The weather is getting nicer around here, and while “nicer” doesn’t necessarily mean “warmer”, it does mean I’m more inclined to go out and explore rather than stay home playing video games all day while swaddled under multiple blankets. Hooray. On one such instance where I’d ventured out I’d met a friend for brunch on the weekend and we […]
Honolulu has a north shore too: A (belated) road trip recap
It feels like ages now, but it wasn’t too long ago that I was vacationing in sunny Hawaii with a close friend of mine. I was going through some photos the other day and found a bunch from a road trip we’d taken from Waikiki to Honolulu’s North Shore. And then it hit me— since […]
A rainy day trip to Sydney’s Northern Beaches
Oops… I disappeared again. I need to stop doing that. Quick life update: I’ve started a new job and after some visa delays was in a bit of a funk. Now I am finally starting to feel like I’m back in a routine again. As part of that routine, I’ve been making a point of […]
Hiking in Hawaii: Oahu’s Diamond Head
After spending a couple days at the beach in Waikiki, splashing around in the water and laying in the sand started to get old. I’d heard good things about the Diamond Head State Monument in Honolulu so that was where I headed. It’s a big ol’ crater made by volcanic activity about 300,000 years ago — […]
Beachy Keen in Waikiki
Oops, I may have disappeared again. But not completely! If any of you follow me on Instagram, you’d know I was in Oahu just last week. This was my first trip to Hawaii and it was amazing. Sun, sand, water that’s not too-close-for-my-liking-to-freezing-temperature… AH-MAZING. I stayed in Waikiki, at a hotel just a five minute […]