn't any where near the earthquake in Papua. That's like thousands of miles away from where I am. But damn, I miss Toba already. I left this morning. I didn't want to leave. . . .
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March 28, 2009 06:15 AM EDT --
Nine months have passed since I left Austin last summer. In the three months since I last looked back upon the genesis and beginning of this journey a lot has changed. The questions I wrestled . . .
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December 04, 2008 12:41 AM EST --
'I've been thinking 'bout all those goods things I just let slip away.
First it was the good job, then it was the woman that I love. Then it was the car
and all the other material . . .
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January 02, 2009 09:54 PM EST --
As is my personal custom I usually spend the few days before the new year recounting the one soon to be passed. A taking stock, of sorts.
In the grand scheme of things 2008 hasn't . . .
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January 03, 2009 06:11 AM EST --
I'll be leaving Lake Toba tomorrow, early and won't be near a computer for a few days. But I wanted to leave you all with my best memory of Toba: New Year's Eve.
From my travel journal: . . .
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April 15, 2009 04:37 AM EDT --
If life is like a candle bright/Then death must be the wind
You know you can close your window tight/And it still comes blowing in
So I will climb the highest hill/And I'll watch the rising . . .
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February 28, 2007 11:56 PM EST --
this is the second of a four part series about Azerbaijan
part one here.
‘Wow’ is about all I can write currently. This place is pretty special. I wish I could stay here two or three . . .
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July 20, 2008 09:23 AM EDT --
Note: This was written in September of 2007
Yesterday, on my way to Sultanhamet, I crossed the Galata Bridge, over the Golden Horn, looking out on the wine-dark sea of the Bosporus. The sky was . . .
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September 28, 2008 05:10 AM EDT --
This photo pretty much says it all.
If only . . .
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October 12, 2008 01:00 AM EDT --
My Dad has been a bit worried about my moods lately. I have been stressed, what with some technology issues we have here at my website, trying to email via an iPhone most of the time, and the intensity . . .
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March 16, 2006 01:03 AM EST --
My Dad sent this is March 2004:
Son,
I was reading my journal from our trip and wanted to forward this to you. It was a great day. I'm glad we could share this adventure together.
Love,
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