Category Archives: 90s

Everyone Young

August 29, 2012 – 11:31 am

My younger brother died on AIDS in 1995. Our family buried him in the town cemetery. I couldn’t speak at the funeral and I said little after the burial. My sisters knew that I had a packet of airline tickets in my pocket. Each destination offered a holy site, at which I would prayed for […]

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Tubes in Bali

August 28, 2012 – 8:49 pm

Bali 1993. Richie boy and I hired a guide to take us to this spot. The aussie swore it was surfable. We looked at the break. The waves were double-overhead, but we saw coral heads above the water. Richie Boy and I said ‘no go’. The aussie said we were wimps. he took off on […]

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From The North

August 13, 2012 – 10:28 am

In October of 1995 I hitchhiked out of Tibet to Nepal. I stood at the edge of Shigaske, the last town before the border. Most of the traffic was trucks loaded to capacity. A van stopped on the dirt road. It was heading to pick up tourists. The driver wanted $10. I gave him a […]

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Pattaya’s Glorious Batman Ruins

June 29, 2012 – 4:41 am

Batman disco off Sukhumvit was the one of Pattaya’s hottest in the 90s. Spotlights casting batman logos arced across the night sky. The young clientele crowded the four floors. Police staged a raid on the dance club and closed the premises for drugs and under-age drinking. While the owner fought the closure in court, a […]

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Paradise Now

May 24, 2012 – 9:30 am

In 1990 I took a midnight barge from Surathani to Koh Samui. The rising moon reflected a shining path to the warm horizon and dolphins sang a swimming song in our wake. At dawn the ferry docked on the palm-covered island. I rented a motorcycle and rode through coastal coconut plantations to a coral beach […]

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