The East Side of Death Valley
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f223fb_7e4e1233b9e546adbde7c701e5911172~mv2_d_3225_2402_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_137,h_102,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f223fb_7e4e1233b9e546adbde7c701e5911172~mv2_d_3225_2402_s_4_2.jpg)
The Strange Voyages of
Shanghai Brown
I wish to have no connection
with any ship that does not sail fast;
for I intend to go in harm's way.
- John Paul Jones
If ye be seeking a normal travel blog, get on yer way. If yer looking fer a high falutin' "luxury" blog, all slick n' filled with snobbish pretension, move along. But if ye be in need of something real, something honest and authentic in a fabricated world, then take a pull from the bottle and linger for a spell here at the taffrail and watch the land sink out of sight.
If you want to know who I be, well, I'm an award-winning, internationally published journalist, historian, travel writer, television producer, writer and host of a regional travel television series, and songwriter/musician, captain of a pirate jam band that has toured England twice and released two albums.