1.0Varrin's Worldhttps://sugargroup.net/varrinVarrin Swearingenhttps://sugargroup.net/varrin/author/varrin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IN9R4Dy8nV"><a href="https://sugargroup.net/varrin/the-long-and-painful-ride-home/">The long (and painful) ride home</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sugargroup.net/varrin/the-long-and-painful-ride-home/embed/#?secret=IN9R4Dy8nV" width="600" height="338" title="“The long (and painful) ride home” — Varrin's World" data-secret="IN9R4Dy8nV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://sugargroup.net/varrin/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> My first experience with 30+ hour air travel days was in 1992 when I went to Borneo. We left Fresno, connected in Los Angeles, then Honolulu, Biak, Denpesar, Jakarta (plane change), and finally arrived in Pontianik in West Kalimantan over 30 hours later. That was a pretty tough day, as … Continue reading →https://sugargroup.net/varrin/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/v-headshot-e1400734675477.jpg478478