Tag: Travel

  • We went to London

    We went to London

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    We, that is Darren, Rick and I, went to London and tooled around for a bit. It was a lot of fun. London is pretty and busy and vital in a way that no American city is (even you, New York). Shit, the small town I live in has 10,000 fewer people than Cedar Rapids,…

  • You can never Goa home again and Vietnam the first time

    You can never Goa home again and Vietnam the first time

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    The first time I went to India, the friend of the family I was supposed to stay with died just before I arrived. I didn’t want to intrude on their grieving, so I took my shit to the train station nearest Mumbai International Airport and bought a ticket to a place that people went to…

  • Lie Down With Essex Dogs, Wake Up With Essex Fleas

    Lie Down With Essex Dogs, Wake Up With Essex Fleas

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    While I’ve been to the UK before, I’ve not ‘lived’ there in the resident sense. Tooling around in a country’s biggest city for a couple of weeks is different from living there. Now I’m living here. It’s a real trip, man. Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon are both from the area; exciting, right? First impressions:…

  • Tri’s Visa and Home

    Tri’s Visa and Home

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    A bunch of massive changes happening; Tri and I went to DC to sort out Tri’s school visa (it was significantly easier than we thought it was going to be). Mrs. Chau came and went, Nhi came and went back to college, Tri went off to college and I’m getting ready to leave. We had…