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Here's a picture I took of Phi Phi Ley about halfway into our hour long trek over to Long Beach.
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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A little before 4pm, the rain FINALLY fucking stopped and despite us both feeling so sleepy and a little bit sick, we decided to follow the beach all the way around the island to another part of Phi Phi Don called "Long Beach." But in order to get there, we mostly had to make our way across rocky, slippery terrain like this!
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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We woke up on Saturday and it was STILL RAINING! In fact, it had been raining for so long that when we opened the door and stepped out onto our porch, the beach had completely disappeared and the ocean was just a couple of inches shy of overcoming the walkway and flooding our hut!
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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Seemed to work fine in natural light, though.
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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Here's the view of the beach from out in the water.
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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...Maya Beach! Here's the view of one-half of the mountains that encircle the bay and make it sort of hidden.
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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But instead of going in that away, we went all the way around the island so that we could swim in through the back way that's only open during low tide! During low tide, the water in the bay is really shallow and rocky so our boat driver anchored...
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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...nestled between two huge, thirty-story mountains, is the side entrance to one of the tiny beaches in Maya Bay.
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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Crazy, right?
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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As you pass the side of Koh Phi Ley, the smaller uninhabited island that's near Koh Phi Don (the big island)...
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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...you pass the Viking Caves that are home to the birds that make the nests that are harvested to make bird's nest soup!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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Heading out!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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See? The water is literally ankle deep and look how far away we are from the shore!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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Meredith is like 200 yards from the sand and the water is still only ankle deep!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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After we finished eating our late-late lunch, we decided to walk down the beach and admire the crazy-ass low tide. (See how far the water retreats?)
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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The view of the boat behind me!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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The view over to the left a bit more.
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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I had been swimming around what I thought was a big underwater coral formation, but when I surfaced, I realized what I thought was a reef was just a huge karst island that continued underwater!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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Back on the surface!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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Another view. The sea was so choppy our dive master almost canceled our trip...
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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To put its size in perspective, those boats you see floating near it are like 5' tall.
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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...and just kept stopping in hostels until we found a place with an available room.
thailand part five: elephant riding and river tubing
August 12, 2007
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We hadn't booked a place to stay ahead of time, so we make our way down the beach...
thailand part five: elephant riding and river tubing
August 12, 2007
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We arrived at Koh Phi Phi Don Port a little past 5pm and it was still pouring. Not wanting to have to try to make a mad dash through the crowds with our big backpacks, we hung out on the boat for a few minutes to see if the rain would let up.
thailand part five: elephant riding and river tubing
August 12, 2007
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...but about an hour into the ride, it started raining really hard...
thailand part five: elephant riding and river tubing
August 12, 2007
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When we left Krabi, the weather was sunny and gorgeous...
thailand part five: elephant riding and river tubing
August 12, 2007
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...Far Rockaway Island!
the may roundup: part two
May, 2006
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Here's the view from the subway as it's going over the bridge out to...
the may roundup: part two
May, 2006
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Just as we were about to cast off, a big storm started rolling in causing big waves to start breaking over the reef. Despite the fact that we were in a tiny dinghy with a 2.5 horsepower motor, Tiny was not dissauded. "Me family has to eat, mon! Let's go diving."
accidental vacation in jamaica
February 16, 2005
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On the road heading down towards Rodeo Lagoon.
leigh visits san francisco
October 07, 2004
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Hey, most of you being smarter than me probably already know this, but just in case any of you out there are as dumb as me, here's a little factoid for you: the Pacific Ocean is FUCKING FREEZING! WTF?? You can't swim in there! Here's a picture of Meredith getting the soles of her feet wet moments before screaming and running back to dry land. Damn. That shit was so hold it felt hot! Like and ocean of lava. Fack!
meredith visits san francisco
September 25, 2004
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....and if you look a little more to the south you can see San Francisco in the background.
meredith visits san francisco
September 25, 2004
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Here's the view to the east...
meredith visits san francisco
September 25, 2004
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Cliffy!
meredith visits san francisco
September 25, 2004
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Then we ran down the slope to check out the sea view.
meredith visits san francisco
September 25, 2004
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After an hour in the sun, some of the (many) treats we'd purchased on the car ride out, especially the chocolately ones, had gotten gooey. Rather than having to squirt it out of the wrapper like toothpaste, Grant decided to chill that motherfucker out in the ocean to return it to a more solid state. (Mmmmmmm....delicious Fastbreak).
gay pride at fort tilden
June 27, 2004
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The end of Meredith and Grant's mad-dash into the water.
gay pride at fort tilden
June 27, 2004
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Once we hit the beach, it was portrait time!
gay pride at fort tilden
June 27, 2004
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Voila! From Manhattan to the beach in less than thirty minutes.
gay pride at fort tilden
June 27, 2004
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Then back near the car, we goofed off and took some pictures of us on the sea wall.
european vacation part 15: relaxing.
October 28, 2003
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Fatty jumping off the rock.
european vacation part 11: caves of matala.
October 26, 2003
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Action shot of me jumping off the rock.
european vacation part 11: caves of matala.
October 26, 2003
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The beginning of sunset.
european vacation part 11: caves of matala.
October 26, 2003
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Here's a pic from down on the beach facing west.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
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
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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We parked our bikes and Chris and I set out on foot to check it out.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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Down near the water there were all these neato caves, but we were losing light and didn't have time to climb down and go swimming in them (besides the fact that EVERYONE knows that giant octopi live in caves and if you went in there you'd totally be asking for it.) Oh, by the way, right before we left, while kidding around, I actually almost drove my scooter right off the edge of this cliff into the water. My last words (which were captured on videotape) would've been "My name is Rick!"
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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Here's a close-up of the photo above (where you can clearly see that Grant's risking his life to moon us). Hahaha.
two beach days at fort tilden
September 07, 2003
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Some were almost 6 feet tall!
two beach days at fort tilden
September 07, 2003
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Check out Grant doing his best to keep his footing while getting pummeled!
two beach days at fort tilden
September 07, 2003
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In all fairness to Grant, the waves were enormous that day.
two beach days at fort tilden
September 07, 2003
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Louis and I had nothing to do and nowhere to go so we drove around in our bitching convertable (that's right, see above) and explored the city.
bidness in cali
October 10, 2002
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Grant, Me and Pappi.
fishing with pappi
October 05, 2002
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Ah, beautiful New Jersey....
fishing with pappi
October 05, 2002
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Hahahahahahaha!
two days at fort tilden
September 07, 2002
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Me!
two days at fort tilden
September 07, 2002
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Sarah!
two days at fort tilden
September 07, 2002
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Immediately afterwards, Grant decided to run into the water to "take a swim" (a.k.a - hide the big, beach boner he popped in his tight, little Euro-swimtrunks he got from STARING at Sarah's titties.)
two days at fort tilden
September 07, 2002
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So long sweet summer...
two days at fort tilden
September 07, 2002
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Here's a pic overlooking the practically deserted beach we ended up going to.
vacation in st thomas: part two
October 08, 2000
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Down on the same beach seen in the pic above.
vacation in st thomas: part two
October 08, 2000
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Me getting ready to go sailing.
vacation in st thomas: part two
October 08, 2000
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I was standing in the water with Kate and all of sudden she started jumping around and screaming because something was on her foot...which turned out to be a startfish. Right after I took this photo I promptly ripped off all of its arms. That'll teach him! NOBODY messes with MY girl!
vacation in st thomas: part one
October 05, 2000
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Day three back at Meghan's Bay.
vacation in st thomas: part one
October 05, 2000
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Day two. Here's the view from our insanely nice cliff-perched condo at Bluebeard's resort.
vacation in st thomas: part one
October 05, 2000
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Even though we were in Florida, the weather was chilly at times. If you look closely you can see Marion and Nisara, who were the only two people brave enough to go in the ocean that day, waving.
spring break 98
March, 1998
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Here are my favorite two bastards, Doug and Maytia. Chilling down in Mexico (Baha I think.) They're dead. (not literally, but they sure are gonna get it.)
visiting boston with cousin katie
August, 1997