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Sand in Japan

26 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

One has to be a stone fish not to fall in love with Japan. The same element can yield totally different experiences. Tottori is renowned for its sand dunes. What made the trip memorable for me was showing up in winter and seeing it being dotted with...

A screeching tire shouts for joy

24 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Rough trip. Also amazing. Too far and fast to count. I need fingers, singers, Stars. The ride is violently humbling And morally horrific.  Faced with the self, the self freaks out and does donuts in the parking l...

The next few days in Aqaba were spent in an atmosphere of blissful laziness.

23 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

The next few days around Aqaba passed lazily, peacefully, even boringly. There's generally nothing to do in the area we were in off-season. I say off-season because it was early November. The main entertainment was walking to the beach and lounging...

The Shamrock in Motel 6

21 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] The Shamrock in Motel 6 has been a sanctuary for mefor manyyears,But it's under newownership,and isn't a Shamrockanymore.I'm not saying I'll neverreturn,but I never wanted to be hereanyway.I'm grateful that we ar...

Chernobyl without myths: how nature actually survives in a radiation zone

20 May 2026 6 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/ad9-G4UyT2yYi6c8 Myths about the "heyday of Chernobyl" are popular because they emotionally capture and simplify complex reality. I am not a scientist, I am not a biologist, but I will analyze such publicatio...

Jordan, Aqaba area, day one

19 May 2026 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Jordania, okolice Akaby, dzień pierwszy     After a 124 km journey from Petra, we safely arrived in Aqaba and fulfilled our next plan. We decided to stay in Aqaba for another four days and recuperate before our next, and final, destination: the Jord...

Memories from Myanmar - the interior of the Shwedagon

18 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

I think back to Burma, which I miss and consider the coolest country in Southeast Asia. Thailand is beautiful, Cambodia mystical, but Myanmar appealed to me the most. Returning to this country is now almost impossible, or at least very dangerous...

Memories from Myanmar - Shwedagon from the outside

10 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

When traveling around Myanmar (formerly Burma), it is impossible to miss the city of Yangon (Rangoon), which, although no longer the capital of Myanmar, is still the largest city in the country. This is where the 2,500-year-old Shwedagon Temple i...

Barbecue at the South Perth Foreshore. Best Family Day Ever!

9 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments lostCrypto

🔥 Barbeque at the South Perth Foreshore | Swan River Views & City Skyline BBQ 🍔 Join us for a relaxing day out at one of Perth’s best spots – the South Perth Foreshore! In this video, we fire up the barbecue to cook up some Aussie favorites (snags...

Tire Shop Prayers

6 May 2026 3 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] The following is the transcript of a text exchange I had with a friend tonight. Out of the blue and way after the fact, I got an email about a job opening from a tire shop in Arkansas today, less than 24 hours af...