Dave Ford Does Earth

Dave Ford Does Earth

A Lifelong Journey Around the World

Current Project: Snapshots of New York City

A few years back I set off to travel the world. The journey enabled me to swim with Amazonian pink dolphins, summit the highest peak on the African continent, and sail below the Antarctica circle. The 1 1/2 year trip netted me a worldwide troop of friends and stories out the ying-yang. Currently I live in New York City and have decided to write about the energetic madness that occurs here on a daily basis.

Journal Entry 1: The Bus Ride to Rurrenbaque

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I am transposing exact journal entries from my Rurrenbacque adventures…. Heres the first one. There should be many more to follow in the next few days.
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April 22nd

Currently I am aboard a bus in Bolivia, getting the textbook experience that everyone speaks of….Pure, unadulterated HELL. The roads are unpaved and terrible, and they keep letting more [...]

More La Paz… The Highest Golf in the world and the Bolvian Diet

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I decided to do some research into playing golf in La Paz. Mostly because I am a golf junkie and have not played in months and months. Secondly because I wanted to play in the high altitude and hit the ball a mile.
My new Irish friends Jenny and DJ, they are cousins and very cool [...]

The Worlds Most Dangerous Road

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The Worlds Most Dangerous Road-
Yes, this sounds like a tourist trap. It sounds like something cliche that you have to be a part of just to get the T-shirt. Well, let me be perfectly clear. I have hanglided, and skydived before with no problems whatsoever. Biking down this road was the the absoloute scariest shit [...]

An Irish Experience - Clarifying the cast of Characters

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Before I get into the Dangerous Road, La Paz, the Jungle, and the world I need for further expand on the amazing people I have been traveling with over the course of the last month.
The Irish Contingent-
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I want to expand more on Martin and Orla, who I first met in Lima. They both gave quite [...]

End of the Dark Ages…. and Back into the Light

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Wow… Its been a while since any sort of updates have been possible. I am not going to bitch and moan about the Internet in Bolivia, or the fact that I was in the Jungle, or the fact the La Paz is a pretty ridiculous party town (Its one of the craziest placest I have [...]