It started as "How many festivals can one human body support?" and has become to "How many places can I visit without getting seriously injured, VD, or arrested?"

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This is my mid-life crisis. I am bored and expecting the world to entertain me, starting with four months of the "Greatest Festivals of Europe." I will try to remember some of what happens long enough to get it down here. Otherwise, use your imagination.

• 1

  Queen's Day   Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 2, 2006 11 pictures 2 comments
• 2

  Rumination No. 1 - On Beer Drinking   Bratislava, Slovakia on May 5, 2006 0 pictures 3 comments
• 3

  Land O'Cheap Beer and Opportunity   Bratislava, Slovakia on May 6, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
• 4

  Rumination No. 2 - On Tipping   Kosice, Slovakia on May 8, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 5

  Kosice   Kosice, Slovakia on May 10, 2006 10 pictures 4 comments
• 6

  Rumination No. 3 - On Length of Trip   Bucharest, Romania on May 12, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 7

  Bucharest, Romania   Bucharest, Romania on May 16, 2006 11 pictures 4 comments
• 8

  Rumination No. 4 - On Fear   Varna, Bulgaria on May 18, 2006 0 pictures 3 comments
• 9

  Varna, Bulgaria - Where Germans Go To Die   Varna, Bulgaria on May 20, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  Rumination No. 5 - On Portion Size and Nightlife   Sofia, Bulgaria on May 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 11

  Sofia, Bulgaria - Almost Western Europe, Almost   Sofia, Bulgaria on May 24, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  Belgrade, Serbia - Do You Mr. Jones?   Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro on May 26, 2006 16 pictures 3 comments
• 13

  Rumination No. 6 - on Weight   Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 29, 2006 5 pictures 4 comments
• 14

  Sarajevo, Bosnia - War, Schmar, Fave City Yet   Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Jun 4, 2006 16 pictures 0 comments
• 15

  Dubrovnik, Croatia - Funky Cold Dalmatia   Dubrovnik, Croatia on Jun 6, 2006 16 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Split, Croatia - Foreigners Galore   Split, Croatia on Jun 7, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Zagreb, Croatia - Balkan Swan Song   Zagreb, Croatia on Jun 9, 2006 14 pictures 1 comment
• 18

  The Berg - aka Octoberfest for Germans   Erlangen, Germany on Jun 14, 2006 14 pictures 3 comments
• 19

  I Came For a 3-0 Shellacking?!?!   Gelsenkirchen, Germany on Jun 17, 2006 14 pictures 1 comment
• 20

  Interlude   Stuttgart, Germany on Jun 19, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
• 21

  The World Cup - at its Best, Worst, and Inane   Kaiserslautern, Germany on Jun 20, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  Rumination No. 6 - Ow! I Have Carpal Tunnel!   Alicante, Spain on Jun 22, 2006 0 pictures 3 comments
• 23

  The Hogueras de San Juan   Alicante, Spain on Jun 27, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  A Little Bit Gaudi, But I Like It   Barcelona, Spain on Jun 30, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Pantera Rocks!   Siena, Italy on Jul 6, 2006 21 pictures 1 comment
• 26

  A Primer for San Fermin   Pamplona, Spain on Jul 10, 2006 16 pictures 2 comments
• 27

  Bordeauxing   Bordeaux, France on Jul 14, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
• 28

  Open Letter to Mike W   Paris, France on Jul 17, 2006 5 pictures 2 comments
• 29

  Gentse Feesten   Gent, Belgium on Jul 24, 2006 16 pictures 1 comment
• 30

  Feast of St. James   Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Jul 30, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Pig Out   San Sebastian, Spain on Aug 6, 2006 18 pictures 2 comments
• 32

  Debasque Vu   Bayonne, France on Aug 8, 2006 21 pictures 0 comments
• 33

  Bettler Living Through Reading   Madrid, Spain on Aug 14, 2006 19 pictures 0 comments
• 34

  Total Cockup and Breakdown   Malaga, Spain on Aug 17, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Beamtown   Cork, Ireland on Aug 20, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 36

  The Rose of Tralee   Tralee, Ireland on Aug 23, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
• 37

  You Can´t Go Back   Dublin, Ireland on Aug 28, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Double, Double   Belfast, United Kingdom on Aug 29, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  You Beiza   Ibiza City, Spain on Aug 30, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 40

  Surfing Gazpacho   Bunol, Spain on Sep 2, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  Trip Delayed   San Francisco, CA on Jan 4, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  See My Photo Essay   Havana, Cuba on Jan 5, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 43

  See My Photo Essay   Cienfuegos, Cuba on Jan 8, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  See My Photo Essay   Trinidad, Cuba on Jan 11, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  See My Photo Essay   Camaguey, Cuba on Jan 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 46

  See My Photo Essay   Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on Jan 17, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 47

  See My Photo Essay   Vinales, Cuba on Jan 21, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 48

  Playa Hata (not really)   Playa Del Carmen, Mexico on Feb 2, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
• 49

  I'm Told It's Striking   Santiago, Chile on Feb 8, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
• 50

  San Francisco Lite   Valparaiso, Chile on Feb 9, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  Aweson!   Pucon, Chile on Feb 12, 2007 21 pictures 0 comments
• 52

  Argentine Lake District   Bariloche, Argentina on Feb 16, 2007 20 pictures 1 comment
• 53

  Killing Time The Only Way He Knows   Puerto Varas, Argentina on Feb 18, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 54

  Fjordsome   Puerto Eden, Chile on Feb 23, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
• 55

  Torres Del Paines   Puerto Natales, Chile on Feb 27, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
• 56

  Not Quite Tierra Del Fuego   Punta Arenas, Chile on Mar 1, 2007 19 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  Malbecha   Mendoza, Argentina on Mar 5, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  Utah Meets The Valley of Kings   Valle Fertil, Argentina on Mar 9, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Fuck National Parks, Let´s Party   Salta, Argentina on Mar 11, 2007 0 pictures 1 comment
• 60

  Iguazoo   Puerto Iguazu, Argentina on Mar 15, 2007 0 pictures 1 comment
• 61

  Estera del Ibera   Colonia Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina on Mar 18, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  You think it's boring, and then Ping! Pow!   Rosario, Argentina on Mar 22, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 63

  Ah, Urban (and Urbane) Life Again   Montevideo (and Colonia), Uruguay on Mar 26, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 64

  A Lot of Europe in S. America   Buenos Aries, Argentina on Jul 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  Asia to Come   San Francisco, CA on Nov 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 66

  Getting Here Was None of the Fun   Denpasar, Indonesia on Jan 11, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
• 67

  Bali Hai   Kuta, Indonesia on Jan 13, 2008 11 pictures 0 comments
• 68

  Bromo Seltzer   Cemorolawang, Indonesia on Jan 17, 2008 15 pictures 0 comments
• 69

  Hey Jogyi!   Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Jan 21, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 70

  Sing Sing   Singapore, Singapore on Jan 24, 2008 20 pictures 1 comment
• 71

  I'd Like a Koolala Comfur   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Jan 27, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 72

  May I Have Another Scone, Please?   Tanah Rata, the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia on Jan 29, 2008 12 pictures 1 comment
• 73

  Where are the Hoyas?   George Town, Malaysia on Feb 1, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 74

  Heh, Heh, Heh, He Said Phi Phi   Koh Phi Phi, Thailand on Feb 3, 2008 16 pictures 0 comments
• 75

  Phanganstic   Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand on Feb 8, 2008 19 pictures 0 comments
• 76

  Three Nights in Bangkok (how original)   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 12, 2008 19 pictures 0 comments
• 77

  Ka-Chiang Mai   Chiang Mai, Thailand on Feb 13, 2008 18 pictures 0 comments
• 78

  Mekong Friends and Lotus Eating   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 18, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 79

  It May Be Not Be Laos, But It Rocked   Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 21, 2008 9 pictures 1 comment
• 80

  Some Actual Laos History   Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 24, 2008 12 pictures 0 comments
• 81

  Tomb Raider Meets The End of My Temple Tolerance   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Feb 25, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 82

  Not So Phnomenal   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb 27, 2008 16 pictures 0 comments
• 83

  Ruminations During A Holiday in Cambodia   Sihanoukville, Cambodia on Mar 2, 2008 17 pictures 2 comments
• 84

  Lacking a Funny Title About A Ho   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Mar 5, 2008 18 pictures 0 comments
• 85

  It Ain't Nhathing But a Good Trang   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Mar 8, 2008 18 pictures 0 comments
• 86

  Picturesque Tourist Trap   Hoi An, Vietnam on Mar 10, 2008 24 pictures 0 comments
• 87

  Epicurian Exercise   Hanoi, Vietnam on Mar 12, 2008 19 pictures 0 comments
• 88

  I Don't Normally Like These Things, But   Sapa, Vietnam on Mar 15, 2008 19 pictures 0 comments
• 89

  China, Finally   Kunming, China on Mar 18, 2008 22 pictures 0 comments
• 90

  Salvador Probably Would Have Liked It Here   Dali, China on Mar 21, 2008 16 pictures 0 comments
• 91

  Gorging on Chinese Disneyland   Lijiang, China on Mar 27, 2008 19 pictures 0 comments
• 92

  Numb Me Tender   Chengdu, China on Apr 1, 2008 11 pictures 0 comments
• 93

  They Run the Bay to Breakers Here Too?   Hong Kong, China on Apr 3, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 94

  Map Holding Entry   San Francisco, CA on May 19, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 95

  Across-Dressing Guatemala   Guatemala City, Antigua, and Lake Atilian, Guatemala on May 26, 2008 23 pictures 1 comment
• 96

  El Salvabore   San Salvador, El Salvador on May 30, 2008 15 pictures 0 comments
• 97

  Alma, Arthur, and Taca, Oh My!   Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Jun 2, 2008 21 pictures 0 comments
• 98

  Island Living   Roatan (West End), Honduras on Jun 3, 2008 18 pictures 0 comments
• 99

  Selva Negra Coffee Plantation   Matagalpa, Nicaragua on Jun 7, 2008 14 pictures 0 comments
• 100

  Volcanic Sandinista Colonic   Granada, Nicaragua on Jun 10, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 101

  And I Don't Particularly Like Beaches.   San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua on Jun 15, 2008 19 pictures 0 comments
• 102

  Con o Sin Verga, Senor?   San Jose, Costa Rica on Jun 17, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
• 103

  Off the Grid Mellow   Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica on Jun 19, 2008 24 pictures 1 comment
• 104

  Hangin' With the Beach Bums   Bocas del Toro, Panama on Jun 24, 2008 18 pictures 0 comments
• 105

  Banal, not Carnal, Canal for Me   Panama, Panama on Jun 25, 2008 20 pictures 0 comments
• 106

  Dancing in Sweltering Colonial UNESCO Site   Cartagena, Colombia on Jun 26, 2008 27 pictures 0 comments
• 107

  Pablo Was Here   Medellin, Colombia on Jul 1, 2008 18 pictures 0 comments
• 108

  Fun, but not 7 Days Worth   Bogota, Colombia on Jul 7, 2008 7 pictures 0 comments
• 109

  Nation-State Kinkiness   Leticia, Colombia on Jul 8, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 110

  SHITHEAD on the Amazon River   Tefe, Brazil on Jul 16, 2008 23 pictures 0 comments
• 111

  Pit Stop in the Jungle - We Got Fun and Games   Manaus, Brazil on Jul 18, 2008 8 pictures 0 comments
• 112

  Dolphins, Monkeys, and Birds, Oh My   Juma Lake, Brazil on Jul 18, 2008 24 pictures 0 comments
• 113

  Canoa, Are You Ready to Rock?!?!   Canoa Quebrada, Brazil on Jul 24, 2008 19 pictures 0 comments
• 114

  The Due Theory   Recife, Brazil on Jul 26, 2008 22 pictures 0 comments
• 115

  More-O, Mores-O?   Morro de Sao Paulo, Brazil on Jul 30, 2008 16 pictures 0 comments
• 116

  Heart of Darkness   Salvador, Brazil on Aug 4, 2008 11 pictures 0 comments
• 117

  TBD   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug 7, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 118

  Home   San Francisco, CA on Aug 17, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 119

  Home   San Francisco, CA on Sep 25, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 120

  Covered on FB   Baku, Azerbaijan on May 14, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 121

  Here We Go Again   Tokyo, Japan on Feb 9, 2012 6 pictures 3 comments
• 122

  Having a Whale of a Time   Osaka, Japan on Feb 11, 2012 13 pictures 1 comment
• 123

  Hanging with my Harem   Kyoto, Japan on Feb 12, 2012 21 pictures 0 comments
• 124

  My Country Tis of Thee   Hiroshima, Japan on Feb 15, 2012 18 pictures 2 comments
• 125

  The Name of the City is Too Easy, but Ruminations!   Fukuoka, Japan on Feb 17, 2012 10 pictures 0 comments
• 126

  Ridden Hard and Put Away Wet   Busan, Korea Rep. on Feb 19, 2012 14 pictures 0 comments
• 127

  I'm Not a Very Good Cultural Tourist   Gyeongju, Korea Rep. on Feb 21, 2012 11 pictures 0 comments
• 128

  Day in Daegu   Daegu, Korea Rep. on Feb 22, 2012 3 pictures 1 comment
• 129

  Incheon Closer   Incheon, Korea Rep. on Feb 24, 2012 20 pictures 0 comments
• 130

  Time to Change the Blog Name, but I Can't Upload   Seoul, Korea Rep., Korea Rep. on Feb 25, 2012 18 pictures 1 comment
• 131

  The Rape of Nanjing, aka More Lightness   Nanjing, China on Feb 28, 2012 21 pictures 1 comment
• 132

  Oh What a Difference Friends Make   Shanghai, China on Mar 4, 2012 26 pictures 0 comments
• 133

  Hang Zhive, do that crazy Hangzhive   Hangzhou, China on Mar 7, 2012 22 pictures 0 comments
• 134

  The Chinese did not Completely Ruin It   Beijing, China on Mar 10, 2012 45 pictures 0 comments
• 135

  Delhited? Um.   New Delhi, India on Mar 13, 2012 27 pictures 0 comments
• 136

  The Taj Mahal, Dammit   Agra (and Bharatapur), India on Mar 16, 2012 17 pictures 1 comment
• 137

  Winner, Winner, Tiger Dinner   Ranthambore National Park, India on Mar 18, 2012 24 pictures 1 comment
• 138

  I Fail At a Clever Title   Jaipur, India on Mar 20, 2012 36 pictures 0 comments
• 139

  Hippie India? Located.   Pushkar, India on Mar 22, 2012 14 pictures 1 comment
• 140

  I Even Bought Pants   Jodhpur, India on Mar 23, 2012 20 pictures 0 comments
• 141

  End of the Line   Udaipur, India on Mar 26, 2012 27 pictures 0 comments
• 142

  Goa Trance   Anjuna, India on Mar 30, 2012 12 pictures 0 comments
• 143

  Goodbai   Mumbai, India on Apr 2, 2012 9 pictures 2 comments
• 144

  It Really Does Taste Like San Francisco   Cape Town, South Africa on Apr 7, 2012 33 pictures 3 comments
• 145

  Nice, Na?   Knysna, South Africa on Apr 9, 2012 8 pictures 0 comments
• 146

  Weather Fine   Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Apr 12, 2012 7 pictures 0 comments
• 147

  Flashbacks to New Zealand LOTR   Hogsback, South Africa on Apr 12, 2012 20 pictures 0 comments
• 148

  Urban Turbans in Durban   Durban, South Africa on Apr 15, 2012 13 pictures 0 comments
• 149

  Not What I Expected   Drakensberg Region, South Africa on Apr 18, 2012 20 pictures 3 comments
• 150

  Lesotho   Ha Makhobo, Lesotho, South Africa on Apr 19, 2012 15 pictures 1 comment
• 151

  The Name Makes Me Thing of Family Guy   Pretoria, South Africa on Apr 21, 2012 6 pictures 0 comments
• 152

  The Big 5   Timbavati, South Africa on Apr 23, 2012 58 pictures 2 comments
• 153

  And Now For Something Completely Different   Aswan, Egypt on Apr 25, 2012 29 pictures 0 comments
• 154

  Luxorious?   Luxor, Egypt on Apr 29, 2012 35 pictures 1 comment
• 155

  It Doesn't Sound Like a Whisper   Cairo, Egypt on May 3, 2012 32 pictures 1 comment
• 156

  Out of Africa   Eilat, Israel on May 4, 2012 5 pictures 0 comments
• 157

  On Highway 61   Jerusalem, Palestinian Territory on May 6, 2012 32 pictures 0 comments
• 158

  You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party   Tel Aviv, Israel on May 13, 2012 18 pictures 0 comments
• 159

  Colin of Nazareth   Nazareth, Israel on May 15, 2012 13 pictures 6 comments
• 160

  Too much time in the Holy Land   Amman, Jordan on May 17, 2012 15 pictures 0 comments
• 161

  Expetrations Met   Petra, Jordan on May 18, 2012 51 pictures 0 comments Recently Updated