Izzy enters the holiest Balinesian city skeptically. In the silence that follows he makes unexpected offerings.
Drink, Play, Fuck: The Other Side of Enlightenment
Tag: Dive Bars
Ulysses in Saigon
It is Tet, the lunar new year in Vietnam. An American tourist is unraveling on the gutter’s edge. He plunges beer-bloated hands deep into tight blue-jean pockets. It is a futile attempt to anchor himself to something more tangible than his run-afoul luck.
On Top of the World, there is Nowhere to Run but Down
Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn is a mythical stopping point for wayward travelers journeying into the hinterlands of Alaska. The VanDango-Neverman Expedition makes a visit and finds more than they’re willing to bargain for.
Last Night in Little Rock: Cherry Boy on the Run!
After a dramatic night out on the town, Vic joins the Hash House Harriers for a drunk run through the snow-filled streets of Arkansas’s capital.
Bar Rescue, Seoul-Style
In Korea, Isy thought he’d found the best place in the world to have a beer. Until a Halloween Miracle occurred, and he discovered someplace even better.
Original Sin Again (or “Serpent in the Florida Scrub”)
With its lush flora and fauna, Wekiwa Springs State Park is a mimicry of Eden. It has all of the prerequisites for paradise: crystal-clear spring water, a snack-bar and tame woodland creatures. A leisurely float downstream, across the park boundaries, beyond the jurisdiction of park rangers, is Wekiva Island. If the state park is Eden, Wekiva Island is man’s fall from grace.
If The Spirit Moves You: Frenchmen Street, New Orleans
Vic and a few diplomats from the British Honduras are looking for a good time in NOLA, but Vic is afflicted with devils.
“The exorcist inhales from his vape cigarette and sprays me with holy water from an Aerosol can. I lick the holy water off my fat lips; it tastes salty and pure.”
Red and Green Snake
The sign on the wall says 175 occupancy max, and this allows everyone an intimate vantage point…
Dead Man Down Under
An American Werewolf in Sydney: Vic wakes from a night on the piss and attempts to make amends while figuring out what the hell happened.
Dives of Christmas Past: Showdown at the Jolly Roger
an Oral History of the Great Christmas Snowpocalypse, as told by the authors of Uncharted Dives: Wara, Isy Badger and Vic Neverman.
Uncharted Dives 