This little bugger was in our luggage on some clothes that Christa pulled out when she was unpacking.  We think he was trying to escape the thriving ecosphere at the Juniper Tree in favor of a more urban existence.  Unfortunately he could not enjoy his new life since I squashed him on sight.  (Although he…

(With apologies for subjecting you to the grotesque image of my hobbit-like foot.)

This is what I looked like 10 minutes after I got my haircut in a Thai barber shop.  For a haircut, shampoo, and "style" it cost me roughly $3.75 USD.  Hey, I tipped good.  Bumped it up to $5.00.  Not bad, not bad at all.  I couldn’t bear to tell the guy that I didn’t…

But otherwise he did a nice job!