Category: Travel Stories
Fucked in Philly
Check out my friend Stefan’s post about our bad luck in Philly, when we tried to attend game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals in support of our
Fucked in Florence
During their random European adventure, Jason and Stefan decided to hit up the lovely city of Florence, Italy for a day of good sights and great
The Expedition – Day 8 to 16
Day 8 to 16 Cities – Dole, Porche, Pangboche, Kjang-Juma, Namche, Phadking, Lukla Elevation – 4,100m (13,500ft) to 2,860m (9,400ft)
The Expedition – Day 7
Day 7 City – Gokyo Ri Elevation – 5,500m (18,100ft) Trekking Time – 5 hours This was it. This was what we had come to the
The Expedition – Day 6
Day 6 City – Gokyo Elevation – 4,800m (15,800ft) Trekking Time – 6 hours No more fucking around. The 2 easy (if you call 4
The Expedition – Day 5
Day 5 City – Machermo Elevation – 4,400m (14,500ft) Trekking Time – 4 hours With little to no sleep the previous night, we
The Expedition – Day 4
Day 4 City – Dole Elevation – 4,100m (13,500ft) Trekking Time – 4 hours Altitude problems start becoming a possibility when you
The Expedition – Day 3
Day 3 City – Khumjung Elevation – 3,800m (12,500ft) Trekking Time – 4 hours Waking up early again, we had breakfast in the
The Expedition – Day 2
Day 2 City – Namche Bazaar Elevation – 3,440m (11,350ft) Trekking Time – 6.5 hours After an early evening the night before, we
The Expedition – Day 1
Day 1 City – Phakding Elevation – 2,800m (9,200ft) Trekking Time – 4.5 hours At 4:30am, my alarm goes off on my mobile.
The Expedition – Day 0
Day 0 City – Kathmandu Elevation – 1,400m (4,600ft) Trekking Time – 0 When my friend Zita informed me that she was visiting
Kathmandu
First thing required when entering Nepal is a tourist visa. Going through customs at the Kathmandu airport, I applied for the visa in person and
No meat or beer for a month!
Upon arriving in Nepal, I have decided to give up 2 of my loves for the duration of my time here, eating meat and drinking beer. I figured that
My Hawaii 2009 Video
This is my video compilation for our 6 week Hawaii trip in Jan and Feb earlier this year. Enjoy.
Leaving Paradise
Time flies when you’re enjoying life. You also forget to update websites and blogs, so I will just summarize my last few weeks in Hawaii.
Kula Jams Benefit in Lihue HAWAII – Donovan Frankenreiter and Jake Shimabukuro
Every trip that I have traveled with Stefan, we have managed to see a good concert somewhere along the way, and coming to Hawaii, I was really
Becoming Hawaiian!
So we’ve been (living) in Hawaii for 2 weeks now, with probably another month or so to go, and it’s been pretty sweet. Stefan and I
Hawaii – The way to start off a year!!
So we’re a week and a half into 2009 and I’ve been in Hawaii for just over a week now, and as much as I love the snow and love how
Cuban Review
Well, a week in Cuba and quite an interesting place it was indeed. It was kind of what I expected in a way, and not what I expected in many ways.
Villahermosa
In Spanish, Villa means village and hermosa means beautiful. Jason and Carlos drives back towards Mexico City from the very south east of