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Rick is a fellow gymnastics coach and judge. He is also an inveterate traveller.

Rick is on yet another BackpackAroundTheWorld trip, but can still be found at rick_mccharles@hotmail.com Rick sends back a big email every 3 weeks, rambling on about whatever has tickled his fancy (or not) recently.

Rick's journals from his BackpackAroundTheWorld trip can be found here. (I have cleaned some them up a bit... no editing, just formatting)

You can also jump to specific entries:

Voluntary Simplicity (Mon, 17 Aug 1998)
Have you eaten (Mon, 24 Aug 1998)
Officials Dumbfounded (Tue, 01 Sep 1998)
Grow rice or starve (Sun, 06 Sep 1998)
All this breathing in (Mon, 21 Sep 1998)
The colours, the colours! (Mon, 28 Sep 1998)
I want to be a waiter (Fri, 2 Oct 1998)
Ganden to Samye (Fri, 16 Oct 1998)
Serac Highway (Wed, 4 Nov 1998)
Never Ending Peace And Love (Thu, 26 Nov 1998)
Annapurna Sanctuary (Thu, 10 Dec 1998)
Merry Christmas (Tue, 22 Dec 1998)
I'll Never Do It Again (Tue, 12 Jan 1999)
City of Joy (Mon, 25 Jan 1999)
Curry in a Hurry (12 Feb 1999)
That Aching Gap (24 Feb 1999)
Gandhi (15 Mar 1999)
Vinoba (15 Mar 1999)
The Story of My Experiments With Truth (24 Mar 1999)
there is no God and mccharles is Her prophet ( 02 Apr 1999)
Some Concerns ( 02 Apr 1999)
India Cheap and Best! ( 23 Apr 1999)
To tour or not to tour? ( 23 Apr 1999)
Burma,Metronidazole,Chloramphenicol,Ampicillin & SLORC ( 05 May 1999)
Thailand R & R ( 31 May 1999)
Laos! ( 12 Jun 1999)
Laos Rebuttal (Peter Long) ( 17 Jun 1999)
The Great Leap Homeward ( 06 Jul 1999)
This is the end ( 09 Jul 1999)

All Done!

Rick is now a certified WestCoastTrail Hiker.

Performing a "Turtle"

Rick can be found at rick_mccharles@hotmail.com

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