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Reunited With Marilyn To Bail Out Of South America
My idea of Peru and the journey further south in the continent had not panned out. Instead I'd lost my nest egg, about two grand stole…
Colombian Coffee and the Holy Ale Oasis
After several hours of beautiful, winding roads we were hopping out of the little shuttle bus in Pereira. We were bound for Salento. Maril…
Pack Prototype and Last Blast of the USA
A bus rolled me on down from DC to South Carolina, 2am to 6am I spent in a diner clinging to awakedness, then finally a connecting bus rol…
NYC Ramblings and a Last Hurrah with my Eponym
I hopped off a bus in a sun rising Chinatown less than a week into 2015 after having spent the eve in Indiana with Marilyn, this was my fi…
Beer Camp Release Party Adventure
The first glimpse of Ryeway 117 came in Berkeley when I popped into Sierra Nevada's Torpedo Room for some beer tastings. Myself and fe…
New Adventure with Marilyn Begins in Memphis and New Orleans
For Marilyn the summer of freedom and new experiences had her longing for more, a particularly cold winter season back at work hit her fro…
Chaining Dollar Buses From NYC to Indy
"Sir!", some police officer shouted at me from far down the echoing subway chamber, but I wasn't in the mood. It was an earl…
From Indiana To The California Harvest Season
Marilyn and I had just spent the summer traveling together, her introduction to my brand of freestyle travel and a break from a her life a…
Slingshot to Indiana and Memphis After Northeast Holidays
Christmas and New Years went as they typically do when I make it the northeast. Family meals and catching up, tasty beer runs with my brot…
Florida's Party House, Manatee And Climbing Trees
We arrived in Orlando amidst confusion, the bus driver was new, choosing to drop us off downtown rather than some other spot in the city t…
NYC To Florida Using Free And Sneaky Buses
Bridget and I managed to put together bus tickets from New York to Florida for only a few dollars through Mega Bus that was doing holiday …
Bonus Trip to Vienna
It took all day to get out of Turkey. I walked away from the airport where Walter was catching his flight back west, I was thumbing it in …
The Generous Road to Chiang Mai and Pai
Escaping Bangkok would be no easy task. The city is massive and trying to find a suitable spot for hitchhiking was not coming together. I’…
Thailand Continues With Familiar Faces
I was buzzing as I made my way to the main road in Phuket, ready to keep hitchhiking north deeper into Thailand. My next destination was a …
Thailand’s Generosity Getting To Phuket
I woke in the morning still at Pad’s place, my first couch surfing host in Thailand. We had a big breakfast with chicken, veggies, rice, f…
Greyhound as Usual
Greyhound is known for being unreliable and generally sketchy, and my 2-3 day trip did not disappoint. I launched off from Phoenix, leaving…
Greyhound Experiences
Most people I've met hate Greyhound. Makes sense, but instead of hate, I find interest in the apparent clusterfuck that is the Greyhoun…
Circle the Country
I left greenville on a greyhound bus towards Ijamsville, MD, a tiny town near Frederick. The bus ride was fairly uneventful except for a 90…
Rounding out a Greyhound Trip
Greyhound is full of interesting stories, some being told and some unfolding right then and there. The deeper south, the better it seemed.
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13 Rides, Hiking, and a Bus to Oklahoma
After an unexpected good time in bakersfield, it was time to hit the road. Oklahoma city the target, I-40 seemingly the road to get there. …
