Archive for January, 2008

Fuso vs. Valparaiso Dock Crew

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

   The ship carrying our Fuso, Seaboard's Thor Nectar, arrived late morning on Saturday, 12 January. Thor Nectar  

The Long, Dark, Dead End Alley

Monday, January 7th, 2008

    Have you ever been in a new city, in a new country and done something that broke every safe traveling rule you’ve ever been told or learned?   Have you ever been in a new city, a gritty port city, a city renowned for danger around every corner, a city every ...

The Best and the Brightest?

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

As my friends and family back in Iowa head to the caucuses today I am half a world away. This year, of all years, with the most wide-open and potentially interesting presidential campaign of my lifetime in progress, I am overseas and will miss the entire show. Mercifully, today will ...

The Second Quest

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

    One of the little known upsides of foreign travel is exposure to obscure movies subtitled in the local language. We’re holed up in a hotel in Santiago, Chile, waiting for our expedition truck & motorcycles to arrive via ship in Valparaiso.   One of the ways we’ve been killing time is ...