Archived Items: After a week in Southern California visiting family and friends, I returned to Chile in mid-November, where I spent a month. The first week was in Buchupureo about seven hours south of Pichilemu. Spring is a nice time to be in Chile! Moving east from South Africa, I used Bangkok Thailand as my travel hub in Southeast Asia and Indonesia from early September through the 1st week in November. Bangkok is a large, vibrant, historically rich and congested city.  October 31 - November 5, I went to Chiang Mai in an area known as the 'Golden Triangle' of northwestern Thailand.  October 23 - 28, I was in Luang Prabang, a World Heritage site in the heart of Northern Laos.   October 18 - 21, I was in Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, another World Heritage site outside of Siem Reap in Cambodia.  October 11 - 16, I was on Phuket Island in the Andaman Sea in southwestern Thailand. Some photos taken during a month (September 7 - October 5) in Bali and East Java. While Bali has changed quite a bit since my first visit there just after high school way back when, the surfing breaks are still there and the people are wonderful as they always have been. It was a joy to be there. After leaving South America, I spent ten days in beautiful Cape Town South Africa before moving up the coast to Durban. My primary destination in South Africa was Jeffreys Bay. 'J Bay' is the home of several world-class breaks, including Super Tubes where I had the good fortune to watch the Billabong Pro, a contest on the world championship surfing circuit. After Jeffreys Bay, I stopped at several places in the Transkei/Wild Coast area. Photos taken during 3 1/2 months in Chile (February - May). During this time, I went on several road trips, the longest was two weeks. I was based in Pichilemu on the central coast, the surfing capital of the country. My second trip in three summer seasons to Sinaloa Surf Adventures turned out very well. I went with with a group of friends from my pre-college school days. We just missed Hurricane Lane, causing us to spend a fun but unplanned layover in Mazatlan. I went to very remote and upscale Nihiwatu Resort on the island of Sumba with friends Larry French, Ang McDonald and Doug Mahon. Sumba is located several islands east of Bali near Komodo and Flores in Indonesia. It was an amazing and memorable trip. Some photos from a trip to the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. The natural beauty of this unique land and its wild life is hard to describe. Here are a few shots from a road trip to Death Valley I took with my father. It is a very interesting and beautiful place, and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about going there.