One of the first questions out of new acquaintances mouths while in the southern hemisphere has been "Where are you from?" This seemingly simple question is usually answered with "America." Those who want to get to know me better or can not think of another small talk follow-up question will continue with where in America? […]
Category Archives: Trip Thoughts
Sydney- people, sites and giant bats
April 6, 2007 – 11:27 pm
I wrote this blog after arriving in Sydney, but did not have a chance to post until now…Coincidentally we are back in Sydney again. Stepping off the plane at Sydney International airport three things struck me. The first is the suffocating humidity, second, the total exhaustion from 15 hours in airplanes and third, utter disbelief […]
Stay Left
April 4, 2007 – 9:35 pm
After a first attempt at driving on the left side of the road things turned out pretty well despite a slightly adverse crew and a nervous Steve (or two). After almost sideswiping a sign and knocking a few items over in the van as I got feel for the loose steering, it was basically smooth sailing […]
Just another day
April 2, 2007 – 11:21 pm
There are a variety of standards most people grow accustomed to living to. I like to think my own standards happen to be pretty low. One of the things I find interesting about traveling around in a camper van with some people I barely know is the shock of leaving the comforts of everyday […]
Got the Toyotas… sort of.
April 1, 2007 – 7:00 pm
We have been out of internet contact for about 4 days now and as usual, there is a lot to update everyone on. We found out that we will in fact be getting our trucks on the 7th of April… after having to shell out another thousand dollars to get them here two weeks earlier […]
South Coast Drive
March 25, 2007 – 10:44 pm
We’ve been on the road for a few days now headed south to Melbourne with two camper vans and it’s been great. Getting out of hot, busy Sydney was a much-needed breath of fresh air for us all. The two Toyota Hiace camper vans we rented from Britz are actually quite nice and I’ve been […]
Birthdays for Bridges and Neon Baseball Caps…
March 21, 2007 – 4:53 pm
Behind the desk at the xBase backpackers hostel is a extremely knowledgeable woman named Lydiane whom we refer to as the oracle. Every morning the team gets together to decide what we have to do that day, and what we want to do that day. The first part usually consists of errands and research, or time […]
We all can learn from A1 Scuba.
March 13, 2007 – 6:07 pm
Since this whole thing began a couple of years ago we have dealt with many different companies and people. The interactions have been concerning matters from sponsorship to media to shipping of vehicles. As I have stated in some previous entries, many of these interactions have been far less than satisfactory. When we have our […]
The end of my string. – From Hokitika
March 11, 2007 – 2:35 am
"Things just work differently here, things just work differently here, things just work differently here," I continue to remind myself. The difficulty and benefit of travel is that you have the opportunity immerse yourself in other cultures, traditions and general systems of existence. These days I have become very used to the spoils of home. […]
Bites, Heat, Headaches, Customs and One-sided Sunburns
March 1, 2007 – 4:49 pm
Over and over I have spent a lot of time reminding myself that this is all worth it. I continually made jokes to my friends just before leaving that I made a huge mistake a year ago when I presented this idea to Bouey. Next thing you know, I was on a plane after the […]
