This website began as a way to stay in touch with folks as I left my job in December 1999 to begin a series of trips around the globe. With the help of some very patient and talented friends, it has evolved into a series of travelogues, links, contests, and commentary. My belief is that there are no coincidences. So if on some dreary day you find yourself confined to a cubicle, mindlessly re-shuffling paper, but are reading this website and listening to Jimmy Buffett, there is a message in there for you. Enjoy the trip.
Leisure tends to corrupt, and absolute leisure corrupts absolutely.