Hi - I’m Dave. Welcome to my view of the world, or at least the bits of it I’m subjected to for my job.

Hostile Traveler came about at the request of friends that thought I should collect some of my travel-related rants into one place. I’ve taken it a step further by jumping on the blog bandwagon (yes, I know I’m late by about 3 years) so that I can use the magic of the wondernet to provide (ir)regular updates from the road while on trips. As an added bonus, you’ll get to experience galleries of my shitty amateur photography from past and present excursions. Now how much would you pay? Yeah, don’t answer that.

So why so hostile? Well, I tend to write travelogue stuff while a) sleep-deprived b) jetlagged to shit c) hung over or d) all of the above. It’s not really pure hostility - in general I quite enjoy traveling around to new places. It’s more that I have a very harsh sense of humor that some people understand while others think I’m just being a dick. I’ll leave it up to you as the reader to decide.

So, thanks for visiting, open your mind, and enjoy your stay. Feel free to leave comments on whatever you like, and if you feel like dropping me an email, you can reach me at dave@hostiletraveler.com

I especially welcome emails from wealthy deposed/deceased Nigerians, stock tips, cheap ways of getting prescription drugs, and ways to make my penis larger.

 

 

About the Author

Name: Dave
Age: 33 (Gah. When the fuck did that happen?)
Location: Boston area (when not traveling anyways. And no, I don’t sound like a Kennedy)

First off, if it’s not painfully obvious by now, I’m not a writer by any stretch of the imagination. I do my best to not sound like a complete idiot, but I assure you that spelling and grammatical errors will be the norm. Grammar nazis enthusiasts are highly encouraged to find alternative outlets (preferably electrical ones with a paperclip) instead of emailing me.

Basically, I’m a computer geek by trade. I work as a Consulting Systems Engineer, which means that after the sales weasels go out to a customer site and lie their asses off, I have to go there and try to patch together something that looks vaguely like what was sold. I work for a small company, so I have to do a little bit of everything from teaching to installations to pushing powerpoint slides around. It keeps me busy, and it gets me to some interesting places.

I’m sure you’ll learn more about me in the posts, so I’ll leave it at that.

 

 

Technical Details

The site is hosted by LunarPages and is based upon the WordPress blogging system. I’m using a skin called “Wash Me” by Mindloop. The gallery system is Gallery2 with a skin called Carbon.

Not that anyone will particularly care about these details, but it’s a way for my addled brain to remember what the hell I did to make this mess.