ne of the most memorable adventures I have had in Australia until now was when I traversed the entire country by train. This epic trip on the Indian Pacific train, named after the two oceans that the line connects, took me from Sydney all the way to the far reaches of the country — to [...]
n March, Sydney will be my home for 3 years. Three years is a very long time for a person like myself to call one place their home, but really I’m beginning to feel as if the true meaning of “home” will never be applied to my life in Australia. As stated in my introductory [...]
knew Australia would be full of highly poisonous creepy crawlies, but I didn’t expect to run into one of the biggest spiders of my life in the window of a building in downtown Brisbane (on my first full day in the country no less).
As we know, I’m not much of a surfer, however when I was in Sydney, I made it a point to check out the famous Bondi Beach. Behind the beach, there runs a long wall, filled with graffiti. Bali being a popular vacation spot for the Aussies, it was no surprise to see this colorful [...]
Traveling the South Pacific can be done on a budget. I couchsurfed two nights on Tahiti, and paid $20/night for three more nights on the nearby island of Moorea. But food was expensive — dining in restaurants was more than I could bear, and a 6-pack of domestic beer cost $15 so I didn’t do [...]
Learning to surf is harder than it looks!
One of the most scenic places to go bungy jumping in Queenstown, New Zealand.
Tahiti and Fiji are two of the most popular South Pacific islands included in ’round the world trips.