Santa Monica, End of the Road

08
May

LA is a megalopolis.  

I keep trying to get my head around its ever increasing expansion but it’s a tough mental challenge.

Santa Monica is like an escape hatch from urban sprawl. It’s a perfect town within a city so why not make it a base of operations while exploring the rest of LA?

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Iceland in Winter, Why Bother?

20
Apr

Trekking around Iceland’s highlands in winter takes some fortitude. Is it worth it?

When I flew into Reykjavik’s Keflavik airport a fierce wind was blowing from the North Atlantic. Sleet was turning to snow before my eyes. I stepped outside the terminal building and faced into what felt like a cold shave with ice water and a dull blade. It hurt.

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Dog Sledging Svalbard Style

08
Feb

Dogs are supposedly man’s best friend. In the frozen lands of Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago, dogs are also man’s best transport option.

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All Sides Oslo

05
Feb

Few capital cities have an outdoor sculpture park like Oslo’s Vigelandsparken. More than 200 granite, cast iron and bronze statues are modelled on people Gustav Vigeland observed during his 74 years, almost all of it spent in Oslo. His old house is next to the park named after him, close enough for the master to see his work simply through looking out his front windows.

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Getting High in FNQ

20
Dec

Far north tropical Queensland, a.k.a. FNQ or TNQ (Tropical North Queensland), has taken a couple of huge hits in recent years. Cyclone Larry ripped through the area around Tully, Innisfail and Babinda in March of 2006 while Cyclone Yasi rammed into the coast between Mission Beach and Cardwell in February 2011. Billions of dollars in damage ensued but thankfully, no lives were lost. Yasi shattered history. It was one of the biggest storms ever recorded.

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