Written October 10, 2015 Updated October 11, 2015 Friday Supper Last night, we sought out the warung dining experience. A warung is a small family-run shop in Indonesia. Most commonly, they’re tiny restaurants, but the word can also refer to small coffee shops, internet cafes, or even phone booths. From what I can tell, there are… Continue reading our first warung experience did not feature Daniel Craig (updated)
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money, sweat, and Matt Damon
We just got home (which means the B&B where we’re currently staying in Jakarta) from watching “The Martian”. I think I liked it a lot more than Beth did, though I found a lot of it to be unrealistic or unnecessarily sappy. I liked Matt Damon’s performance, but disliked many of the other actors. I’m… Continue reading money, sweat, and Matt Damon
the tale of two red zones – Christchurch
The second and final city on the South Island of New Zealand that we visited was Christchurch. You may have heard about it being hit by an earthquake a few years ago, though in reality it’s been hit with several, including two really big ones less than a year apart. Today, the result of the… Continue reading the tale of two red zones – Christchurch
this one’s for the birds – Kaikoura
Our first stop on the South Island of New Zealand was a town called Kaikoura. It’s on the east coast and is famous for whale watching. But we stopped there to go see some albatrosses. Neither Beth nor I had ever seen an albatross, and this is one of the few places in the world… Continue reading this one’s for the birds – Kaikoura
my visit to the North Island
Of the two weeks we planned for New Zealand, the first half was on the North Island. I don’t have a ton of photos to share. We slowed our pace down a little when we reached New Zealand. Maybe that’s appropriate, given the culture. But frankly I was starting to get burned out on the… Continue reading my visit to the North Island
northeast Queensland, briefly
Our second week in Australia was in Queensland. I’ve already mentioned the diving and snorkeling here. After returning from the reef, we rented a car and headed north. The far northeast part of Queensland is the Daintree Rainforest. It’s a national park, and also has several other world designations. You may never have heard of… Continue reading northeast Queensland, briefly
Monster and me – my trip to the Sydney skatepark
This post is gonna be shorter than most. It’s just a link to a video I made of two people roller skating. Yes, that’s right, I travel half way around the world and I’m still making videos about people skating. But hey this is my first skate park video from Australia! Here are the notes I… Continue reading Monster and me – my trip to the Sydney skatepark
Oz vs. Kiwi
Now that I’ve visited two or more cities in both Australia and New Zealand, I feel fully qualified to make sweeping generalizations about the differences and similarities between the people and cultures. Follow along as I make a complete fool of myself… [table] Aussies…,Kiwis… love high speed electric hand driers,love electric heated towel racks drive on… Continue reading Oz vs. Kiwi
our first adventure – the reef
Everything about our grand trip to the Eastern Hemisphere is an adventure. I mean, it’s not every day you leave a comfortable home and a good job to go wandering around the world. But our trip to the Great Barrier Reef was the first part of our journey that really felt like an adventure. Until then we’d been… Continue reading our first adventure – the reef
stuff I acquired, and stuff I left behind
Updated December 23, 2015 I left Denver with a big yellow suitcase and a blue eBags.com computer backpack. They were both loaded nearly to the max. For Qantas, “the max” means that the checked luggage (my yellow suitcase) can’t exceed 23 kg, and the carry on (my blue backpack) can’t exceed 7 kg). They were… Continue reading stuff I acquired, and stuff I left behind