Laughing myself silly. Snorting backwards so hard I injured my neck.

Two onions, natch.

Live not far from that beach. Yeah, they are going to close the flarepath area, but 100 meters to the north and south will be the airport beach as usual.

The 7-11s in Shenzhen beat the crap out of all the thousands of little tiny mini-marts all over the city. Here’s a small section of 7-11 fridge stuff that someone could live on. And, it’s cheap.

Going into any country, you should know well in advance what it takes to get in and how long you can stay. And, yes, the rules do change from time to time, normally for the worse, so try to keep up.

Addendum April 2019. This has happened to me twice:

Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Parkour.

How to eat ramen in Japan.

I waited until this died to tell you to learn how to say ‘Shinjuku’ before you go back. You sound like one of those young American dudes in Ginza that asks, “OK, how much is that in real money?”.

Being a tourist anywhere in Japan is too easy now.

Tourists, you can just keep going to Sky Bar.

Interesting. I get that. Thanks. Input much appreciated.

Lately?

Excellent question, happy that someone was paying attention.

In Japan, look for Pepto-Max. Pretty sure they have it at ALL 7/11s.

Header on the new Customs tear sheet:

We do fridge magnets..

Bacon fat, we use a large brown port wine cheese crock, the kind with the strong bale to keep it airtight in the fridge. Probably similar to yours.

I used to say that anything past 21 are bonus years.

We both carry those Amazon deal 21w Nekteck fold-open solar chargers & decent ultra-thin 20k mah powerbanks. Both also have cheap but good Beofeng quick recharge tri-band 2-ways, wind up flashlights, (and other more normal/usual survival equipment). Not much space or weight required, but we always make sure that the…