A Backpack and a Keyboard:
Where We've Been The Past Two Years
November 30, 2003-today

So I didn't make it "to the southern-most reaches of the American continents" like I wrote at the start of my Pan American Adventure from November 2005 to March 2006, but I did go to Venezuela, which almost there. And there's no denying we had some adventures along the way.

In preparing to update the site for the next round, I realized that archive.org has some of the only backups of my old site and site descriptions.

Below are some of the ways I described what I was on ABAAK, starting with my 2nd trip to China in December 2004. Oh, the memories.

Inserted liberally are photo backups of some of my travel notebook covers. Some contents are public. Some are yet to be made public.

These archive links are organized blog style (reverse chronological order)...

November 2005: After eight months in S/SE Asia and 13 months in the Middle Kingdom, your narrator (Joshua) and his traveling partner (Susan) embark on High Adventure wandering of the Americas. From the Great Lakes, travel overland to the Pacific Northwest, down through the blind empire to the southern-most reaches of the American continents. Sketches, podcasts, words, photos, Mystery.

June 2005: After eight months in South and Southeast Asia, your narrator returns to the Middle Kingdom to teach English, study music, and uncover pieces of Shanghai's largely forgotten 20th century history. Blog posts will be less frequent for the next few months, as online journaling takes a back seat to things Shanghainese.

July 2004: After eight months in South and Southeast Asia, your narrator returns to the Middle Kingdom to teach English, study music, and uncover pieces of Shanghai's largely forgotten 20th century history. Blog posts will be less frequent for the next few months, as online journaling takes a back seat to all things Shanghainese. Need a tour guide in Shanghai? This narrator's your man.

Jarnuary 2004: Now that he's traveled Asia for two months, join your narrator as he shares his experiences living and working with the Burmese refugee community on the Thailand Burma border.

And if you want to go way back, you can check out "Life in the Development Zone," about my first 8 months in China. I'm taking it offline soon, so make haste!