This weekend, Ixa turned a year older and to celebrate I took her hiking up Dog Mountain with Ilona, Ryan, his wife and their dog. Ixa is a strong 75 pound pup and even though she was worn out as much as I was when we finished, she was a trooper and kept us going. (more…)
I’ve heard many great things about New Orleans, and have wanted to go for some time, so when my friend Kelly mentioned a couple weeks back at a party that he was going there for Jazz Fest, the want was written on my face. He soon asked if I’d want to join him and some others for a trip to “Noleans” to which I quickly said yes. The following day I scored a round-trip for $11.80 and some points with Southwest and was soon making it to this wild city which I truly enjoyed. (more…)
Went to the island of Maui in Hawaii for this first time a week and some ago, this is what I recall. (more…)
This last weekend I went to one of the best bachelor parties! My friend, Devin, also my roommate Lewis’ soon to be brother in law is getting married in just over a month and this weekend we made it to Colorado to go skiing/boarding at Breckenridge in the Rocky Mountains. (more…)
This last Christmas-eve (like two weeks ago), my friend, Bobby, and I went on an adventure to Puerto RIco for Christmas and the New Years. We’ve been friends for a long time, but this was our first time traveling together outside of work, and though I wasn’t sure about how the trip would go, we quickly found it was quite an awesome trip. (more…)
The 105 foot Man
Last Monday, Burning Man 2014 came to a close for me. I was sad to leave this new home of mine, but glad to get back to greener pastures (literally, it was a white desert out there and getting back to green Oregon was so great!). My experience of the event was very positive and left me wanting more. I’m not going to go into details about all of my experiences at Burning Man, however I will give some highlights and incites (plus some pretty pictures). (more…)
Wow…it’s here. The last flight of my big trip around the South Pacific. I can’t believe it is here. It’s a bitter-sweet occasion for sure as I just want to keep traveling, but really looking forward to seeing some much missed faces. (more…)
After Fiji came my return the United States of America by going through Hawaii to see Lewis (my brother/former roomy/a best friend/the man) get married to the gorgeous and wonderful Annamarie. I was so blessed to be in attendance to their wedding and especially being one of his men by his side to bring him to his wedding day. (more…)
Sitting here at Bamboo Travellers eating breakfast thinking about the time I’ve had in Fiji and it’s hard to put it into words.
I’ve loved it here and would definitely come back again. Let me give you a run down. (more…)
It’s 9am and I’m sitting at a park table next to the van that I’ve been riding in the last 12 days and I’ve realized that I haven’t been able to post anything until now. Internet in New Zealand isn’t just hard to come by, but it is expensive, so sorry VicLiv, you’ve had to fall victim to the price. Oh well, I’m writing now, you should be happy, let’s move on. (more…)
I took off from Cairns at 12pm yesterday. After two flights, I finally made it to New Zealand around 12am (no, it wasn’t 12 hours of flying). I didn’t book a place to stay as I decided to save some bucks and sleep at the airport. (more…)
I’m aboard a ship. The ship is called The Kangaroo Explorer. I arrived on this ship by booking a three day and two night live-aboard diving trip through Cairns Dive Centre. We set off out of Cairns on the 5th of January towards the Great Barrier Reef and by the time I post this, I’ll have completed 10 new dives. (more…)