Ramblin' Man
The picture above was taken in California in June 1999.
Now, I know what you're thinking, so: NO, I was NOT
drunk,
and YES I was FORCED. So there. Now let's get down to
business!
I've always enjoyed travelling - in civilized areas and
in civilized ways, that is. I have never
had the desire
to go backpacking. Dirty clothes, sunburns, insects, sore
feet and
completely uncontrollable climatic conditions
are not my cup of tea. My philosophy is that
99% of all
human progress since the invention of the wheel (and maybe
that took place in
a prehistoric garage?) has happened
indoors. The Great Outdoors are for wars, pestilence
and filth, none of which I wish to associate with more
than strictly necessary (i.e. school).
Nor have I felt the urge to seek out this war,
pestilence & filth in the shape of third world
countries (West Virginia notwithstanding). I've never
fathomed the fascination with
poverty,
underdevelopment, superstition, corruption, etc which are
the main features of
non-western countries. I say
re-colonize them, build some good roads and schools,
teach
them proper English and get them some decent
air-conditioning. Then we can talk.
On the following pages you can read a bit about my
travels and see some pics (no nudes).
Unfortunately, I
didn't start taking pictures on journeys until ca 1997, so
I don't have any
pics from all my early European
journeys. Prior to 1997 I had been to: Sweden, Denmark,
England, Germany, Poland,
The Netherlands, Belgium,
France, Switzerland, Austria,
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia
and Bosnia-Herzegovina. After 1997 I've added Finland,
Iceland,
Russia, Estonia, Canada and the United
States. I'll keep you updated (as if you cared).
If you're still reading I presume you're either bored
out of your skull, or deranged. In
either case, you
should now be mentally prepared to proceed to the picture
pages. The
pictures are linked, not posted, so it won't
take ages to download them, you only have to
see what
you want to see (and believe me, that's better for
the both of us).
Abandon all hope ye who enter here…
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