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I have traveled to almost every continent on the planet. Sometimes for the right reasons, sometimes for the wrong reasons.<br />
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During two of my trips I made extensive image blogs for my friends around the globe. I figured that if I was lucky enough to do something or to go some place amazing, that I would do my best to share it. While this was a time consuming process, it was a lot of fun and I think people liked it. Along with the images came thoughts from my time at any one given place. These thoughts were sometimes happy and sometimes dark. All in all, I think they showed where my life was at the time. I am a strange case, just bear with me.<br />
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Most of these trips were made possible because a close friend, [http://www.murrayguy.com/an_my/main.html An-My Le], is a very active large-format photographer. Some of her trips can be long and require the help of muscle and an extra set of hands.<br />
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== 2004: Europe by train and foot ==<br />
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[[File:SorrentoskyBandWs.jpg|left|200px| link=http://daniel.swingpad.com/trip/]] In 2004, I was working for a company and had gone off to NYC. While I was in NYC I was working too hard and not getting the communication I wanted from the uppers in the company. Lets just say things were not going that well. At the same time, I had just gotten out of a ringer of a relationship and I was dying to do something I had always wanted to do but would never again get the chance to. <br />
I quit my job, packed up my shit, closed out my 401K, bought a first class Eurail pass and took the hell off. <br />
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[http://daniel.swingpad.com/trip/ '''Europa 2004''']<br />
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== 2006: Bahrain, Iraq, and Kuwait ==<br />
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[[File:FA18.jpg|200px|left |link=http://www.endlessbummer.com/Stennis.html]] This is a small little taste of this trip. I will redo this at some point. <br />
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[http://www.endlessbummer.com/Stennis.html'''The Middle East''']<br />
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== 2007: Japan, viewed from a different perspective. ==<br />
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I have yet to edit or post these but will. '''Easy killer.''' This is a lot of work and I have a day job.<br />
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== 2008: Antarctica by planes, trains, busses and ice picks. ==<br />
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[[File:Base.jpg|left|200px| link=http://daniel.swingpad.com/Artic]] Going to the Ice for a month. My gracious boss at the time let me go and it was a life changer.<br />
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[http://daniel.swingpad.com/Artic/ '''Antartica 2008'''] Going to the Ice for a month. My gracious boss at the time let me go and it was a life changer.<br />
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== 2008: Greenland by planes, planes, and evil flies. ==<br />
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[[File:CockedCockpit.jpeg|left|200px|link=http://swingpad.com/daniel/html/Greenland/Greenland1]] After going to the Ice, it was very interesting to see where the Air Force practices their ice landings. Greenland is an interesting place<br />
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[http://swingpad.com/daniel/html/Greenland/Greenland1 '''Greenland#1 2008''']<br />
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[http://swingpad.com/daniel/html/Greenland/Greenland2 '''Greenland#2 2008''']<br />
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[http://swingpad.com/daniel/html/Greenland/Greenland3 '''Greenland#3 2008''']<br />
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[http://swingpad.com/daniel/html/Greenland/Greenland4 '''Greenland#4 2008''']<br />
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== 2010: Haiti, days after a disaster. ==<br />
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I have yet to edit or post images from this trip but I will. Bare with me.<br />
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