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A Traveling Companion

During my travels I have been lucky enough to meet many special people, but none more important than Andrea, With whom I will now share my adventures and my life.

Close to home

Riding neer Song Kul, Kyrgyzstan

As a child growing up in Richmond VA, I was a homebody. I was the kid who didn't really like sleepovers at other peoples houses and had no desire to go away for camp.

Even when I left my Richmond VA home for College at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania I planned to return home to teach high school History, possibly at the same high school I graduated from.

Catching the Wanderlust.

At the School in Orel

This all changed when I saw a flyer for a school sponsored "Service Learning Project" going to Orel Russia to work with children with speach defects. I wanted to be a teacher and my favorite history Professor was the program leader so I signed up and off I went to Russia, In January.

I was introduced to a new kind of cold but after standing in Red Square, living with a Russian family and talking politics with a Colonel in the Russian Army late into the night, it was impossible for me to spend my entire life in Richmond Virginia.

Family and Friends

With Mom and Sis in Red Square

I have been lucky enough to share my travel with my family and I will continue to draw my parents out into the wide world and to meet with my sister (Curlygirl) when our travels intersect.

Almost as important are the many friends I have met along the way. I look faoward to meeting new ones and staying in touch with those I have already met.

I will also do my best to share my trips with the people who find their way to this site and hopefully I can make others travels easier and more interesting.

Finding a way to live and Travel

Friends in Suzdal

Since that trip I have studdied law at Moscow State University, worked in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and taken many side trips in the process. I've seen things I could never have imagined and met amazing people.

While I have a Law Degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg VA, I will not have a life of stability enclosed in the walls of a law firm or court room.

I will find a way to make travel part of my work and part of my life, and I will fill up this travel map.

Starting out in Bogota

After Law School worked in Bogota for 2 years. Colombia was a wonderful place to live, work, and find love. I consider mysellf very luckey to have found my wife in Colombia but I would only have wonderful things to say about Colombia in any case. It is a Beautiful place with Mountians, Savanas, Amazonian jungles, Deserts, And an atlantic and pasific coast line. It was very hard to leave but the job and the draw of discovering new places called me on.

Escaped from Cuba, and moving on to Romania

With Dad and Sis in Guatemala

I'm afraid that I have been living in one of the countries with the lowest internet access in the world so I'm a bit behind but I'm working on it.

For you photography folks out there my photos are almost all taken on a Pentax Optio S40 or my dSLR a Pentax *ist DS. Some of the newer photos will come form a new Pentax Z10. The underwater shots are from a Cannon Elph Sport APS.

Intro Updated Feb 13, 2012
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Written Dec 28, 2006

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Catholic Wedding in Bogota

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Comments (26)

EGerard Aug 23, 2009 at 6:04 PM Report Abuse

You've had some amazing travels, and incredible opportunities to experience, in depth, the cultures where you've been. Enjoy Romania. Ciao.
hindu1936 Jul 4, 2009 at 2:49 AM Report Abuse

It is here and you are above ground. Enjoy the day. Many more to come.
TravellingSpirit Feb 27, 2008 at 1:53 PM Report Abuse

Great wedding photos - you both look very happy. I'm really interested in your stay in Cuba. Even in the short time I've spent there I know it's not as it is advertised, but I'm stilldrawn in by the place and people
Rubia_1 Dec 25, 2007 at 11:00 AM Report Abuse

Merry Christmas to you and Andrea!
mickybleck Jul 4, 2007 at 2:14 PM Report Abuse

Felicidades!
Nina.M. Jul 4, 2007 at 7:41 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday!
takla73 Jul 4, 2007 at 12:10 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday TIMOTHY and have a nice day Greeting from Alexandria Egypt TAKLA
traveloturc Jul 3, 2007 at 11:04 PM Report Abuse

Happy birthday to you from Istanbul / Turkiye ..I wish that you realize all your dreams ...good luck
richiecdisc Apr 28, 2007 at 6:52 PM Report Abuse

You sure changed since your VA days and congrats on finding your true love so far from home. Good luck in your next chapter
malianrob Feb 7, 2007 at 12:43 PM Report Abuse

Hi Timothy, beautiful wedding pictures. I am looking forward to visiting Cuba hopefully in June. Very excited about that!