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This morning I woke up to a sad reminder of lost memories and more importantly the tragic devastation of a beautiful city that I visited in during my travels of 2009. Christchurch was a spur of the moment travel destination and meant just to be a stopover city before taking the scenic TransAlp train to [...]

It took a day of using songtaews, taxis that are more or less pickup trucks with bench seating for up to 10, before I realized how much more cost effective, convenient, and fun it was to rent a motorbike. Lonely Planet among other guidebooks had me second guessing this option but found they way overexaggerate the [...]

This man’s crepe cart could be the best on the island – quick, entertaining, and delicious! If you spot him ask for the banana crepe and watch his skills. Blink and you’ll miss it.

Our trip began in Yosemite at Happy Isles.  Full report coming!

We hit the John Muir Trail tomorrow starting from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley.  For our 211 mile thru-hike, we have procured a SPOT satellite personal tracker which we can use to alert authorities should we get into any sort of trouble (just like Survivorman!).  While we said we’re using it as a safety measure [...]

In prepping for the John Muir Trail there has been a bit of a debate amongst our group on whether or not to bring a stove. After all, if we’re going to make the thru-hike in only 8 days we need to shed as much weight as possible. Maybe I’m not hardcore enough, but personally [...]

Over the past few month or so, my buddies and I have had quite an email flurry going about what to bring for our speedy eight day through-hike of the John Muir Trail. In order for us to efficiently make it through each 25+ mile day til the end, outside of our own training, it [...]

I’ve been in San Francisco for about a month now. That might actually be the longest I’ve been home all year! My trip to France for the Tour de France fell through so I’ve had to fill the void for the better part of a month. Not a bad thing considering it’s summertime and there’s [...]