On the road again

I am back in Carbondale at the moment, and staying in the offices of American Resources Group. My friend steve who runs ARG here in carbondale stored my bike while i went up to chicago, and has help me out a lot. Much thanks to him and his company. Their company is pretty awesome they are a cultural resource management company which is a little tough to define and you can find out more about them at http://www.argltd.com/ Seeing some of the stuff they do is interesting, its quite awesome to see how archaeology is played out in the real world. well so im here for the night and will be in kentucky in a few days. its time for bed. night and peace outside!

Chicawwwgo. Go time

so i thought this was funny to see a guy cutting the grass with a big parka, and gloves on while cutting the grass


So ive been in chicago since tuesday night. arriving and stuffing my belly with good chinese food prepared by a distant uncle somehow. They make homemade eggrolls at their restaurant China Chef, the address and info is at the bottom of this post, they are pretty dang awesome. Not many places make homemade eggrolls anymore most are frozen and premade. So thats been great staying with them in chinatown,showering, sleeping in a bed, hearing the train go by, the oddities of chinese family, and the urge to eat.

I've spent most of my time up here with friends who attend Moody Bible Institute, a hometown friend Matt Parker, his gf Ninfa, and another friend Samantha Carroll who just oddly decided a few weeks ago to come up from Ashville, NC to hang out with Ninfa during her fall break. So we've been chilling and eating good food, and drinking some dandy coffee. this is a gyro burger from sammy's gyro burger+fries=3.99 not that bad of a deal. pretty tasty, and plenty greasy. good thing i burn about 6000 calories a day and that i dont live in chicago to be tempted by these.

Tomorrow i leave to go back down to Carbondale,IL and will arrive down there at 9:30pm. it kind of is a bummer that im arriving down there that late at night, but it should make for an interesting story of where i will be sleeping. It's a little tougher to camp outside down there since its a bigger college town. My bike is currently stored down there at an archaeology firm. Hopefully it hasnt become petrified. I am ready to be down there though. Im ready to be home, and to sleep in my bed and bake dark chocolate chip oatmeal cookies maybe with some craisins. i have about 1500 miles left, approximately 4 weeks. My itenerary is pretty relaxed, but i will probably ride more than planned unless the appalachains get the best of me. The days are getting shorter and its getting a little colder so that makes it a little tough, and a little slower start.

im about to purchase my plane ticket to indo, it looks like its going to be around $1300 it should be an awesome charge on my credit card. I think im going to get to fly on Singapore and Silk air ive heard they are really amazing air carriers, which is amazing especially since i think ive gotten the best rate with them

well i think its bed time. night and peace out

heres the address to the restaurant in Chicago, if any of yall come up here
China Chef
3832 S Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL 60609
(773) 254-6476

article about Indonesia.

Indonesia
Anyone trekking through the hills of Indonesia's Cubadak Island or snorkeling past sea turtles off the Gili Islands would find it difficult to imagine that a terrorist attack could occur "at any time." But that's the word from the U.S. State Department, which for the past four years has warned Americans to defer nonessential travel to Indonesia. It's true that the country has suffered several fatal attacks since 2002—most recently in Bali in the fall of 2005, when 23 people were killed in coordinated bombings in an area frequented by tourists. But Indonesia has made important strides in disrupting a network of Islamic extremists and has won international praise for its progress in the war on terror. Still, after nearly a year with no attacks, the United States continues to urge its citizens to "maintain a vigilant security posture at all times."

According to Ken Conboy, country manager of Risk Management Advisory, a private security consultancy in Jakarta, "Tarring Indonesia with such a broad brush is like banning travel to the Caribbean because there is a problem in Cuba." For many Indonesians and tourists on holiday in the country, it's hard to understand why there's a warning for Indonesia but not for London, or Madrid, or any number of other cities hit by fanatics since September 11. "Indonesia is no different from any other place in terms of risks," says Jake Johnson, an architect from Portland, Oregon, on his honeymoon in Bali. "To anyone who asked me, I would definitely say go."

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