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Zach Judd
http://www.travelbums.info/photos

A new adventure...

Hey folks, a new adventure is about to begin! I have lately been toying with the idea of growing some massive tomatoes, herbs, and wheatgrass in my bedroom hydroponically! I am super pumped about the idea. So Stay tuned and I will relate to you how it goes!

Merry Christmas!

Well, to everybody I know here in the Digital Universe.....

 

Merry Christmas!

 

I hope everybody is doing well wherever they are, and that this Christmas smiles upon all with good family times and presents under the tree!

 

As for me, I am in Yong He City, Taiwan, experiencing my first Christmas away from my home, my family, and that great Christmas day surf  at Silver Strand Beach, Oxnard Ca.....  Teaching English to little kids, trying to learn a new language, and eating delicious Chinese food is incredible, and there are Christmas lights hanging in my living room, but still, Christmas morning doesn't quite have the same feel over here... 

 

But I am lucky to have already made some great friends here in Taiwan that have made me at home and made Christmas the happy holiday that it is:  so to all of my Taiwanese friends, and everybody I have met here, Shei Shei!  (ahh, thats thank you to everybody else..)

 

To all of my family and friends back home, I miss you and hope that all is well for everybody:  I will see you by next Christmas!

 

And to all my friends around the world, I hope that wherever you are, Christmas finds you a with of joy and happiness.  May all your adventures be amazing!

 

Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night!

 

Zach Judd
 

 

p.s.  I sent this little bundle of Christmas Joy to everybody in my rather cluttered contacts list.  So, if you dont recognize me, please disregard...  And if we havent contacted each other in a long, long while,  let me know how you are doing!!!

Bikes And Brews

Bikes And Brews, originally uploaded by zigbig.

Here we are enjoying a pomegranate martini at Jimmy's house. Thanks Jimmy!

Tar Creek, My Local Favorite Rock Jump

Tar Creek, My Local Favorite Rock Jump, originally uploaded by zigbig.

Well, to all of my international friends that have heard me brag about
my home town and the surrounding hiking, swimming, and rock jumping:

Allow me to introduce Tar Creek!
If you would care to join me, In Ventura, in the spring or early
summer months, I would love to take you there, and give you a little
shove off of that rock!

Oh, Thats my friend Chaz by the way. He is the backcountry swan dive
master. I prefer to let me feet hit the water first on the 40
footers, but hey, he's crazy!

Zach Judd
http://www.travelbums.info/blog

Hello from Zach Judd

Hello Everybody, Zach Judd here.

You might be my friend from childhood, my girlfriend, one of my
brothers, or a friend from work.

You might be someone I met travelling in Indo, India, Southeast Asia,
Europe, Central America, Turkey, or California.

We might be fast friends, we might have only hung out for one night.
We might be long lost fast friends that only hung out for one night!

In case you don't remember me, I am from California, over 6'7" tall
(over 2 meters to my international friends), I love tye dye shirts and
Beer, and I love to travel.

If it has been a while, Nice to talk to you again!

Alright, the purpose of this email. My girlfriend Aubrey and I are
setting out on our great adventure, starting with a 3 month trip to
South America. We leave Oct. 4 from Los Angeles to Lima, Peru. To be
honest, that is about the extent of our plans so far, but we have a
tent, sleeping bags, bodyboards, fishing poles, hiking shoes, and our
party hats on, and we are planning on having an amazing time
travelling around South America!

Before leaving, I have been trying to "clean house" so to speak, both
physically at my house, spiritually, and electronically, i.e. my
email account and friends I had made over the past 6 years of travel
and collecting Email addresses.

In the process of cleaning, I gathered up all my old travel journals,
scraps of paper, and contact lists containing email addresses, wrote
them all down, and uploaded them to this, My new travelzach@gmail
email account!

If I haven't talked to you in a long while, or ever, Hello!

I would sincerely love to hear from everybody that recieves this: To
be honest I can't remember every encounter represented by every email
fragment I discovered, but I wouldn't have written it down if I didn't
like you and wish to remember you, somehow, one day.

I will be keeping all of my friends updated throughout my trip here,
from this email account. I figure that when I am feeling the writing
groove, so to speak, I might as well share that with my collective
world while I am at it. If you wish to continue recieiving these
stories, do nothing or (EVEN BETTER) email me back, let me know how
you are doing, where you are in the world, and if you are still able
to explore and wander! If for some reason you don't want to recieve
this travel adventure tale (maybe I got drunk and stepped on your
foot and it hurt really bad), please respond with a "remove" in the
subject line, And I will remove your address.

If you are wandering the world yourself, and you want to meet me for a
beer, Let me know! I would love to hear how everybody is getting on
these days!

Especially all you Aussies and Kiwis, I am coming your way next, after
the first of the year!

To my friends around Ventura, Ca. I have a very big group of
friends, and a very short list of their emails, so If you have our
friends addresses, let me have em'!

I hope that this message finds everybody healthy, happy, and doing
what they love. I would love to hear where everybody has found
themselves: I know I have met some incredible people in the past five
years of travels, and I would love to hear from you.

Selamat Jalan, Buen Viaje, and wish us luck!

Zach Judd

Juniati Warung, Bingin Beach, Bali

Juniati Warung, Bingin Beach, Bali, originally uploaded by zigbig.

Ahh, my home away from home. Perhaps the greatest spot on earth, with my

surrogate balinese Family, the perfect left hand reef barrel Bingin just

offshore, and the eternal good vibes, Karma, and "tidak Apa Apa" spirit of

the Balinese way of life. I wish I was still there...



Zachary Judd

http://www.travelbums.info