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Real name: Dan
Hometown: Gladstone, Michigan, USA
Current Location: Nome, Alaska, USA
Join Date: July 27, 2007
Contributions: rotorhead85 has written about 88 places and shared 863 photos.
Interested in: meeting new people, sharing travel tips and blogs
Future Travels/Dream Destinations
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Nov 25, 2008 – Dec 26, 2008
To hang out in Sihanoukville and Siem Reap for awhile 42 others are going here
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Jan 1, 2009 – Mar 25, 2009
Good place to spend one more winter 6 others are going here
Countries I've Traveled To
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Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Languages Spoken
English, some Spanish and a little French,Russian, and Farsi but I can order a beer in 16
Interests
photography, (sea)kayak-camping, flying, discovering new places and kicking back in old ones, learning to write about past (and current) travel experiences. I love seeing and meeting young people who are traveling the world and Living the Dream.
Books you might find in my backpack
Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
Warren Zevon, John Prine, AC-DC, Dire Straits, Meatloaf, Proyecto Uno, Billy Joel, Brian Setzer, Thalia, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Doors, Jimmy Cliff, UB 40, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Idol, Kinito Mendez, INXS, Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Shakira, Queen, Dwight Yoakam, Rolling Stones, Midnight Oil, Sandy y Papo, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, Pretenders, Metallica, Bob Marley, Van Morrison, ZZ Top
Most Memorable Travel Experience
Watching the sun set from the top of Cheops Pyramid and climbing down before the Sound and Light Show began so as not to be part of it.
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My first backpacking experience began when I left a job in Iran and took eleven months to get home. That was in 1975 and I haven't stopped traveling since.
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wbboy29 says:
Hey, thanks so much for the blog comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And yeah, I had such a BLAST working on that film. Truly an experience I will never forget, but hopefully it won't be my last film either, haha.

Thanks again. :~)
Posted on: Jul 26, 2008
goezi says:
G'day Dan, thanks for your appreciation of my loss in Gibraltar.
Question for you, if I were to write a comment in reply in answer to your comment on that page, would you receive my reply directly or would you only see it if you revisited the page?
Posted on: Jul 25, 2008
row-zzzzz says:
Thanks Dan on my review that I had trouble spelling, Science Noth (North) ... to be fixed by the founders!!! Have a great weekend!!!!!!!! I didn't make it to Michigan hope to go in August, things came up /// when do you return home to Michigan
Posted on: Jul 25, 2008
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rotorhead85's Travel Blogs

The Summer of 2008
The Summer of 2008
Jun 10, 2008 - Jul 22, 2008
Chicago, Illinois, USA -› Denver, Colorado, USA -› ...
This travelog will cover my 17th season working in Alaska.
138 photos 9,271 words 40 comments
SE Asia For the Winter
SE Asia For the Winter
Oct 25, 2007 - Apr 15, 2008
Gladstone, Michigan, USA -› Chicago, Illinois, USA -› ...
Southeast Asia - waiting for the Upper Michigan snow to melt.
386 photos 26,400 words 119 comments
Alaska 2007
Alaska 2007
Apr 04, 2007 - Sep 16, 2007
Anchorage, Alaska, USA -› Wasilla, Alaska, USA -› ...
Altimeters and other settings; working the summer in the Alaska bush.
201 photos 16,375 words 142 comments
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rotorhead85's Travel Reviews

The Polaris Hotel
Cheap "Hotels & Accommodations" in Nome, Alaska, USA
The Polaris Hotel is conveniently located near the western end of Front Street - on the corner of Lomen and Bering Streets - easy walking to Nome's at... (read more about The Polaris Hotel)
The Nugget Inn
Average priced "Hotels & Accommodations" in Nome, Alaska, USA
Other than by daring sea captain in summer or dog sled in winter, the only transport into Nome is by air. Coming into town from the airport, the first... (read more about The Nugget Inn)
Remark Pu-Zi Bungalows
Average priced "Hotels & Accommodations" in Ko Chang, Thailand
While strolling the shoreline just north (to the right) of the Bang Bao pier, I couldn't help but notice the Remark Pu-Zi Bungalows. The huts were bui... (read more about Remark Pu-Zi Bungalows)

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