New York, NY

Well, the first part of the journey has commenced. I'm sitting in a friends studio apartment in Brooklyn, getting ready to head in to Manhattan for some breakfast. OK, so it's more like brunch, given the hour, but hey, I'm on vacation at the moment. I've been in New York for a few days, and it's wonderful to visit with my friends here. For those of you who don't know, I've been coming out to New York for the past few years on a pretty regular basis to train an Indonesian martial art called Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen. There is a small but amazing community of people here who train Poekoelan who I adore and it's always an adventure when I get to visit. If anyone is interested, I'll have to share the story about our bowling extravaganza, fake mustaches included. Other than that, I'm just hanging out, eating good food and catching up with the locals. Oh, and acquiring an nice set of new bruises in martial arts class. More later from the road.