New friends

I have had the most interesting week, and I have much to soon report on my new cast of international friends, Sydney, backpacking, and the history of Ireland. But first I would like to mention that I have not once wondered what’s been happening on ‘The Hills’. Until I realized that I hadn’t once wondered […]

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Gum and spittle

Everything that has a chance of being stained is always a random mix of colors and design. Like movie theater carpeting, hotel bedspreads, and these bus seats. This design of illusion makes me wonder how many stains I am actually looking at but cannot see. Such worry is what causes me to immediately whip the […]

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East Side

Byron Bay is a small town, home to the most Easterly point in Australia (of this, they are very proud). It’s known in Australia as a hippie town, and I guess I might compare it to a less plastic surgery-obsessed Laguna beach. The colors here make any US beach look washed out. I can’t stop […]

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Fire up the barbie!

Ok, I am not roughing it at all actually.After 24-hours of travel, I arrived in Byron Bay, received by my friend Meredith at the 3-million dollar house she rented for her wedding. It’s the opposite of roughing it.There are breezes that blow through the Balinese doors and wrap you in a blanket of your own […]

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24 hours later….

I am here! I have arrived in Brisbane! I am a true backpacker. I showered in the Brisbane airport and used my chamois towel. I am truly roughing it!

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