A couple of the other people who were on the Bridge Climb with me in Sydney. They were nice enough to autograph their pictures...

FRANKFURT

With a five hour layover in Frankfurt this morning, I decided to jump on the local train and head into town for a couple of shots. You can't count being somewhere unless you can get a passport stamp and blog it!

Cheesefingers UND Chilipeppers for 4 Euro? I'd be all over that if it wasn't 7:30 a.m.!!

It's friggin cold here!!

BONDI BEACH

And you pronounce that Bond-Eye, I found out the hard way...

"...So you wonder why you ever go home..."

- Jimmy Buffett

BONEMAN DOWN UNDER!

I arrived in Sydney at 6:30 a.m. today. I asked my driver what I should do, and he replied "Mate, there are only so many things to do in Sydney at 7 a.m. on a Monday morning, but any experience you have will involve at least two of the following six things; water, water, water, and views, views, views." 'Nuff said. I decided to get on the first Sydney Harbor Bridge Climb of the day, and it certainly did not dissapoint. You sign a few forms, take a breathalizer (serioulsy!), get some gear and initial training and off you go. Some of it is easy, other places make you wonder if you would survive if you fell! Overall, I've never experienced a view like that, and will certainly never forget it!

What more can I say....

The view of the Sydney Opera House from the water. I took the Manly Ferry today. This has nothing to do with testosterone...Manly is a beach town about 30 minutes away from Sydney by ferry.

The view from my hotel room here in Sydney.

Obviously, the guy who I asked to take this shot of me does not understand the value of the shaka. This was right before I got on the Manley Ferry, with the Sydney Harbor Bridge in the background. That's the bridge I climbed yesterday.

Boneman jams with an Aboriginal while waiting for the ferry. I asked him if he knew any Jimmy Buffett. Judging by the look on his face, Buffett's influence has not hit the Australian outback yet. However, judging by his breath, vodka certainly has! This is approximately 8:30 a.m.!! He's definitely in Margaritaville in this shot. Aboriginals are alllllllright!

Using my zoom at full capacity from the water, you can see a group of climbers just hitting the summit of the bridge.

A shot from Manly Beach.

KUALA LUMPUR

It's not all fun and games on this trip. Here I am at the hotel before the reception in KL. When I get a microphone like this, I wish there was an appropriate way to incorporate a little human beat box into the presentation.

Scenes from a night market in KL where I went for dinner. Frog porridge? Yes please!

First occupied in 1997, the Petronas Towers used to be the largest building in the world until Taipei 101 took the title away. It is still a source of enormous pride for all Malaysians.

The Malaysian Royal Palace. A king is elected here every five years from a pool of nine sultans that govern individual states in Malaysia. There are actually 13 states, but the remaining four are not eligible to be king.

This guard invited me into his space when I approached to take the picture. I asked him to throw a shaka with me, but he told me in perfect English that he could not. Furthermore, he stated, when I occupied that space with him it was if I was guarding the residence and the King himself, and if I wished to continue I should do so with vigilance and reverence. I thanked him and explained that I had a Sprite in the car that was getting warm, or else I'd stay and stand a post with him.

The Malaysian War Monument honors soldiers who lost their lives in World Wars I and II, and the Communist Insurgency from 1948 - 1950. If it looks familiar, it should. The same artist who created Washington DC's Iwo Jima Memorial created this one.

SINGAPORE

Was not in Singapore for a long time, but what a CLEAN place it is! It is known as the city of fines and regulations. Littering: first offense, $170. Second offense: $170 and 6 hours of picking up litter wearing a green shirt with other offenders in a public place. Chewing gum is outlawed, available only by prescription for therapeutic purposes. The amount of cars for sale every year is limited. You can get fined for not flushing a public toilet...and printed in big red letters on the bottom of the customs form that you must fill out is "Warning: Death to drug traffickers under Singapore law." Singapore don't play!