A hiker crosses one of three swing bridges on the Hooker Valley Track in Mt. Cook National Park. Featured Photos is a series highlighting interesting or cool things I encounter on my travels and the…
Office of the Day is a semi-regular series on my favorite places to work I find around the world. Since running this website, and my associated social networks, require an internet connection, I am constantly…
Into the air As we piled into the chopper, a slight hint of anxiety welled up in me. I get a bit skittish about flying and it’s especially magnified if I can’t see out a…
Featured Photos is a series highlighting interesting or cool things I encounter on my travels. This week’s photo is from the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand. After devastating earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 that…
Me on the Hooker Valley track in Mt. Cook National Park One month in. It’s crazy to write that out. I’m long past my previous record for solo travel and I’m closing in on my…
Having fun with my headlamp in the Tatare tunnel above Franz Josef. If you squint you can just make out some glowworms near the top center of the image. The tunnel was built to move…
360 degree view from the top of Ben Lomond peak, Queenstown, New Zealand. I came to Queenstown for the same reason so many others do. It is called the adventure capital of New Zealand and…
The drive from Tekapo up to Aoraki Mt. Cook National Park was absolutely stunning as the road hugged the aquamarine Lake Pukaki. Suspended rock dust ground down over the millennia from the Hooker and Tasman…
BMW Z4 on the road to Aoraki Mt. Cook. I’m going to let you in on a little secret that can save you a ton of money while giving you great freedom to get off…
Brisbane Botanic Gardens I landed in Brisbane after two long flights from the United States with just 20 hours to spare before I flew on to New Zealand. I got in too late to do…
Greetings from Portland, Oregon where I’m at the start of my round the world adventure. Flying direct from Washington, DC on to New Zealand would have involved many very lengthy flights and was not something I was…
Everything I own fits in here! As I’ve been preparing for my big trip, what is on my packing list has probably caused the most amount of stress. Reducing my life to that of a…
