It has been a while – too long – since Team Ames and Team Boers pursued an adventure together. So, it was with great pleasure that I, accompanied by my Italian, met up with Brandon and Amanda in Brazil. I’m a big fan of bees… and honey. Turns out my close family has the same … Continue reading
Something that should probably be on everyone’s “must have” list… The gun guitar. This one was in the Museo Historico Policia in Bogota, Colombia. I apologize for the bad glare in the pictures, but in a building brimming with war-hardened police officers I did not think it would be prudent to smash the glass on … Continue reading
Waiting for the Khyber Pass to open up so we could make the journey into Afghanistan, we killed time by exploring the Pakistani countryside. One day on our way back into Peshawar, we came across this rather unique bridge built during the time of the Mughal Empire: Along the edge of the river was this … Continue reading
I didn’t quite know what to expect out in the barrios of Caracas, but I knew I wanted to visit them. I did know that the crime statistics in Venezuela are astronomical, and especially so out in the barrios. And I knew that most of the supporters of Chavez come from these neighborhoods. But, that’s … Continue reading
Behind the tiny Venezuelan beach village of Playa Chuao is a massive banana plantation. For some reason this fascinated the Italian and me. And so, when we disembarked from a fishing boat we had hired to take us to Playa Chuao, we walked right past the beach and the small village and into the banana … Continue reading
Or something else? Like a dogsheep? It was friendly whatever it was… Continue reading
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The Velvet Rocket 