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High 85 degrees, low 72 degrees, current temperature 76 degrees
Blog: I don't wash my hair - 11 December 2009
Apparently in many places in the country from whence I came, it is now snowing. I see these messages popping up all over Facebook, gchat, and Skype: "Snow!" or the more enthusiastic "SNOW!" or the resigned and sullen "snow."
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Skinny dipping and simple pleasures
Blog: I don't wash my hair - 8 December 2009
Last week, Jenny and I took advantage of our three-day weekend to spend some time out of Kota Jambi. We caught a night bus to Bukit Tinggi (actually we caught two night buses, as we were rudely awakened by in the middle of the night, herded off one bus, and shoved on to another). That second bus was my lucky bus, as I was somehow awarded the best seat in the house -- the space behind the last row, that little shelf that is perfect for either luggage or an extremely sleepy person, such as I was at the time.
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Babies and fruit
Blog: I don't wash my hair - 3 December 2009
Who's been waiting for more adorable baby pictures? Brooke? Was it you? I think it was! Well, only because I totally love you...There he is!
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Traveling Sumatra
Blog: Travelicious - 16 August 2009
“You are eating Indonesian food?!?” “We thought foreigner only ate toast all day long!” This little scenario played out in a tiny warung somewhere in Sumatra where we duly sat eating very authentic local cuisine. A bunch of Indonesians were thoroughly amused and surprised by us “white people” sitting there eating their kind of food – and we even seemed to like it! Of course we liked it – Sumatra is renowned for its delicious, if a bit spicy, padang food.
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In The Crater Of A Supervolcano
Blog: Curves and Levels - 27 July 2009
Fortunately, the operator practiced a sedate and incremental philosophy where twisty mountain roads were concerned - thus the relatively short drive required the rest of the day, but our knuckles weren't so white when it was over. He even stopped along the way to let us stretch our legs and drink in the spectacular vista below (note active volcano in the far distance).
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Jungle Sanctuary
Blog: Curves and Levels - 14 March 2009
We were on the great, fabled island of Sumatra, having been carried across from Malaysia with great speed on a loud, smoke-belching passenger boat, now heading inland about 75 kms. as a crow might fly west of Medan or about three hours uphill by rough road into the rainforest at the southern boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park.
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