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I'm a wandering soul... born deep in the heart of the rubber plantations of Kerala state in south India. My family moved to Nigeria when I was a toddler and my earliest memories are of learning to ride a bicycle on the dirt roads of the sahel savanna. We emmigrated to the US several years later, I graduated from college in Hoboken (New Jersey), started working for a consulting firm, and promptly got bored. Not with where I was, mind you. It's impossible to get bored in New York City! I just wasn't thrilled about my job. So, I moved to northern California for graduate school, and then got a job travelling the world. I've been lucky enough to get posted to such wonderful cities as Kuala Lumpur, Santiago de Chile, Istanbul, Stockholm, and Tokyo.

I've just wrapped up 2 and a half great years in the birthplace of Democracy, Athens. New home - that most beautiful and romantic city of light! Yes, Paris! What adventures are in store? Can there be a better place for two newly weds to start out?

Yes, I certainly feel blessed by God to have such wonderful opportunites, and I believe that much is expected of those to whom much is given. As a traveler, I am eager to immerse myself as deeply into every place I visit as I possibly can. But, I also feel a responsibility to make a positive impact on the places and people that I meet. My life is an ever changing story and I like it that way, seeking every opportunity to write the next chapter. In the end, all I want is to meet God whenever my journey is over and to hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant".

The picture above is the view you get when you step outside the house at my family's rubber plantation in Kerala.... where the journey began.

I'm finally starting to work on a few of my pages, so check 'em out if you have the time, and I hope you stop back for a visit later.

Go where life leads you

A part of me, still in Tokyo

Memories of Tokyo are still fresh in my mind, and Athens is still a part of me.... What will Paris have in store?

Where are you from?!?

Proud to be an American

It's the hardest question for me to answer....

Is it enough to say,

that the blood that flows in my veins is Indian?

that Africa shaped my being?

that my heart is American?

that I feel at home anywhere I can lay my head for the night?

So what now?

Going back in time

I once was the real "last samurai", well versed in Bushido.

Not a computer geek...

Am I this cool in real life?

But I found a corner of the cyber world that's just my cup of tea.

Passion

Beware of the teeth!

I'm happiest on a plane, off to some far off land...

... where I can wrassle alligators, tussle with lions, and ride on the backs of hippos.

Move over Crocodile Hunter!

Getting away from it all

If only life could be this good all the time

When I find myself in times of trouble....

...memories like this come to the rescue.

To dance like no one's watching

Life should be an endless tango..

When you get the chance, to sit it out or dance....

.... I hope you dance.

Intro Updated Aug 22, 2007
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janetanne Nov 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM Report Abuse

Stopping by to wish you a very Happy Birthday on the 28th. May all your wishes come true this year. From sunny Greece. Janet
craic Nov 21, 2011 at 9:04 AM Report Abuse

hi hi
stonefree Mar 11, 2011 at 4:23 PM Report Abuse

Hey, I'm ok so far, thank you. I couldn't get back home last night and now I see the sun rising in the office.
travelmad478 Nov 28, 2010 at 9:47 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday!! After watching you move all over the world for the last 8 years I have finally moved also...10 miles away to a bigger house. :-)
Geisha_Girl Jun 27, 2010 at 7:55 PM Report Abuse

Dear Dgeorge, say WHAT??!Sydney??? Ya'll are in Oz now?? Niiiice! Will have to catch up with Le Petit Parisien down under then! I've been hangin' near your old Alma Mater doing tequila shots with the Politicos! :-) Hugs to you and the family!
tzuki Nov 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM Report Abuse

Happy wishes, happy smiles, happy birthday David!! :-) besines from Madrid x
Johnny_CA Dec 7, 2008 at 12:41 PM Report Abuse

well, that explains the arse-print on that rock initialed "DG"?! we thought it was was alien made!
suvanki Dec 2, 2008 at 4:17 PM Report Abuse

Hi! Thanks for your kind comments on my HP. Please feel free to drop by again! Best Wishes, Sue
kenmerk Dec 1, 2008 at 3:25 AM Report Abuse

I'll have to go back for a rewrite I think... (Must maintain that beer swilling reputation... ;o))) Happy birthday, David....
kopwint Nov 27, 2008 at 8:46 PM Report Abuse

Happy and free in your days of winter and get all what you want in you birthday wish from BURMA The Prague is wonderful,