Vagabonding : 2006 November |

The last Europe post

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OK, this time In serious.

What else is there to do after drinking a liter of Redbull when you are sitting in a hostel? Aside from making random noises from my pod to horrify my sleeping roommates…the best thing to do at 01:00am is to blog of course! Other than breakfast resembling something you would get in a Mexican prison (2 pieces of white bread and some orange water), this is a very cool hostel loaded with interesting people that are going places and doing things. Luckily, I am not the oldest guy here, but almost. The average age seems to be about 21, so when people ask what I am doing, I just say that I am a student. Hey…according to Lao Tzu, we are all students until we die, right?

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Posted in England | Tags: England, europe, greg rodgers, london, travel

Goodbye Europe

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This is probably my last post from Europe before heading home.

It sounds strange, but when I am here, I feel like I am much closer to so many friends that I have built amazing bonds with this year. It doesn’t really make me sad to leave the city behind, but when I leave I am also eliminating the possibilities of seeing people that I have made amazing connections with during my travels. Right now, I can jump on a quick and cheap RyanAir flight and be with people I love dearly in Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, and all over. Once I am back in the US, I am literally a world away.

On a happier note, my finger is still attached and seems to be healing nicely. 1000MG of antibiotics a day will probably make me sprout a couple more fingers for redundancy. I am also nearly over my sinus infection….now where is the diving?! Speaking of diving, I am pretty much deaf in one ear again. The last time this happened, it went on for months before my ear “popped” at the pub and I jumped around dancing and telling people that I could hear again. We shall see. I feel 110% though and have been floating a few inches off the ground I am so happy.

The weather here in London has been spectacular, some sun and low 50s F. Last night I met my Swedish friend Gustav and then went inside one of the many casinos here in Piccadilly where I basically fed some machine a couple of pounds, it flashed some pretty lights at me, and then took my money. Hmmm…not exactly my idea of entertainment. Cards are analog, I can do that, but a computer deciding what cards it gets and which ones I get, not fair. (unless I can have a crack at the software)
I have had so much fun on this adventure that the thoughts of standing in America in a couple of days both horrifies and excites me.

Whats next…..?

Posted in England | Tags: America, europe, greg rodgers, london, travel

Remembering the Red Sea

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My Columbian friend and fellow B&A member Simon wrote an awesome story with pics about our near-disastrous Thisslegorm dive. We almost gave the “Red Sea” a new meaning!

Read it here!

Thanks Simon!