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Picture of Author, Singapore, August 1997
The author, with snake lanterns. 
Singapore, August 1997

 I am traveling around the world.

This travelogue is my personal view of what it's like to travel around the world as a backpacker traveler.

It would have been nice if this travelogue could have started cleanly and neatly with me leaving from my front doorstep, bound for some far-away foreign land. But nothing ever seems to work out quite like we hope it to; real events lack our inborn sense of order. So this travelogue starts in the middle--sort of.

I will as time and events allow, fill in the last year.  But for now, the journey starts, March, 1998 in the Philippines.
My travels (in reverse chronological order):

xparent_spacer.gif (51 bytes)Hong Kong Table of Contents (April 26th to Now)

Partying in Hong Kong May 22-23, 1998

Mingling with the Movie Stars May 20, 1998

Travelog.net Goes to the Movies May 18, 1998

Musings on Hong Kong from Victoria Park May 17, 1998

Cheung Chau Island and Weird Dharma at the Temple May 8, 1998

Relaxing in South Hong Kong Island May 7, 1998

Victoria Peak, Night Market and Talking All Night May 6, 1998

Smoke, Panic and Fire in the Middle of the Night May 5, 1998

Arriving in Hong Kong April 26th, 1998

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xparent_spacer.gif (51 bytes)Philippines Tabel of Contents (Starting March 1998, this is the new Travelog.net)

Almost Leaving Manila April 24, 1998

Good Friday Crucifixions, San Fernando Pampanga April 10, 1998

Return To Coron, Palawan, Philippines March-April 1998

xparent_spacer.gif (51 bytes)Philippines Table of Contents (Postings from last year. The old Travelog.net)

Dispatch #4; The Early Days in Coron

Dispatch #3; The Boat Trip To Coron, Palalwan

Dispatch #2, Northern Luzon and Manila Yet Again.

Dispatch #1, Arrival In the Philippines and Third World Culture Shock

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Highlights and Oddities:

xparent_spacer.gif (51 bytes)Crucifixions in San Fernando The most bizarre event of my travels yet.  Eleven people crucified.
xparent_spacer.gif (51 bytes)Surgery In Singapore What happens when ou injure yourself on the road? 

 

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