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Writer. World traveler. Adventurer. Life and network hacker. Digital nomad since 2006. Cat lover. Engineer. Reader. Blog: www.vagabondinglife.com Home: www.gregoryrodgers.com #travel #vagabonding #remotework #writing
Some of these from David Luekens @ Thai Island Quest are pretty good. I've got quite the collection of signs as well from my travels in Asia. Will put together a compilation sometime.
thaiislandquest.substack.com/p/strange-an...
Do I know anyone who creates Wikipedia pages/stubs? (not for me). Send me recommendations if you have them. Thanks!
Did you know that it's illegal to carry or wear anything with a camouflage pattern in #Barbados? Good to know. I'll be there in a few days...
"Also, be aware that it is against the law for anyone, even children, to dress in camouflage clothing or carry items made with camouflage material."
Back from social-media hiatus. Travel and (nearly) useless content soon to follow.
Exactly what I needed today...a story about cats with some good photos of cats. via bsky.app/profile/isaa...
www.huckmag.com/article/shop...
Excellent #travelwriting and imagery, as always, in the winter issue of Hidden Compass just dropped.
hiddencompass.net/issues/
Got my new passport via online renewal in two weeks!!! The estimate was 6 - 8 weeks. Painless process -- took the photo myself. Pleasantly surprised.
Also...passports have changed a LOT since my last one 10 years ago. I'm happy to see the plastic photo page now.
Woah! Here's one to not add to the bucket list. 😬 Thanks @timleffel.bsky.social for bringing to my attention. #Burma #Myanmar #Thailand
And why does this make me think of Sihanoukville in Cambodia..?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wonderful! I hope their estimate of 6 - 8 weeks is exaggerated and I get mine sooner, too.
Great you guys got them together!
My passport renewal is complete! Feels rotten to not have a valid passport until the new one gets here (~6-8 weeks). Yikes. Online renewal was pretty good.
Good news is that the "big" book US passports cost the exact same ($130) -- so I went ahead and requested the extra pages. I'll need them. 🛂
A day late, but... Happy Lunar New Year! Gong xi fa cai. 🥳
Welcome to Year of the Snake. 🐍
Lunar New Year / CNY is like the unofficial Gregorian New Years do-over. #lunarnewyear
So Facebook recently quit fact checking but then decided that the Linux operating system was a "cybersecurity threat"...?! Some of my Linux groups are gone!
I quit Twitter (had 10K+ followers) because it was run by a clueless moron. I guess Facebook is next.
www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...
Coba Maya ruins
Drove a scooter to visit the Coba Maya ruins in Mexico last week. Unfortunately, they no longer allow people to climb to the top.
Spent my 19th #vagabonding anniversary yesterday flying home from Tulum, Mexico -- a place that has changed a lot since I visited 10 years ago. Unlike my first two trips to Mexico, this one didn't involve any work! 🌴
Packing for my first international jaunt in a while. Forgot how good it feels.
Only gone a quick week, but to a MUCH warmer place than here (will be 5 degrees F on Sunday night)! ✈️🌴
Heads up, flyers... 🛄 ✈️
The new 2025 carry-on dimensions for many airlines are: 22” x 14” x 9” (includes handle and/or wheels) with a max of 17 - 22 pounds.
There were also some crackdowns regarding power banks (over 100 watt hrs requires approval). #flying #airlines #digitalnomads
Ever see SSSS or *S* on your boarding pass? If so, prepare for more screening!
I've had this happen more than once. Maybe because I often fly solo with one-way tickets to "unusual destinations." Or maybe I just look like trouble... 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconda... #flying #airlines #travel
Happy to see you, traveler!
Did you know that in the Spanish language:
"un billón" does not equal a billion in English, it's actually one trillion (1,000,000,000,000).
"un trillón" is actually one quintillion in English (1,000,000,000,000,000,000).
True story.
I fought hard against this the first time it happened. A lot of friends didn't seem to realize how serious this is. As a network engineer, I understand the implications.
Brave people are intimate with fear.
"Only to the extent we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us."
-- Pema Chödrön, Buddhist nun
Motorbike parked at Harau Valley, West Sumatra
The first post!
Been a few years since I made an initial entry on a new social platform. What better way to start than by sharing a memory of vagabonding through West Sumatra...
www.vagabondinglife.com/cow-racing-s...
