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You are only a virgin once
Each year at Burning Man is different. Not only is the event ever changing, but we bring many things with us to the playa – enthusiasm, excitement and readiness, as well our personal issues. Some years seem better than others, … Continue reading
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ticket ticket who’s got their ticket
Getting a ticket for Burning Man 2011 has been a much less straightforward process than in previous years. First the initial day of sales was a monumental mess. Then in late July ticket sales were cut off.
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staying (too) connected – internet at burning man
It just seems to follow you everywhere, doesn’t it? And while I kind of like knowing that I can communicate if I really need to, there is something immensely freeing in how you live when your usual connectivity is severed. … Continue reading
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Burning Man 2010
Impressions of a specific year at Burning Man are bound to be intensely personal. Was a certain year the best ever or much less than that? How much of what one remembers as good, and as less so, is determined … Continue reading
Dust on the Playa
In the buildup to Burning Man, there are things one anticipates with joy and others one does not. The certainty of dust storms is not high on the ‘joy list’. Worse is the certainty that some of those dust storms … Continue reading
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Black Rock City – Themes and City Structure
As a way of making each year unique, at the end of each year’s event the theme for the next year is announced. Having a concept gives the artists a creative focus, and starts them thinking about their next year’s … Continue reading
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The Art of Burning Man (part 1)
What is Burning Man is a question I hear often. After stumbling around looking for a way to gather the disparate threads into a simple answer, what I’ve settled on is that it is a counter-cultural art festival. That pretty … Continue reading
truth is weirder than fiction
There is a list that gets emailed around every couple of years titled something like this: How To Enjoy The Burning Man Experience From The Comfort Of Your Own Home It contains far more truth than fantasy. ***Stack all your … Continue reading
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burning man 2011 not-this-year
added live from the playa, Sept 1, 2011 – well a girl is entitled to change her mind If you are looking for images from Burning Man 2011, try these: Sunset Views from BRC 2011 Onplaya – Images from Burning … Continue reading
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Language
Some people have talent with languages. I am not one of them. Traveling around Southeast Asia, from country to country, it is all I can do to produce a passable ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in the native tongue. At the … Continue reading
Time Passages – a gallery of unplaced photos
To ease my impatience for new material between journeys, this post will feature some of the photos which are still awaiting their proper positions. So here we go – Sapa, Vietnam, where one can spend weeks and never see the … Continue reading
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decompression
home in body, not yet in mind. bed is stacked with books, about Burma, Borneo, Bali, Africa. Biographies, political histories, travelogues, guides, maps.
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collapsible plastic zip bags – southeast asian luggage
One of the things I love about independent travel is the more compact form that life takes. There is a sort of unwritten rule which suggests that, most of the time at least, one should be able to carry all … Continue reading
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Soppong – market and villages
My first of two mornings in the village turns out to be the one day each week that most of the local people come down from the surrounding hill villages. They come both to sell what they produce and to … Continue reading
Pangmapha-Soppong
The next town of any size west of Pai is about two hours of twists and hairpins farther. To get to Soppong, or Pangmapha as it is also known, one either gets a seat in a minivan heading for Mae … Continue reading