Travel
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A Green Focus
I ended my review of 2009 promising to write more about green issues and how I plan to lessen my impact on the environment. Now I expand on those ideas further.
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Magical Melbourne
After two and a half weeks exploring various cities, it was finally on to Melbourne, and the final stop on my short tour of Australasia.
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Celebrating the New Year in Sydney
Since visiting Sydney in 2003 I’ve been longing to return. In the intervening years I’ve visited more cities and for a time considered Chicago to be my new favourite—understandable given my love of architecture. As I flew over Sydney Harbour I quickly realised I was wrong.
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Absolutely, Positively, Wellington
From Nelson I reluctantly headed back to Wellington, cursing myself for not having an itinerary that continued south. However, Wellington will remain the most memorable city of this trip, although perhaps not entirely for the right reasons.
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A Small Taste Of The South Island
Having arranged my flights into and out of New Zealand before I had decided upon a full itinerary—departing from Wellington rather than an airport further south—meant I had little time to really explore the South Island.
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Auckland: A City In Search Of Itself
Before the tan disappears (although I fear it already has) I’d like to record my short journey across New Zealand and Australia. There is much to say, so over the next few days, I shall try to describe how I ended the previous decade down-under.
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My LA Ex
I hoped that almost missing my flight would be the worst my trip to New Zealand would have to offer, but thanks to overzealous immigration officials at LAX, that was nothing but a minor blip.
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Ending the Decade Down Under
I’ve long held two ambitions. The first: to return to Australia before this decade is out. The second: to welcome in a New Year on Sydney Harbour before I turn 30.
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Europa!
As predicted, I was unable to blog during my travels across Europe last month, although less predictable was this being due to the death of my laptop mid-trip. I’ll be posting reports and photos from the cities I visited over the coming weeks, but here are a few general thoughts to start off with.
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Cologne
The first stop on my nine city tour of Europe, was Cologne in Northern Germany.
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One Hour in Belgium
Brussels will be quickly forgotten.
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A European Adventure
After a number of years focusing my travels around big American cities, today I start a three week jaunt across Europe.
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Washington DC: A Monumental City
The final stop in my four-city tour of the US in October was Washington, D.C. Given that I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the United States these past few years, I thought it only appropriate to visit the nations capital, and see its iconic landmarks in the flesh.
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Chicago: A City Apart
I briefly encountered Chicago in March, relaxing there for two nights after three long days aboard the California Zephyr. At that time it was a snow covered, cold and blustery city, but I saw enough to want to come back.
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Seattle: Finding Gems in the Emerald City
The first stop in my four city tour of America was Seattle in the north-western state of Washington. Probably best known for it’s iconic Space Needle, it’s perhaps no surprise that I spent most of my time fixated on this slender looking tower.
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Riding the California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a 56 hour, 2348 mile long train journey that starts in Emeryville, California. After speeding across the deserts of Nevada and Utah, it climbs over the Rocky Mountains, tunnels under the Continental Divide before heading towards its final destination of Chicago’s Grand Union Station.
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Three Sullen Faces
Having spent the best part of two years abroad, I’m finding it easier to guess where people come from by their appearance alone.
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New York & San Francisco
A few weeks after my stay in Montreal, I spent ten days touring New York and my home town of San Francisco with my good friend Ellen, who braved the long flight over the Atlantic to come see me in America.
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A Few Days in Montreal
I’m sitting here in my hotel room overlooking a city I have quickly come to love, Montreal.
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Falling in Love with Austin
Just a quick post (at 4:45am in the morning) as I’m feeling a little guilty that I’m behind on my blog posting (plus I can’t sleep due to anxiety about this evenings 20x2 performance).
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A Weekend in Las Vegas
Having finally recovered from a cold that’s knocked me out for the last two weeks, it dawned on me that only four weeks into 2007, I’ve already managed to cover a fair bit of ground.
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Moblogging in New York
Last week I upgraded my phone to the lastest Sony Ericsson - the "K800i. This is the fifth Sony Ericsson phone I have owned (previous models being the T68i, T610, K750i, W800i), which I think says a lot about how much I love the design of both the user interface and the phones themselves.
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When in Rome
A couple of weeks ago, in a rare break away from my computer monitor, I spent a week in Rome with my friend Nancy and her sister. It has only taken me 25 years to set foot on the continent, and boy was it an eye-opening experience.
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Busy (and Fun) Month Ahead
Although June is already pretty much done and dusted, there is still a little bit of fun coming my way this month.
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(Do You Know the Way to) San José
Last Saturday I took myself on a little tour of San José, the self-proclaimed capital of Silicon Valley.
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These Old Shoes
I can’t help but feel that this blog is getting a little self-involved. So instead I want to talk not about me, but a pair of old trainers, that after 3 years of loyal service are going into retirement.