I departed Kimbe and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea with no troubles, and made my transit over to Manila for my final stay of this adventure, on my way home. It was great to have the opportunity to meet up with some diving friends I met on my liveaboard trip in March of this year. On that dive trip, Alasdair, Dave, & Tim reluctantly welcomed me into their socials on the front of this ship each night, along with my cheap ass bottle of bourbon, for some bante...

Haley & I are officially home now, as of Friday evening. We arrived at LAX, after spending a full day layover in the city of Osaka, Japan -- had a nice time there, exploring the city and doing some fun shopping (and a some pachinko arcade action !). Arrived late Friday morning at LAX, but Haley's flight to San Luis Obispo was not until 7 PM, so we hung around for the afternoon in the LA area. I completed the video production, which summarizes the entire adv...

Arrived safely in Pak Beng, Laos after a full day of riding. Today it was 80% off road, and 5.5 hours on bike. After I ate **** again I had to start defending myself to my guide -- don't know what to say, Huelee (my guide's name) but I'm doing my best, and it's not entirely my fault that my 300lb motorcycle is in the raveen now and we need to hoist this thing out on our own. At least this time no injury, just a little aggravation to the hand/wrist sprain. And in ...

Very minimal story as I'm typing from my phone. No laptop as I don't have space on the motorcycle. Haley and I met up successfully in Bangkok and made the flight to Luang Prabang. Very nice hotel in a great location, in the heart of the night market. Had fun a few hours there , and chatted a while with a young guy from Florida now working in Kuala Lumpur. Shared our stories. Next morning we were at Motolao getting ready for the big trip. Then we encountered a pro...

I'm at the small & beautiful island of Koh Lanta, Thailand, ready to meet Haley for the beginning of the 2nd Father-Daughter adventure in SouthEast Asia -- this time, as our first trip to the country of Laos. Haley is a good student and carrying a lighter load of classes this term. Thus, she didn't mind ducking out of a week of school in order to grab the opportunity and join me on this wild adventure. She's leaving pretty shortly (with the time difference,...