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Tag: USA

  • Polish food in Portland

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    Sunday afternoon in Portland. Mr Tadeusz served me a combo of sausage, dumplings and bigos.

  • Recent pictures

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    I eventually arrived to Portland today and guess what. I went to official Apple Store, ready to buy a computer with custom amount of RAM and they told me that I have to wait. Two weeks. So they will assemble it for me in China and ship it to the US. This country is dead…

  • Through High Sierras

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    I had a pretty bad day today until I finally decided to leave this kind of boring hole, which is Lake Tahoe City. So with no specific agenda I decided to check out how it is to hitchhike through High Sierras. Turns out that it is fantastic, right now after 6 rides with average wait…

  • The Man burns in 361 days!

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    Wojtek

    It is amazing. I set really high expectations about Burning Man and it was actually better than I supposed it is going to be. In other words, I am travelling since March and Burning Man week was literally the first week I really felt I am having vacations. It is just so different to things…

  • The Man burns in 6 days!

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    Wojtek

    We are leaving Reno and heading to Black Rock City, a place without Internet or mobile phone coverage. In the meantime I recommend listening to Burning Man Information Radio, or watching live stream from the event (which may be unavailable yet).   Live streaming video by Ustream

  • Captain Crunch

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    Do you know the story about Captain Crunch, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Blue Box? Recently, while looking for a ride from Las Vegas to Burning Man I found a guy who agreed to share a ride with me. He later told me that another person is going with us. When I contacted John and…

  • The Man burns in 17 days!

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    Wojtek

    The first stop on my tour across the US is Burning Man festival. It is not a typical music festival, actually it is not about music at all. Some people call it an experiment; some like to think of it as a seven day party for sixty thousand people; others like to describe it as…

  • Vegas baby!

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    Four years ago I experienced an amazing journey through the United States. I was travelling with my backpack, having only a few things on my mind. I always wanted to go back, to roam little bit more through those beautiful landscapes and visit national parks that I couldn’t see before. Despite being with the nature…