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November 30 to December 31 — Europe, the QE2 and home to the States

12/31 — Jiggedy Jig

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Journal Entries

January 2001:

Jan. 4 to 8 — New York to Los Angeles by Amtrak.

01/04 — How Marie Got Her Groove Back

01/05 — The Southwest Chief (part 1)

01/06 — The Southwest Chief (part 2)

01/07 — The Southwest Chief (part 3)

January 14-February 4 — Los Angeles to Australia by "Direct Kiwi" freighter (stops in New Zealand) (sea).

1/14 — Long Beach, CA (part 1)

1/15 — Long Beach, CA (part 2)

1/15-20 — Sea-mail from the Pacific

1/20-29 — Detente on the Seas

1/29-2/3 — A Kiwi A Day

February 2001:

Feb. 4 to 12 — Australia by train and bus. Melbourne, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin.

2/3 — The Magic of Oz (pt.1)

2/6 — The Magic of Oz (pt.2)

2/9 — The Magic of Oz (pt.3)

Feb. 12 to 14 — Darwin to Dili.

2/12 — Fun and Games on the East Timor Sea

Feb. 14 to March 18 — public ferries across Indonesia, train from Singapore, through Malaysia, to Bangkok.

2/14 — Dili Dally (pt.1)

2/15 — Dili Dally (pt.2)

2/19 — Minibus Madness (pt.1)

2/22 — Minibus Madness (pt.2)

2/25 — Grouchy & Grouchier (pt.1)

3/2 — Grouchy & Grouchier (pt.2)

3/9 — Singapore Swing, Malaysia Malaise

3/14 — Rechargable Tourist, Just Add Mango

3/18 — To the Moon!

March 2001:

March 18 to April 3 — traveling with UK pals Lynne and Fiona from Siem Reap, Cambodia to Hanoi, Vietnam.

3/19 — Holiday in Cambodia (pt. 1)

3/21 — Holiday in Cambodia (pt. 2)

3/22 — Silk and Snake Wine

3/29 — Heaven and Ho

April 2001:

April 3 to April 15 — trains and buses from Hanoi, through Hong Kong and southern China to Shanghai.

4/3 — Nice Karst

4/11 — Hong Kong to Shanghai

April 15 to April 28 — Shanghai to Beijing with Intrepid Small Group Adventures.

4/17 — Taoist Temples, Haunted Hotels

4/20 — The Race for the Bug-Eating Gold

4/28 — Blues and the Flu

May 2001:

April 29 to May 11 — Mongolian gers and the Trans-Siberian.

5/2 — Mayonnaise, Mutton, and Mongolia

5/4 — The Hurd's the Word

5/8 — Bored in Siberia

5/11 — The Trans-Siberian Hellway

May 11 to 25 — Central Asia's 'Stans.

5/14 — Weekend in Kazakstan

5/16 — Tashkent Shakedown

5/18 — Party Bus to Bukhara

5/25 — The Golden-toothed Road to Samarkand

May 25 to 30 — Moscow, St. Petersburg.

5/27 — Moscow Spring

5/30 — Streets of St. Petersburg

June 2001:

May 30 to June 8'ish — Estonia, Helsinki, Latvia, Lithuania.

6/1 — Tour Tallinn

6/6 — Is Latvia Latveria?

6/8 — Cabbage, Frank Zappa, and Red Nostalgia

June 9 to June 10 — Gdansk, Poland

6/10 — G'day Gdansk

July 2001:

June — apartment rental in Berlin. R&R. Mom visits. Lynne visits. Pals John and Rachel visit.

7/14 — R&R: Rest and Research

July 16 to 30 — Bremerhaven, Germany to Cape Town, South Africa on the "Dal Kalahari" ocean liner. Booked through the helpful Christina Horn of Internaves.

7/31 — Basketball in the Trade Winds

August 2001:

July 30 to Aug. 7 — Cape Town, South Africa.

8/6 — Dentists and Dry Land

Aug. 8 to Aug. 17Crazy Kudu trip around Namibia.

8/11 — Crazy Like A Kudu

8/17 — Sun, Sand, and Soap

August 18 to Aug. 27 — Botswana's Okavango Delta, a quick trip to Namibia, and back to Victoria Falls.

8/20 — Curios and Currency

8/23 — The Discreet Charm of the Okavango Delta

8/26 — Hell Hitch

September 2001:

Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 — Zimbabwe, Zambia, and back to Zimbabwe.

9/2 — On the Bus

Sept. 2 to Sept. 6 — Zambezi canoe safari.

9/6 — I'd Turn Back If I Were You!

Sept. 7 to Sept. 21 — Zambia to Zanzibar.

9/10 — East Africa Express

9/20 — Zanzibar Gloom

9/24 — Camping Tanzanian Style

9/29 — Cool Cats on Parade

October 2001:

Sept. 30 to Oct. 13 — Uganda mountain gorillas, ballooning over Masai Mara and down time in Nairobi.

10/1 — Kampala on the Cheap

10/4 — Gorillas of the Bad Gas

Oct. 13 to Oct. 31 — Northern Kenya and Ethiopia with Dragoman.

10/13 — Jambo, I'll Have Your Money Now, or, A Week in Nairobi

10/18 — Where the Pavement Ends

10/27 — The Dire Effects of Salt Pan Syndrome

November 2001:

Nov. 1 to 14 — Ethiopia with Dragoman, Monica, and solo

11/2 — Addled in Addis

11/10 — Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt, It's In Ethiopia Too

11/14 — Loop to Lalibela

Nov. 14 to 29 — Ethiopia to Europe via Sudan

11/29 — Sickly in Sudan

December 2001:

July 16 to 30 — Salerno, Italy to Southampton, UK, then across the Atlantic by QE2 and up the US East Coast by Amtrak to New York.

12/31 — Jiggedy Jig


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