Back to the Blog 1/25/12

Hola, faithful readers. Once again I must report it has been a long time since I posted last. Frankly no new adventures have cropped up since my visit with Jason in VT. That was nearly nine months ago. However, as I write this I'm once again bound for foreign lands to teach English. This time someplace warm. And humid. A place with beaches and jungles. Indonesia! Bogor, in fact, a suburb of Jakarta on the island of Java.

But first, to summarize, a few slight escapades of note:

My friend and Ultimate Frisbee teammate organized a camping trip to Door County (for those that don't know, it's the "thumb" of Wisconsin. Nice area. Attracts a lot of tourists. Grow some mean cherries up that way, so they do.) Four of us fellas, high school buddies, myself, 2e, Fair, and Zach were to car pool. Zach calls me the day of with problems. Brakes in his whip probably won't make the trip. However, a solution. We can take 2e's sister's family van, if we clean it out for them. Sounds reasonable. However when we arrive there's one fluke, the van's licence plate clearly reads "Man Van." *Whap* Four dudes rolling cross country in the Man Van. Just sounds douchey to me.

I'm glad we cleaned the thing out though. The kid's bathing suits were hanging to dry throughout the vehicle. I can only imagine the conversation when the police officer pulls us over, "No sir, I cannot explain the child's underwear strewn about. I swear we've had no contact with any minors within this automobile." Right. A likely story.

Anyway the camping was enjoyable enough. The men sat about the fire and carved pointy sticks while the women complained about our lack of creativity. But seriously, what else am I supposed to make out of a stick if not a brutal cudgel? Sheesh.

Before I begin the real story of my Indonesian adventure I wanted to share some images taken with my new camera. I've decided to up my photography game. I hope it pays off. Above are some shots of our day at the cyclocross races. Enjoy and stay tuned!