Nick and his fabulous friends (James, Sara, Tawnya and Tina) will appear on the US TV show The Price is Right ....You'll have to watch and see if I or my friends were chosen as a contestent on November 23rd 2010 on CBS!

Thanks to James, Sarah, Tawnya and Tina for taking me along!

I'd been thinking about that front tire since I left San Francisco, as well as the fact that the bike seemed to be a general wreck. Confidence is easy to find in comfort.

I'd been eagerly looking for motorcycle tires, but in the land of the 1.3litre, 400dB Harley Davidson, 125cc parts are hard to come by and the only thing I found were new fans of the trip, in the shops, outside the shops, at supermarkets or even at stop lights.  But I felt a foolish novice again after my time off and felt embarrassed at the attention, rather undeserving.

That night, late, dark I begin to

After one long year teaching English in Korea, finally - it seems - I am back on the road, and Korea fast becomes an ancient memory; like the longest layover imaginable.

In Oakland, in the San Francisco bay area, I lay my eyes once again on Rudolf

I was asked to have my picture of my hand taken for Amnesty International...so I did and on my hand you can just see the name of a political prisoner....one of 2200.....

"There are now more than 2,200 political prisoners in Burma, more than at any other time since the mass pro-democracy uprising in 1988. This summer, we are asking you to stand in solidarity with them and join our visual petition calling for their freedom. The photos will be collected and taken to ASEM - the summit meeting of political leaders from Asia and Europe, in Brussels in October. Amnesty will call on these leaders to press for freedom for Burma's political prisoners, and real human rights for Burma."

You can join in too and send in your own pictures of yourself and your hand at http://www.amnesty.org.uk/hand

And to see more of this photographers pics check out Walee's flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/waleebsita