I'm not exactly sure why this was posted here. But I'm glad it was. It introduced me to a previously unexplored trail of the internet. Craigmod writes like he walks: circumspectly. His delightful collection of stories ("diaries", he calls them; found by following his link to Ridgeline) are just like his photographs: intriguing snapshots of a foreign land that's somehow not so foreign after all. What an unexpectedly enjoyable diversion.