By Jessica Ravitz, CNN
October 30, 2009 4:06 p.m.

(CNN) — He’s chipped his way through more than a foot of snow and ice to get to Ernest Hemingway. He’s walked right up to Al Capone and Karl Marx. He’s dragged his mom to visit the infamous cannibal Alferd Packer and just came back from seeing Farrah Fawcett.

He is Jim Tipton, founder of Find a Grave, a free online database of burial sites for the famous and otherwise around the globe.

“It does sound morbid and dark. But when you’re actually visiting someone’s grave, it’s like visiting a relative; there’s a closeness there,” said Tipton, 37, of Salt Lake City, Utah. “And I’ve always liked the aesthetics of cemeteries. I’ve always called them parks for introverts because you don’t have to worry about someone asking you to play a pick-up game.”

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It’s been almost 4 months since i last updated my blog. It’s amazing to know we are a couple of days away from celebrating new year 2008. How time flies…

My journey this year surprisingly is twice the distance of the previous year and expenses have skyrocketed. Nevertheless, 2007 has been an amazing year for me from losing all the photos taken during my world tour to conquering the highest mountain in South East Asia.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all readers and friends a Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

See you again in 2008.

Please take note of my travel schedule for July and August. Please accept my apologies as I won’t be able to respond to your emails/enquiries during this period of time. I will get back to you the soonest possible. For more destination reviews, please browse through www.davidtann.net

Itinerary
24 July: Kuala Lumpur/Singapore/Manchester
25-27 July: Manchester
28 July: Manchester to London
28 July: London
29 July: London/Copenhagen/Helsinki
29-30 July: Helsinki
31 July: Helsinki/Frankfurt/Montreal
31 July-4 August: Montreal
5 August: Montreal/Washington/Greenville
5-6 August: Greenville
7 August: Greenville/Charlotte/Houston
7 August: Houston
8 August: Houston/Los Angeles
8-9 August: Los Angeles
10 August: Los Angeles/Singapore/Kuala Lumpur

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is my birthday and I just turned 31. I wish to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for visiting my website and leaving your kind and nasty comments :-). Another year gone and another to come. This travelogue will go on as usual in the coming year.

Stay tuned to the next episode of my travelogue

Coming Soon…