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First Yes, yes it is safe. Second, stop watching scary movies. Last year I went around the world by hitchhiking. Over 1000 cars picked me up. I never had a single problem. Everyone picked me up: old people, young people, single women …

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Last year Echo and I had an adventure in the ancient cave kingdom of Cappadocia in central Turkey.  It is a land of caves and homes, of hard blue skies and desert landscapes. It was a labyrinth of tunnels and we exhausted our every muscle exploring …

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You can add me to your that list in your head, you know the ones you keep of “models”  or perhaps the other list of “how the hell is he a model?!?”  Yep I was a model. Ok it was …

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I got a taste of fame the other day. I went to a TEDx conference where Echo was a speaker, people loved her story and after the talk many went to speak with her. That made sense, what didn’t make sense was …

On the roof of the world, there are chickens.

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A while back I was hanging out with an artist friend of mine. He goes building to building, and takes photos from the top. Not from the top of small houses, but 30 story skyscrapers. Echo gave him a hand and they went …

 

Hitchhiking China

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I have hitchhiked around China for the last few weeks, It has been awesome and I am happy to report that China is amazingly easy to hitchhike in. Ok maybe not as easy as rural Armenia where ever car came to a screaming halt to pick me up  …

 

Chapter 3 – In front of Buddha

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I raised my pressed palms to my forehead in a respectful wai. I lifted them higher. The higher the wai more respect it gives. “Can I sleep here tonight? “I asked In Thai. The two young monks, heads as smooth …

 

Chapter 2, Into the Thai Countryside

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It was the middle of the dry season, but the thudding droplets of water came anyway. Raincoated people in green, blue, white, and yellow rode their motorcycles in double file. They zoomed by like rainbows, sending waves splashing onto the sidewalk. In …

 

Chapter 1. Advice from beyond

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I can’t believe you even left Cambodia,” Bill lifted up his hands in the air, like a preacher at a sermon. “I thought you were going to live there forever, just a year ago you were raving about it.” He …

 

I love Bob!

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 With straining breaths and tight muscles, Ryan and I lift up Bob. We take slow meaningful steps, our sandals flopping hard against the sand. We drop Bob on the shore, and take victorious breaths. Rain’s cheeks are pinched in for …