Category Archives: Travel

Cleveland Ho

November 1, 2024 – 1:02 am

In April of 2011 I drove south from New York to the Northern Fork in Virginia. Ms. Carolina was recovering from yet-another battle with cancer. Her husband thought my visit might cheer up the blonde beauty. The Potomac River was cold, but I jumped from their dock into the frigid water. Ms. Carolina laughed at […]

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Stasi East Berlin 1982

October 22, 2024 – 9:54 am

In the autumn of 1982 the BSir’s DJ Henri Flesh and I jetted from Hamburg to Berlin’s Tempelhof aerport to see our friends from Helen Wheels play at a concert halle. We checked into a four-star hotel and toured the city. Of course the wall at Brandenburg Gate anda viewing from a raised platform of […]

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NICHT FUN by Peter Nolan Smith

October 22, 2024 – 2:17 am

In the autumn of 1982 Henri Flesh and I flew to Berlin. We booked rooms at the Hotel Kempenski for a three-day holiday from BSIR, Hamburg’s most popular club, after working the entire summer. That night the French DJ and I went out to the Dschungel in Charlottesburg, where we ran into a pair of […]

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February 10, 1991 Biak – Indonesia – Journal

September 27, 2024 – 9:00 pm

Larry Smith the famed diver, is not on Biak. I went down to his ship. It seems out of commission with only a Javanese mate on board. Andi explained that the engine had crapped out and Larry and his wife had flown to Surabaya for some parts. “When are they back.” And I shrugged and […]

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SEA LEGS by Peter Nolan Smith

September 24, 2024 – 6:50 am

The oriental lore of processing roots, seeds, and bark into spice inspired ancient western travelers to seek various detours around the Arab middlemen profiting from the lucrative East-West trade route. Adventurous voyagers stood to reap fortunes from their success. Failures were many. Adventurous voyagers stood to reap fortunes from their success. Failures were many. In […]

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