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IT'S ALL ABOUT ME: I'm an avid vagabond-traveler-layabout-photographer-graphic designer. I like sitting around coffee shops and watching the world go by as I sip ten to fifteen Irish coffee's. My main goal in life is to hold my own skull in my hands before

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Celebrations & Holidays > Weddings (Other) Unforgettable weddings: 14 of 26

I, Ron, take you Sandra as my wife, in good times and bad .... "Crap, why can't I remember the rest?!" I exclaimed to myself while nervously sitting on the edge of my seat of the antique rented bus. Our vintage transportation rolled along slowly towards the church in Cham, Switzerland with Sandra's mother and father smiling ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Your most unusual Halloween: 16 of 29

I've always loved Halloween, especially when I used to assemble my haunted house for the neighbourhood schools and local festivals in The Beaches area of Toronto. I would start in September, preparing the seven-foot tall wooden walls for the maze I would build for the cowardly to flee through. Industrial size paint cans of g...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Weird travel stories: 44 of 70

It was time to say goodbye to the fantastic Himalayas and the brief serenity of life on a houseboat in Kashmir. Goodbye to the five a.m. amplified Muslim chants that echoed loudly across the lake - goodbye to the glorious morning sun peaking over the mountains at six a.m. while I sipped my steaming Kashmir Tea and ate cookie...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Rocky Horror Picture Show: 4 of 5

Aaahhh yes... The Rocky Horror Show, live on stage in Zurich, and my wife Sandra and I warmed up two seats in the ninth row. I was surprised and excited to see the hundreds of huge black and red posters of those unmistakable lips covering all the available flat surfaces of the city - the last tour of the London Rocky Horror ...
Travel > Asia Travel Diaries Travel experiences: Asian adventures: 26 of 28

"Why can't I take a photo of the gates of Tiananmen Square?", I pondered silently to myself during a recent tourist excursion to Beijing, China. A police officer lacking any personality and devoid of emotion approached me as I hoisted my camera to my face, attempting to take a quick shot of the North gates and the enormous p...
Travel > Asia Travel Diaries Travel experiences: Angkor, Cambodia: 4 of 4

I thought I would do a single day exploration of the Cambodian Angkor temples, thinking it was just one or two piles of rocks I'd be looking at, but I needed a three day pass to see all of them and I still don't think I spent enough time. The sun was beating down hard and climbing the insanely steep stairs of each temple was...