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October 26, 2003

After the rock jumping photo session, Grant asked if I'd take some Bay Watchesque portraits of him.

October 26, 2003

Now the caves are a gated tourist attraction that you have to pay to be guided through. By the time we got there, the gates were closed so we weren't able to go up in them and explore. Fucking hippies. Always ruining it for everyone.

October 26, 2003

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Fatty jumping off the rock.

October 26, 2003

All the caves were carved in the rocks by the Romans and were used as a cemetery! In the late 1960s, a bunch of hippies found them and for two years the caves caves became a commune (Joni Mitchell actually spent six months here living in one of the caves). More and more hippies kept coming until the local authorities got fed up and kicked all of their dirty, patchouli-smelling asses the fuck off the beach. ("Take your guitar and MOVE IT, Harpo! Now!"). Boo-yah!

October 26, 2003

We parked the car and managed to get out on the beach with about fifteen minutes to spare before sunset. Matala is best known for the caves you see in the limestone rock in the background.

October 26, 2003

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Here's Chris demonstrating how engorged he became watching Fatty writhe around in the sand.

October 26, 2003

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...yet another photo-sesh in which Fatty tried to capture the perfect JDate photo. Here's the Hasselhoff

October 26, 2003

After perfecting David, it was time for him to work on his Pamela.

October 26, 2003

Hahahahaha.

european vacation part 10: agia gahlini.

October 26, 2003

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...and eventually to a parking lot right next to the gravel-sand beach of Aglia Galini.

October 26, 2003

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We gathered up our beach stuff and headed across the inlet over to a deserted part of the beach.

european vacation part 10: agia gahlini.

October 26, 2003

Where we proceeded to throw down group beach coldlamps, awww yeah. Check out all the rocks on the beach. The waves there made the craziest sound. Each time the water washed out back towards to ocean, it would drag all of the smaller rocks across the larger rocks on the bottom and make this bizarre, underwater rumbling noise. After a quick swim, we laid down to dry off in the sun and were all quickly lulled to sleep by the sound of the water.

european vacation part 10: agia gahlini.

October 26, 2003

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Here's Grant pretending to read a book while he gets his long-term leer on. Awwww, yeah. (Yo, check out my fancy new camera's PEEP-O-RAMA zoom. Sweet, right?)

October 25, 2003

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The first thing we did on the beach was make sure we staked out a location near the topless Scandinavian girls that was close enough to see their boobies clearly but not so close that Grant's staring would get us in trouble.

October 25, 2003

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Now here's the section where I would've posted the pics of me c-lampin' on my bike, but they don't exist. (I gave Grant my new cam to take pics of me and he thought the beeping noise my new cam makes each time it autofocuses meant that it was taking pics. He feels really bad and was worried that I was going to be all shitty about it here. But hey, it was an honest mistake.) So instead, here's another scenery pic (looking east). Wooo! After our photo sesh, we decided to head down to the beach and take a swim before checking out the rest of the Balí coastline.

October 25, 2003

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Here's a pic from down on the beach facing west.

October 25, 2003

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After a quick dip, we packed up our stuff, bid a final farewell leer to our topless friends, and headed back to our hoggz to continue exploring the rest of Bali's coastline

October 25, 2003

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Here's me at laughing at Grant getting mad at Fatty for taking funny pictures of him.

October 25, 2003

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All these pics are from Fatty's cam. Here's Chris going for a behind the head catch.

October 25, 2003

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Oh, and did I forget to mention that we'd packed a frisbee?

european vacation part 7: first day in crete!.

October 25, 2003

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Chris on the beach!

October 24, 2003

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Just me and tha Grizza.

September 07, 2003

The beach was absolutely deserted. No one was there.

September 07, 2003

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So long sweet summer.

September 07, 2003

By the time we got out there and took a quick swim, the sun was already beginning to set.

September 07, 2003

Grant reading. Oh, and see those sunglasses he's wearing (which were borrowed from Tara)? Say goodbye to them, because it's the last time you'll ever see 'em! Shortly after this pic was taken, Grant accidentally threw the frisbee into the water and when he went in to retrieve it, he got utterly clobbered by a giant wave....and he lost both the frisbee and the glasses for good. Nice going....JERK!

September 07, 2003

Craziness, right?

September 07, 2003

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We arrived to find our lovely beach even more deserted than usual.

September 07, 2003

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September 07, 2003

Colin lounging in the (*stiffles laughter*) fold-up beach chair he brought along.

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

September 07, 2003

The water was filled with a crazy red algae that covered the beach. But don't think we let that stop us from some serious Frisbee playin', playa.

August 01, 2003

See? Look at the beach! Crazy, right?

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August 01, 2003

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Yaaaaay, Frisbee!

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

If this picture had audio, it would sound like: "BONK." Which is the sound of the Frisbee hitting Grant moments after he snapped this pic.

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

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Check out a Gatsby-esque Fatty maxin-an'-relaxin'. Unbelievable. Shortly after this pic was taken, it started pouring and we were forced to leave. (So we choose to go right to Burger King and celebrate the end of "bathing suit season" with delicious Whoppers with cheese.)

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August, 2003

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See? Deserted!

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August, 2003

Look! It's Count Beachula! The friendly, seashell-fanged gay vampire!

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August, 2003

Here's Grant manning the camera again, this he's filling in for Vin, who is usually responsible for taking all the perv shots at the beach.

July 20, 2003

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Hahaha - me capturing Stuart by surprise.

July 20, 2003

Crazy, right?

July 20, 2003

Later on in the afternoon, Frank and Liz came out and met up with us. Here's Frank striking "sexy beach pose #482."

July 20, 2003

Grant and Erica.

July 20, 2003

My "Karate Kid Crane Kick" impression was quickly put to shame when...

July 20, 2003

This picture's called "Why You Shouldn't Fall Asleep When Grant Has Your Camera."

July 20, 2003

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Copious ammounts of boardwalk junk food lead to one thing...

July 04, 2003

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U-S-A! U-S-A!

July 04, 2003

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...FOOD BABY!

July 04, 2003

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And then you find the same bum shots but they're of an entire Puerto Rican family and you start to remember why sometimes you worry about Vin.

July 04, 2003

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Squinty Tara on the beach.

July 04, 2003

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Dude, you always know when you've gone to the beach with Vin because when you get home and you look at all the pics on your camera, there's always all these pictures of strange girls' bums. And you're all like "Who's bum is that? I don't know this girl!" And then you're like, "Oh, shit! Vin!"

July 04, 2003

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Vin showing off his Charles Atlas body. It's all about Dynamic-Tension™, yo.