Bouncing Back to Beijing

Ever follow your heart to the end of the Earth? I’m not in Kansas any more! Someone say "way too cute?" Jingmei relaxed I am on yet another train, crossing yet another plain. I’ve watched the scene slowly change from rice patties and banana groves to wheat fields and cherry…

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I Knew I Could

The left coast is just as cool as the right Roadtrains like puddles My Perth, Day and Night Yes, ladies & gentlemen, I made it to Perth. I never really doubted I could, unlike so many Aussies and emails told me along the way. I knew that Australia, like the…

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Doing the Hitch-Dance

I even shake my bootie to get a ride in Oz Shaking that ass Half-way there! A lonely road From all the emails I’ve received, I know your wondering how I’m doing with the hitchhiking. Well, so far I’ve made great time across this country. I’m in Adelaide now, about…

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Going My Way?

The next time you see one, STOP! The view outside No, I got in the car. The famous statue When was the last time you picked up a hitchhiker? As Americans, we are taught that only fools and freaks pick up random people standing by the side of the road….

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Say ‘Ahhh’ for Jonathan

You want pearly whites? See this man. John drives on the left Yes, he even eats Vegemite! Once I figured out who he was (at first, I though he was the Devil who I’d partied with the week before), Jonathan turned out to be the coolest dentist I’ve ever met….

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