Journal Entry: Feb 9th to 15th – Ubud, Bali Indonesia
1 hour in a broken down van with a bunch of tourists would make anyone thirsty. Unfortunately, our arrival in Ubud was heralded not by the Bintang angels singing on […]
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Osprey Meridian 22″ 2011 – Review #2 (3 months later!)
Inspired in part by an email we received from an inquisitive reader (thanks P. Gauntlett!), I’ve decided to write an updated review of the Osprey Meridian 22” (2011) pack now […]
Journal Entry: Feb 3rd to 9th – Kuta, Bali Indonesia
Hello culture shock! As you are by now all aware, we started off our RTW trip in the english-speaking ‘first-world’ New Zealand, followed by the similarly cultured Australia, and coming […]
Journal Entry: Jan 24th to Feb 3rd – Mandurah, WA
Security in the Perth Airport domestic arrivals terminal is somewhat lax, and as such they will let pretty much anybody in, past the baggage pickup, and right up to the […]
Journal Entry: Jan 19th to 24th – Melbourne
Gin & Tonics with Neil until the wee hours of the 20th didn’t make for an early morning for Julie and I. At around (what I perceived was) 7am, we […]
Journal Entry: RTW Day ??? – Sydney!!!
January 16-19, 2013 I have finally lost track of time a bit, and that combined with my broken “RTW Day whatever” system has inspired me to cease my relative numbering […]
Journal Entry: RTW Day 13 & 14 – Queenstown to Christchurch
5:30am alarm clock episodes are no fun, especially when it is your two Singaporean roommates (recent highschool grads) getting up to rustle around more plastic bags then a hoarder would […]
Journal Entry: RTW Days 11 & 12 – Wanaka to Queenstown
Yes, I’m still journalling… Albeit a bit behind schedule… Nonetheless, lets pick up where we left off, the day after skydiving. After saying our goodbyes to the resident hostel cat […]
Journal Entry: RTW Day 10 – Wanaka
Two days of rain and missed skydiving appointments later, Julie and I finally woke up to a beautiful sunny day in Wanaka. We had called Skydive Wanaka the previous day […]
Journal Entry: RTW Day 7 – Akaroa to Greymouth
Yay no hangover! The weather had improved since the previous night, but was still a bit threatening, and we were concerned it might deteriorate again during our cross-continental east->west drive. […]
