A Trip Afar

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My past global travels have opened my mind wide to an appreciation of distant places and the people that fill them.

Since my last trip I've been throwing mental darts at the world map, curious of my next opportunity to slip away. Amidst all my aspiration of a RTW trip, I was quite abruptly afforded all the free time one could ever ask for. So now what? Quite simply, it's time to go...

In a nutshell: 20+ countries, 5 continents, 1+ years

I suppose it is fair to say that for many things in life, without some risk comes little reward.

Exit the comfort of home, enter the spontaniety of life on the road.

I welcome the unknown... come catch me if you can.

• 1

  Bye Home   Carpinteria, CA on Feb 14, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 2

  Get me out of LA!   Los Angeles, CA on Feb 14, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
• 3

  Scents of the third world   Lima, Peru on Feb 14, 2010 0 pictures 3 comments
• 4

  Pisco Sour, Por Favor   Miraflores, Peru on Feb 15, 2010 15 pictures 2 comments
• 5

  Ceviche y Olas   Huanchaco, Peru on Feb 18, 2010 71 pictures 0 comments
• 6

  Reallllly Long Waves   Puerto Chicama, Peru on Feb 20, 2010 47 pictures 0 comments
• 7

  Getting Warmer...   Mancora, Peru on Feb 24, 2010 57 pictures 0 comments
• 8

  Ecuatorial Green   Montañita, Ecuador on Feb 26, 2010 64 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  Southbound   Mancora, Peru on Mar 2, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  Cordillera Blanca Mountains   Huaraz, Peru on Mar 4, 2010 28 pictures 3 comments
• 11

  Me voy a Chile   Lima, Peru on Mar 9, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  Unstable ground   Santiago, Chile on Mar 10, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  Waaaay down south   Punta Arenas, Chile on Mar 10, 2010 25 pictures 0 comments
• 14

  Torres Del Paine   Puerto Natales, Chile on Mar 14, 2010 129 pictures 0 comments
• 15

  Monte Fitz Roy   El Chalten, Argentina on Mar 22, 2010 91 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Perito Moreno Glacier   El Calafate, Argentina on Mar 26, 2010 38 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Tierra Del Fuego   Ushuaia, Argentina on Mar 27, 2010 131 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  The Lake District   Puerto Varas, Chile on Mar 31, 2010 97 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  Chile´s Yosemite   Cochamó, Chile on Apr 4, 2010 68 pictures 1 comment
• 20

  Nahuel Huapi Traverse   Bariloche, Argentina on Apr 8, 2010 93 pictures 0 comments
• 21

  Active Volcano Villarica   Pucon, Chile on Apr 12, 2010 56 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  Much needed surf   Pichilemu, Chile on Apr 14, 2010 113 pictures 1 comment
• 23

  Big City, Bigger Mountains   Santiago, Chile on Apr 20, 2010 40 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  City Buzzz   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Apr 21, 2010 34 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Massive Water Falls   Puerto Iguazu, Argentina on Apr 27, 2010 81 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Another border crossing   Salto, Uruguay on Apr 29, 2010 33 pictures 0 comments
• 27

  Spontaneous Trip to Uruguay   Montevideo, Uruguay on Apr 29, 2010 48 pictures 0 comments
• 28

  Africa   Cape Town, South Africa on May 3, 2010 196 pictures 0 comments
• 29

  Namibian desert exploration   Windhoek, Namibia on May 12, 2010 16 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Safari   Etosha National Park, Namibia on May 15, 2010 76 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Skeleton Coastline   Swakopmund, Namibia on May 17, 2010 155 pictures 3 comments
• 32

  Back in town   Cape Town, South Africa on May 23, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 33

  Shark Cage Dive & Africa's Most Southerly Point   Hermanus, South Africa on May 27, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 34

  Eastbound on the Garden Route >>>   Mossel Bay, South Africa on May 31, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Fun Waves   Victoria Bay, South Africa on Jun 2, 2010 0 pictures 2 comments
• 36

  Wilderness   Wilderness, South Africa on Jun 3, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 37

  Beachfront Seclusion   Buffalo Bay, South Africa on Jun 4, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Rendezvous wth friends   Plettenberg Bay, South Africa on Jun 5, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  World's Tallest Bridge Bungee Jump!   Storms River, South Africa on Jun 6, 2010 49 pictures 5 comments
• 40

  Finally time to surf J Bay   Jeffreys Bay, South Africa on Jun 7, 2010 41 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  World Cup Action!   Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Jun 18, 2010 27 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  4x4 Mission up the Wild Coast   Coffee Bay, South Africa on Jun 20, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 43

  Winter feels like summer!   Durban, South Africa on Jun 28, 2010 78 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  Hiking the Drakensberg Mountains   Mokhotlong, Lesotho on Jul 3, 2010 105 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  A land of Swazi culture   Ezulwini, Swaziland on Jul 7, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
• 46

  World Cup Finals!!   Johannesburg, South Africa on Jul 10, 2010 41 pictures 0 comments
• 47

  'Place of smoke'   Semonkong, Lesotho on Jul 20, 2010 76 pictures 0 comments
• 48

  Back to the sub-tropics   Maputo, Mozambique on Jul 24, 2010 23 pictures 4 comments
• 49

  Prawns, calamari, and cashews   Praia do Tofo, Mozambique on Jul 25, 2010 80 pictures 2 comments
• 50

  2 day mission to Malawi   Blantyre, Malawi on Aug 3, 2010 40 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  3 day ferry up Lake Malawi   Cape Maclear, Malawi on Aug 5, 2010 108 pictures 0 comments
• 52

  Lake Malawi   Nkhata Bay, Malawi on Aug 8, 2010 46 pictures 1 comment
• 53

  Heart of Zimbabwe   Harare, Zimbabwe on Aug 14, 2010 79 pictures 2 comments
• 54

  Great Zimbabwe ruins   Masvingo, Zimbabwe on Aug 16, 2010 15 pictures 0 comments
• 55

  Natural wonder of the world   Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on Aug 18, 2010 123 pictures 1 comment
• 56

  Zambian side of the falls   Victoria Falls, Zambia on Aug 20, 2010 56 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  Chobe National Park   Kasane, Botswana on Aug 21, 2010 105 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  Worlds largest inland delta, Okavango Delta   Maun, Botswana on Aug 23, 2010 73 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Overnight in the capital   Gaborone, Botswana on Aug 25, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  Out of Africa   Johannesburg, South Africa on Aug 26, 2010 28 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Enter Asia   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Aug 28, 2010 56 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  Bali Blissss   Uluwatu, Indonesia on Aug 31, 2010 31 pictures 1 comment
• 63

  G-Land Dreamin'   Grajagan, Indonesia on Sep 6, 2010 114 pictures 0 comments
• 64

  Island of 1,000 mosques   Kuta, Indonesia on Sep 13, 2010 96 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  SE Asia's highest mountain   Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia on Sep 21, 2010 85 pictures 0 comments
• 66

  Orangutans!   Sepilok, Malaysia on Sep 25, 2010 15 pictures 0 comments
• 67

  Rainforest jungle camp   Kinabatangan River, Malaysia on Sep 26, 2010 94 pictures 0 comments
• 68

  Diving Mantabuan Island   Semporna, Malaysia on Sep 28, 2010 40 pictures 0 comments
• 69

  Diving Sipadan Island!   Semporna, Malaysia on Sep 30, 2010 123 pictures 0 comments
• 70

  City of sin   Bangkok, Thailand on Oct 4, 2010 58 pictures 3 comments
• 71

  Charming town in the north   Chiang Mai, Thailand on Oct 10, 2010 87 pictures 0 comments
• 72

  Meditative visit to the northern mountains   Pai, Thailand on Oct 12, 2010 107 pictures 0 comments
• 73

  Laos   Huay Xai, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Oct 20, 2010 61 pictures 0 comments
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  Ethnic Cultural Festival along the Mekong River   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Oct 22, 2010 92 pictures 0 comments
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  Tube float down the river!   Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Oct 25, 2010 53 pictures 0 comments
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  Heart of the 'Golden Triangle'   Louang Namtha, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Nov 3, 2010 45 pictures 0 comments
• 77

  China: 20th country of my trip!   Jinghong, China on Nov 5, 2010 30 pictures 0 comments
• 78

  Rising north, the mercury drops   Dali, China on Nov 7, 2010 61 pictures 0 comments
• 79

  Into the Meili Xue Shan Mountains   Deqin, China on Nov 11, 2010 127 pictures 0 comments
• 80

  Mythical land of Shangri-La?   Shangri-La, China on Nov 16, 2010 46 pictures 0 comments
• 81

  Virgin rock climbing!   Daocheng, China on Nov 18, 2010 105 pictures 0 comments
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  Tiger Leaping Gorge   Tiger Leaping Gorge, China on Nov 25, 2010 48 pictures 0 comments
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  Maze of old cobblestone streets and waterways   Lijiang, China on Nov 27, 2010 53 pictures 0 comments
• 84

  Southbound to the border...   Kunming, China on Nov 30, 2010 16 pictures 0 comments
• 85

  Border town   Hekou, Vietnam on Dec 2, 2010 15 pictures 0 comments
• 86

  Goood morning, Vietnam!   Sapa, Vietnam on Dec 3, 2010 33 pictures 0 comments
• 87

  Motorbike buzzzzz in the capital   Hanoi, Vietnam on Dec 6, 2010 55 pictures 0 comments
• 88

  Deep water solo climbing!!   Cat Ba, Vietnam on Dec 10, 2010 83 pictures 0 comments
• 89

  Headed south, mercury rises   Hue, Vietnam on Dec 15, 2010 33 pictures 0 comments
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  First surf in 3 months :)   Da Nang, Vietnam on Dec 17, 2010 44 pictures 0 comments
• 91

  Charming town of Chinese influence   Hoi An, Vietnam on Dec 19, 2010 57 pictures 0 comments
• 92

  Merry Christmas!   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Dec 24, 2010 28 pictures 0 comments
• 93

  Central highlands   Da Lat, Vietnam on Dec 27, 2010 51 pictures 0 comments
• 94

  Kite surf bonanza   Mui Ne, Vietnam on Dec 29, 2010 20 pictures 0 comments
• 95

  New Year's in Saigon!   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Dec 31, 2010 96 pictures 0 comments
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  Mekong Delta   Mekong Delta, Vietnam on Jan 4, 2011 115 pictures 0 comments
• 97

  Capital of Cambodia   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Jan 6, 2011 91 pictures 0 comments
• 98

  Diving the south coast   Sihanoukville, Cambodia on Jan 10, 2011 76 pictures 0 comments
• 99

  Coastal relaxation   Kep, Cambodia on Jan 15, 2011 57 pictures 0 comments
• 100

  Angkor Wat   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Jan 19, 2011 144 pictures 0 comments
• 101

  Back to Laos... at the 4,000 Islands   Ban Dondét, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 24, 2011 55 pictures 0 comments
• 102

  3 day Motorcycle ride through southern Laos!   Pakse, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 28, 2011 58 pictures 0 comments
• 103

  4 months later... back to Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 1, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 104

  Myanmar (Burma) !   Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar on Feb 4, 2011 90 pictures 0 comments
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  So much to tell, where to begin...   Pyay, Myanmar on Feb 8, 2011 50 pictures 0 comments
• 106

  Broken down bus   Magwe, Myanmar on Feb 10, 2011 38 pictures 0 comments
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  A horizon of ancient Buddhist payas   Bagan, Myanmar on Feb 11, 2011 97 pictures 1 comment
• 108

  On the road to Mandalay   Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb 15, 2011 35 pictures 0 comments
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  2 day train up the railways   Myitkyina, Myanmar on Feb 17, 2011 88 pictures 0 comments
• 110

  4 day boat down the Irrawaddy   Sinbo, Myanmar on Feb 20, 2011 70 pictures 0 comments
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  4 day boat down the Irrawaddy   Bhamo, Myanmar on Feb 22, 2011 74 pictures 0 comments
• 112

  Ridin' atop a truck full-a mellons   Kalaw, Myanmar on Feb 26, 2011 33 pictures 0 comments
• 113

  3 day trek: Kalaw to Inle Lake   Inle Lake, Myanmar on Mar 2, 2011 84 pictures 0 comments
• 114

  WA, back to the first world   Perth, Australia on Mar 6, 2011 31 pictures 0 comments
• 115

  Waves, more waves... and wineries   Margaret River, Australia on Mar 10, 2011 88 pictures 2 comments
• 116

  Quick trip south, long trip north...   Albany, Australia on Apr 18, 2011 39 pictures 0 comments
• 117

  Into the great north expanse...   Geraldton, Australia on Apr 21, 2011 29 pictures 0 comments
• 118

  National park   Kalbarri, Australia on Apr 22, 2011 52 pictures 0 comments
• 119

  Car problems   Carnarvon, Australia on Apr 25, 2011 57 pictures 0 comments
• 120

  Desert northland   Exmouth, Australia on May 8, 2011 28 pictures 0 comments
• 121

  Eastbound to Melbs   Melbourne, Australia on May 15, 2011 38 pictures 0 comments
• 122

  Down to Tasmania   Hobart, Australia on May 19, 2011 83 pictures 0 comments
• 123

  3 day solo hike down the Tasman Peninsula   Tasman Peninsula, Australia on May 28, 2011 90 pictures 0 comments
• 124

  New Zealand for the winter...   Christchurch, New Zealand on Jun 3, 2011 68 pictures 0 comments
• 125

  Deep south   Dunedin, New Zealand on Jun 17, 2011 49 pictures 0 comments
• 126

  Fiordland   Milford Sound, New Zealand on Jun 22, 2011 34 pictures 0 comments
• 127

  Winterfest   Queenstown, New Zealand on Jun 24, 2011 24 pictures 0 comments
• 128

  Rugged west coast   Greymouth, New Zealand on Jun 26, 2011 55 pictures 0 comments
• 129

  Cruisin' north island-bound   Kaikoura, New Zealand on Jul 3, 2011 40 pictures 0 comments
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  North Island   Wellington, New Zealand on Jul 5, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 131

  Mahia Peninsula   Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on Jul 13, 2011 22 pictures 0 comments
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  East side   Gisborne, New Zealand on Jul 15, 2011 24 pictures 0 comments
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  One of the first places to see the sunrise   East Cape, New Zealand on Jul 18, 2011 61 pictures 0 comments
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  Coromandel peninsula   Coromandel, New Zealand on Jul 21, 2011 47 pictures 0 comments
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  Top of NZ   Cape Reinga, New Zealand on Jul 25, 2011 82 pictures 0 comments
• 136

  In the city   Auckland, New Zealand on Aug 1, 2011 30 pictures 0 comments
• 137

  Left point-break dreamin'   Raglan, New Zealand on Aug 5, 2011 42 pictures 0 comments
• 138

  Tongariro Alpine Crossing   Tongariro National Park, New Zealand on Aug 13, 2011 122 pictures 0 comments
• 139

  Surf Highway 45   New Plymouth, New Zealand on Aug 14, 2011 56 pictures 0 comments
• 140

  South island coastal tropics   Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand on Aug 19, 2011 92 pictures 0 comments
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  Tallest summit in NZ   Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand on Aug 24, 2011 59 pictures 0 comments
• 142

  Samoa   Apia, Samoa on Aug 31, 2011 155 pictures 0 comments
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  Savaii   Savai'i, Samoa on Sep 3, 2011 98 pictures 0 comments
• 144

  Fiji   Nadi, Fiji on Sep 10, 2011 139 pictures 0 comments
• 145

  Polynesian dreamin'   Yasawa Islands, Fiji on Sep 18, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 146

  Homeward bound...   Los Angeles, CA on Sep 29, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 147

  Back on the road. Destination: Himalayas   Kathmandu, Nepal on Feb 14, 2012 139 pictures 0 comments
• 148

  Chitwan National Park   Sauraha, Nepal on Feb 21, 2012 86 pictures 0 comments
• 149

  Annapurna   Pokhara, Nepal on Feb 24, 2012 284 pictures 3 comments
• 150

  Top of the world   Everest Region, Nepal on Apr 1, 2012 329 pictures 0 comments
• 151

  East Terai   Llam, Nepal on May 8, 2012 58 pictures 0 comments
• 152

  Enter India   Darjeeling, India on May 12, 2012 38 pictures 0 comments
• 153

  Sikkim   Sikkim, India on May 16, 2012 72 pictures 0 comments
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  Assam   Guwahati, India on May 24, 2012 38 pictures 0 comments
• 155

  Root bridges, steamy jungle, blue lagoons   Cherrapunji, India on May 27, 2012 97 pictures 0 comments
• 156

  Bangladesh, my 40th country   Sylhet City, Bangladesh on May 31, 2012 61 pictures 0 comments
• 157

  Lowacherra National Park   Srimangal, Bangladesh on Jun 3, 2012 95 pictures 0 comments
• 158

  The capital   Dhaka, Bangladesh on Jun 5, 2012 156 pictures 0 comments
• 159

  Surfing Bangladesh   Cox Bazar, Bangladesh on Jun 10, 2012 160 pictures 0 comments
• 160

  Sundarbans   Khulna, Bangladesh on Jun 23, 2012 120 pictures 0 comments
• 161

  Back to India   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jun 27, 2012 64 pictures 0 comments
• 162

  Holy Ganges river   Varanasi, India on Jul 2, 2012 104 pictures 0 comments
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  Taj Mahal   Agra, India on Jul 7, 2012 41 pictures 0 comments
• 164

  Due north, to the mountains   New Delhi, India on Jul 8, 2012 42 pictures 0 comments
• 165

  Yoga   Rishikesh, India on Jul 11, 2012 43 pictures 0 comments
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  Long road north   Manali, India on Jul 16, 2012 78 pictures 0 comments
• 167

  Returning to the Himalaya   Leh, India on Jul 19, 2012 289 pictures 0 comments
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  Kashmir   Srinagar, India on Aug 7, 2012 119 pictures 0 comments
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  Golden Temple   Amritsar, India on Aug 13, 2012 97 pictures 0 comments
• 170

  Movin' southbound...   Mumbai (Bombay), India on Aug 19, 2012 78 pictures 0 comments
• 171

  Goaing to goa   Goa, India on Aug 23, 2012 49 pictures 0 comments
• 172

  Kathakali and backwaters of Kerala   Alappuzha, India on Aug 28, 2012 89 pictures 0 comments
• 173

  Yoga / meditation   Varkala, India on Aug 29, 2012 35 pictures 0 comments
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  Grande finale: surf and the bottom tip of India   Kovalam, India on Sep 1, 2012 50 pictures 0 comments
• 175

  Home, for now...   Carpinteria, CA on Sep 5, 2012 0 pictures 0 comments
• 176

  Taking a bite out of the big apple   New York City, NY on Sep 29, 2012 0 pictures 0 comments
• 177

  Europe   Vienna, Austria on Jan 3, 2013 120 pictures 0 comments
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  Backcountry ski   Goller, Austria on Jan 15, 2013 22 pictures 0 comments
• 179

  Skiii   Semmering, Austria on Jan 18, 2013 36 pictures 0 comments
• 180

  The amphibious city   Venice, Italy on Jan 21, 2013 66 pictures 0 comments
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  Spaghetti bolognase   Bologna, Italy on Jan 24, 2013 21 pictures 0 comments
• 182

  Tuscany   Florence, Italy on Jan 25, 2013 52 pictures 0 comments
• 183

  It's still leaning...   Pisa, Italy on Jan 27, 2013 24 pictures 0 comments
• 184

  Skiing in the Dolomites   Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy on Jan 28, 2013 44 pictures 0 comments
• 185

  Alps   Innsbruck, Austria on Jan 30, 2013 17 pictures 0 comments
• 186

  More skiing   Saalbach, Austria on Jan 31, 2013 19 pictures 0 comments
• 187

  Further east   Budapest, Hungary on Feb 9, 2013 42 pictures 0 comments