| | I'm back after dropping off the planet for a while. Being back home has been a great experience. Now I'm deploying again for OIF 4. Just kidding! Screw that hell hole. Even with contractor pay, I wouldn't go back there. Life back in the states is calm and boring and I sometimes miss the excitement. So I'm going skydiving in Vegas to make up for it. On the subject of Vegas, New Years Eve was kick ass at Tao in Venetian. Even though I never saw Paris Hilton, my buddy did and took a few pics. Almost worth the $200 cover. Almost.
My unit came back in November. Our battalion did not lose anyone organic to us, which was good. Only three purple hearts, which was even better.
I've been doing a lot of thinking, traveling, and thinking while traveling. The Army, Iraq, and the intel field has been a great experience, and I'm ready to move on in life. Looks like the chances of another deployment for me is slim, and I'm ready to get out when I ETS in 08. I'm trying to get some type of award for my efforts in Iraq considering they gave me a "certificate of appreciation." Eh. I've seen people get ARCOMs for doing paperwork. Perhaps because our team leader was medevac himself (no award either) and our team was disbanded early on, they forgot at the end.
Here are some pics from a China/Taiwan vacation, a much needed one btw. Enjoy!
An interesting angle.
New Cliff House in San Francisco. Sunset.
My favorite shot from China, Dragon Gate.
Random flower.
That's my car at Ocean Beach, San Francisco.
Courage. A man sits next to the edge of a cliff, enjoys the view. Yellow Mountain, China.
Pictures are worth a thousand words. Then this incredible place is worth a thousand pictures. Besides Grand Canyon, I think this is the second place that shocked me in terms of magnificance and beauty. Stone Forest, China.
Panda like bamboo.
Tranquility. Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan.
They weren't kidding when they said the clouds are like an ocean of waves atop the Yellow Mountain.
Li Bai would make a poem if he saw this scene, but I could only gasp.
Three Gorges, still grand after the big dam raised water levels.
Yellow Crane Tower, China.
Dragon Cave, China.
Taken from behind a waterfall at great risk to the camera.
Location of a shot in Crouching Dragon.
Another location in the movie.
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| | Posted 1/12/2006 1:15 PM - 8 views - 12 comments
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