Merry Christmas to everyone back in the States!! Christmas ended for me  about 20 minutes ago…but for you guys the day is just beginning as I write so I figured this is the perfect time to update everyone on my sailing adventures. I have been quite busy over the past couple of weeks with one tour after another. And, not wanting to spend the holidays alone or at a hostel, I booked myself on a sailing trip through the Whitsunday Islands – they’re spectacular!
This video won’t even …

Alrighty, well, the day after I parted ways with Pauline and Linda I had a true, quintessential  RTW travel backpacker  moment…I was forced to ponder just exactly why my head itched so much…
This is an unedited excerpt from my journal:
November 30, 2008
I kinda hate this backpackers hostel…this place brings the word filthy to a whole new level…right now I am pondering if I have head lice from the beds…ewww! Let’s hope not because that is going to rightly suck!  On top of all of that, I think that I …

Alright, so we pick up the tales in Bateman’s Bay – after the fun with the Kangaroos the

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update – I am currently in the very center of Australia, the Red Center, as they call it and will embark in just a few short hours on a three day camping/hiking adventure in the Australian outback – that means I wont be posting.  Had to let everyone know just in case Nikita and Lisandra are serious about their threats to call the embassy!
Also, I have a stats page now up on the nav-bar…you can stalk me just a bit from here…find …

After nearly three weeks in Australia I was really disappointed that I had not yet seen any kangaroos or koalas in their natural habitat and was truly hoping that my trip down the south coast of New South Wales would bring me into contact with either of these quintessential Australian animals.  When I first  got to Sydney I went to the Taronga Zoo and saw both animals, but really, what fun is that – I can see kangaroos and koalas in a U.S. zoo.  That’s why I was …