This most recent update to my Tombstone blog has been evoked by the excitement of the upcoming Tucson Meet-up in November of 2008. I thought it might add some exciting information about the places we will be visiting which include Tombstone and ...

We woke up this morning to mostly sunny skies and to the excitement of both a short walk and of another night stay at the Moan Laur B and B in Camp! The walk was pretty straight forward; it isn't too hard to get lost on a nine-mile trek after 20-mile days! We saw more beach. Among the beach walking, we came upon a very rancid, foul, disgusting, sulfur-stinking, stagnant puddle of who knows what. The color was a creamy greenish-white, and honest to God, we both were gagging! I manage...

After the landing in Caracas, I immediately took a taxi to the busterminal del oriente to take a 5h-bus to Puerto La Cruz and Santa Fe. The trip through the town was pretty intimidating and the taxi-driver didn´t stop giving me tips for my security, so I wouldn´t want to stroll around there on my own. So let´s forget about Caracas!After some time I finally arrived at my first real destination, being Santa Fe. It is basically a very poor little ´pueblito´with a marvelous beach. It´s a Ca...

Was the first leg of my one month trip.

I'm so glad I had my birthday dinner at Katia's. Everything was soo delicious, and I should know, because I demanded to eat off everyone's plate. Everything from the herring appetizer to the sturgeon to the teas was really good. I think I managed to order dumplings for 3 courses (potato vareniki appetizer, beef pel'meni and cheese vareniki with cherry sauce for dessert), and did not get sick of dumplings by the end of the night. Katia herself came out and took pictures of us. She's also h...