Author Archives: Peter

Peter Nolan Smith is an underground punk legend of the 1970s East Village. He spent many years as a nightclub owner and doorman in New York, Paris, London, and Hamburg. More recently he has worked in the international diamond trade and the film industry. He is a constant traveler and has lived for long periods of time in Tibet and the Far East; he is currently based in Pattaya, Thailand and Palm Beach.

Back to the Stone Age 2

September 9, 2010 – 2:43 pm

Travelers in Northern China was caught off-guard by a 100 kilometer traffic jam. Cars and trucks have been stranded on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway thanks to road repairs. Officials hope for the situation to improve by September, as they hire more workers to finish the construction. The highway system of America were planned by President Eisenhower [...]

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World’s Worst Road

September 8, 2010 – 3:06 pm

An article from Travelling Board ranked the most dangerous roads in the world. http://travellingboard.net/travel-guides/the-most-dangerous-roads-in-the-world/ The winner was the ‘Road of Death’ or North Yungas Road in in Bolivia. The winding mountain ‘highway’ covers about 70 km. through the Bolivian Andes from La Paz to Coroico. The heavily traveled route reaps from 100-200 souls every year. [...]

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The Wimple Winch – Save My Soul

September 7, 2010 – 9:32 pm

English garage. Way cool.

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Drunk Driving Hour

September 7, 2010 – 9:30 pm

My college tuition in 1973 was $2000 for the year. I hacked a cab for Boston Taxi to support myself. Our garage was next to the old Boston Arena. If a driver booked more than $100 a night, the payout jumped from 45/55 to 50/50. My classmate Frank McGurty and I were the top earners [...]

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FAST AS HELL

September 7, 2010 – 2:00 pm

Back in 1984 my friend bought a fiendishly fast KZ 1100 cc bike in Paris. Our association was drugs. Cocaine and Heroin. While sitting at an African transvestite after-hour bar in Les Halles, le Savanne, he asked, “How you like to take it for a ride?” My survival instinct had been rendered to zero and [...]

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