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Anyone who has flown over the past year undoubtedly has noticed a trend with the airlines not only placing greater restrictions on baggage allowances but charging fees for checked bags. For those that travel with their bike no doubt are feeling an even greater pain with insane fee hikes. As a cyclist and triathlete of [...]

Ok, I admit, I’m not a rippin’ surfer by any means.  I did learn to surf ages ago back in high school and then surfed a bit in Santa Barbara in college but I wasn’t a total diehard.   I was told Bondi was a must do experience while in Oz. After all the talk of [...]

With only a couple days in Sydney I decided to head straight to Sydney Harbor and do the most touristy things in Sydney: see the harbor (Opera House, bridge, etc) and go to the Aquarium and Wildlife Park.

I took a quick stroll around the Opera House without going inside and after taking in the sun for a bit and deciding the bridge walk wasn’t really worth it, I grabbed a drink boarded a ferry to head to Darling Harbor to check out the Wildlife Park and Aquarium.

My Internet access has been pretty minimal my whole trip and especially hustling and bustling from place to place and trying to maximize my experiences and fun in Australia and New Zealand that I’ve had few opportunities to just chill and post. Today happens to be a rainy day and I’ve got a good connection [...]

If you’re traveling anywhere outside your domestic mobile phone provider coverage it’s gonna be expensive.  As I always do when I travel to another country, I came to Australia with the intentions on getting a SIM card from a local provider for my phone and buying pre-paid calling plan.  In Australia, there are four major [...]

It’s summer in Oz yet flights are relatively inexpensive as of this post. Maybe because it’s end of summer but maybe because less people are traveling in this economy. A great time to travel! I bought my flight from San Francisco to Sydney for less than $800 US. My biggest debate was going with United [...]