From the trenches
Day four with no reliable source of wireless internet. In the wilds of the Southern portions of the US I was forced into nearly complete radio silence. First came the red-eye that dropped me into the humid stank Ft. Lauderdale (beautiful city by the way). Struggling through the heat and sweat of the early morning haze I somehow navigated my way to the pool at the hostel.
Soon thereafter I was led on a forced march by a gung-ho Aussie freshly arrived from her homeland. She obviously was undeterred by the extreme heat due to all those Walkabouts in the Australian Outback. After taking sustenance in a sweet local nectar they call a “Carmel Macchiato” we navigated through the rugged shops of Las Olas street to the beach. There we encountered herds of natives in their traditional attire of neon thongs. Though this may have come as a disturbing sight to a less road-weary traveler, my countless days of travel (20) have steeled me for such displays of strange local attire.
Upon returning to my primitive lodgings, I found that the wireless was incompatible with my laptop and so was forced to delay the next video’s upload. Slightly dismayed, I reasoned that surely I would get a fast internet connection while staying with my CouchSurfing contact in Richmond the next day. Again, an expectation rooted in my West Coast elitist ignorance.
And so it is that a week has passed with no video. Forced into this Amish-like disconnect from the modern comforts of technology, I have been unable to deliver the goods to the VagabondBlue website. The din of expectant viewers (okay, my mother) has grown deafening but not to worry. I’ve finally entered back into civilization aka Denver and can use my friend Melissa’s internet connection to make the next upload. So look out for Chicago/DC followed shortly thereafter by Houston!! Yeehaw!
