Adventure Tour Guide Ted Taylor and DaveO riff in a historic Kura barn in Tsuchida, Okayama, Japan talking about exploring… […]
Japan Renegade Travel Musings (specifically *not* Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka) Read Post »
A rollicking mixed-media revue of a groundbreaking exhibit in Japan featuring a stunningly-reproduced facsimile of the taped-together sc/roll manuscript of
“Kerouac in Kobe” – *On the Road scroll* in Japan / video interview + exhibit Read Post »
Before arriving in Japan, I really knew very little about Japan, I didn’t have an interest in Japan, didn’t care
Riff: Japan, working holiday visa, 1992 (& related circumstances) Read Post »
In 1993-4, I worked as a mushroom farmhand in Tottori-ken (prefecture), a rather remote area of Japan (southwestern-ish Honshu). The
Mementos: Japan Hitch-hiking journey flashback Read Post »
“You can’t go home again” says Thomas Wolfe, and i’m cool with that as i don’t have a “home” however,
Mementos: Japan Misasa Onsen town Read Post »
Puffing along a trail recounting leaving cold, miserable London en route to post-hurricane Florida with flashbacks to working in Rheinplatz
Forward Momentum to Florida – Postcard #76 Read Post »
Hitch-hiking signs from travels in Japan, 1993, created by copying street signs and maps, and drawn with crayon and marker
Collection: Hitchhiking signs (variety, Japan) Read Post »
Surviving artifacts from hitch-hiking around Germany and Netherlands, 1992, assembled and documented (there were many more). Annotations seem unnecessary but
Collection: Hitch-hiking signs (variety, Europe) Read Post »
Surviving artifacts from various hitch-hiking journeys around USA/ Canada, circa 1989-1994. Annotations as recollected. Note: many more of these signs
Collection: Hitch-hiking signs (variety, North America) Read Post »
On the first Saturday of 2011, i ventured out to the glorious UBC campus on a stunning Vancouver day to
Hitchhiking + Leadership for Student Leaders at UBC – Round-up Read Post »
Here’s my (Dave Olson’s) submission to SXSW Interactive 2010 – Starting August 10, you’ll have a chance to vote for
Hitchhiking to the Boardroom – Presentation Pitch for SXSWi10 Read Post »
Dave O spiels forth about the exploration of rivers and lakes, the impetus for ventures and motivations for trade ~
Owl Creek Limnology and Exploration – Postcard #59 Read Post »
new postcard from gravelly beach up – story of a long, cold, eventful yet inspiring hitchhike up the east coast
story of a long, cold, eventful yet inspiring hitchhike… Read Post »
By a campfire on Owl Creek, Dave reads an instructional guide to hitch-hiking about a November trip from South Carolina
Three Days and Eleven Dollars, Nov. 1991 – Postcard #58 Read Post »
From Halfmoon Bay on Vancouver Island, Dave gives it up for zen poet hero Gary Snyder and recounts beat history from The Old Ways and logging culture from Myths and Texts plus poems about hitchhiking, girls, baths, clearcuts and the Buddha plus original freeverse poetry.
Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56 Read Post »
