After 5 days in Queensland, Australia, we spent a few days in New South Wales, which is the region where Sydney is located on the southeast corner of the Australian continent.
Our experiences in Australia have been quite pleasant, as there is much to see and do and the culture is pretty laid back [...]
Jun 082008
Jun 042008
Day 10
After three days of amazing diving out on the Great Barrier Reef, the next two days were jam-packed with guided tours to see the surrounding areas of Queensland around Cairns.
Our tour to the Daintree Rainforest (which claims to be the oldest rainforest in the world!) and Cape Tribulation was [...]
Jun 022008
Day 6
Boy, was it a looong day. And the way this trip is planned, there are many more just around the corner! So, after waking up at 3:20 AM in Auckland (which turns out to be 1:20 AM local time in Cairns), we made it to the airport where we caught our [...]
May 302008
Day 4 – Waitakere Ranges
Today,
we ventured out west in our rental car to explore the Waitakere Ranges
on the southwestern corner of the North Island of New Zealand.
Driving
on the left side of the road was definitely an interesting experience
as was sitting on the right side of the car. Picking up the driving was
pretty quick [...]
May 272008
Turns out that internet access may be readily available most places that we’ll be going to… and in order to keep my memories straight, I figure I’ll just try to jot everything that I remember down each night so that they don’t become distant and hazy memories by the time we get back home and have a chance to [...]
May 252008
After a whirlwind month of quitting my job, packing and storing my life, numerous graduations and other general chaos…
It’s already time to depart for a 5 week adventure around the world.
Stay tuned here for updates… if we get around to them and survive this trip! =)
Apr 032008
It’s who you know!
It’s a saying that’s become almost so cliché… yet, was sooo very true today and I am so thankful that I know people. =P
So, earlier today, I was checking my seat assignment for my [...]
Mar 242008
Remove all articles of clothing except underwear. Open wide and say “ahh”. Poking and prodding. Breathe in and breathe out deeply. Check blood pressure and pulse. Smoke? Drink? Sexually active? Exercise? Urine sample. Examine ears and nostrils. Drop your shorts. Blood samples.
Getting a routine physical can be a pretty… embarrassing and potentially humiliating [...]
Feb 272008
Happy Dominican Republic Independence Day!! =)
Though I’ve spent quite a bit of time working in Santo Domingo, I just realized that I didn’t even know that the DR gained its independence from Haiti back in 1844! Then again, it took me many months in the DR before I [...]
Dec 142007
Over the past few weeks, ever since I’ve been back working locally out of the NY office, I’ve been telling myself to go to the gym… But instead, all I’ve been doing is eating a LOT, sitting on my butt all day, and doing everything BUT go to the gym. =)
As a result, [...]