Clare is trailing behind as we work our way up the relatively short but steep side of an active volcano. Yes, that’s right, we are hiking an active volcano…and based on her frown-faced foot-drag whingingContinue reading
Spring Cleaning
Ever have those days when it seems as if every time you wrap up one loose end another one unravels? Just after rebuilding the salt-water pump for our toilet, the freshwater pump for the sinkContinue reading
Burning Rubber
After collecting him from the airport and jostling our way through Tunis rush-hour traffic, I manage to find a parking spot carved out against an ancient fort wall and nestled deep within a narrow alleyway.Continue reading
Running Late
So I’m the first one back to the boat and although I’m initially peeved about being in Tunisia for three whole days before Clare arrives, it probably is for the best. I get to beContinue reading
House Chores
On my first day back in Portland I buy four pairs of pants, a heavy woolen jacket, a thick hat, a pair of boots, and a bag of socks…it’s friggin cold! I arrive at myContinue reading
Happy Ending
Wonderland Healing Center, Koh Phangan, Thailand I suppose given that this time I wasn’t fasting or ‘in silence’ this experience was much closer to a retreat in the typical sense, but I soon re-remembered whyContinue reading
Tongue Twisted
Five years ago Clare lived in Malta for several months while pursing her PADI Dive Master certificate. So most of the stories I hear about Malta all involve crazy wreck-dives and loads of sunshine. Fast-forwardContinue reading
Touring the Kingdom
It was either an ass-grounding dose of keep-in-check reality or a thunder shit-storm of plain bad luck, but after missing two—yes TWO—flights from London to Scotland we simply can’t stomach the cost of, or theContinue reading
Hopscotching Holland
We manage to leave Manchester in one piece and make our way to England’s capitol city. Newly-made friends from the festival-wedding host us for the first couple of nights allowing us to sight-see the touristyContinue reading
Meeting Mad-Chester
SNOOOOORK…ka-boom bump drip dribble. Worm your way deep into the middle. Gob gab and glimmer. Shake quake and shimmer. Exploding bombs of glitter. This human creation of steel and timber. Let’s see if we canContinue reading