July 30, 2012
Unlike many other travel bloggers, I have never kept an official travel bucket list. This doesn’t mean there aren’t experiences I hold in my head as possibilities each time I venture away from home. I was able to have a few random “firsts” once I was already in Hawaii – here’s the skinny on how […]
April 23, 2012
You can’t really top a proposal on the beach. But there were a few other exciting things that happened on my Fiji trip. As much as I’m dying to post more pictures like this… …there’s more interesting stuff to show you. Exciting moment #1 The inflight magazine Earlier this year, I successfully pitched Jetstar Magazine […]
November 18, 2010
In addition to diving the Great Barrier Reef on my trip to Cairns, I also ventured to the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, the Tablelands and Port Douglas, which are doable as day trips. Here are my favorite things I saw there. 10. This View In the Atherton Tablelands. It reminded me of Ireland. One of […]
November 3, 2010
Those words greeted me right before I stepped into the water to experience my first-ever scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef Saturday. My tour was with Down Under Dive, and our guide Brendan tried to lighten the mood with that crude request. I sat on the edge of our boat, the tank on my […]
October 26, 2010
Scuba diving. Surfing. Sky diving. Bungee jumping. This is the list of things I always thought it would be cool to do “someday in the future” or “if I got the chance.” This translates to: I was never going to really do these things if I could help it because they scare the bejesus out […]
February 24, 2010
Last weekend was full of “wow” Australia moments. After a series of rainy weekends that I didn’t want to complain too much about with my East Coasters getting pounded by snow, the sun decided to shine both Saturday and Sunday. I decided to take advantage by going on a hike in the bush up near […]
