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.

Day 0: 4 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Cars, and a very rough itinerary

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The “Beagle”, pictured above, has 200,000 miles on the odometer.
I am sitting here thinking about how my friends and I are leaving in less than 12 hours for a 3000 mile journey across the United States of America. We are starting in Baltimore and ending in LA and we are going the entire way in [...]

10 things I have learned since my triumphant return to the USA

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Hello people, I am very pleased to announce to the world that I have switched to a new website and am extremely proud and excited about it. If you are reading this via email subscription or reader and have a spare moment or two please check out the brand spanking new site at [...]

The Garaj Mahal Ball Video

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Last Friday night we had a bit of an extravaganza at the Garaj. We invited all of our close friends to get a look at the very large, yet very strange space where Dave Binck, the BV show, Phil, and I have been living these last two months. This video will give you an idea [...]

Brazilian Soccer, Blog Work, and Garaj Mahal Ball Pix

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The above movie was taken on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro in March. I apologize to anyone that might not want to watch 2 minutes of shirtless Brazilian guys on the beach in advance. However, these guys can really play soccer. John and I were in a trance watching these guys (the soccer skills, [...]

"Cairo to Capetown", my own "Dark Star Safari"

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I am very happy to announce that I have purchased my tickets in and out of Africa. I leave for Cairo, Egypt on January 17th 2008 and fly out of Capetown, South Africa on May 25th. What is going to happen during those 5 months and 1 week that fall in between those two dates [...]