Graceful, swift and beautiful, the butterfly flutters effortlessly through the garden. It seemingly has few worries as it inspects one flower before taking off to its next landing pad. As we watch it float majestically, we see freedom, we see it’s beauty and we see grace. Rarely do we look at the butterfly and think …
THE WEEKLY
There’s something about long-haul flights and lengthy transits, which send me into a contemplative realm. I leave behind all of my simplistic daily thoughts and start to analyze my life from an external point of view. I start to question everything about who I am and the direction I am heading in. Thousands of feet …
Project Lombok came to a close and I needed to take a breather. A breather for me looks like 9-10 blog posts in a week, 55 kilometers of running, gym sessions daily and meetings. Yes, I have trouble relaxing. It’s an issue. Having said that, just having a base for the week is already quite …
I’ve put off writing this edition of the Weekly for a few days too many. I just didn’t want to rush writing about such an incredible week. Project Lombok was everything I had hoped it would be. Project Lombok is a week where each of the participants paid a fee of $1500 USD to be …
After the craziness that went down in El Nido with Red Bull, I jumped on a plane (several) and made my way to Indonesia. I flew into Bali and spent one night at my classic budget airport hostel, Te Quiero, before flying again the next morning to Lombok. I had four full days on Lombok …
Well, that was a huge 10 days in El Nido and without writing a short novel it would be hard to encapsulate everything that I’ve been part of over the last week and a half. Instead of summarizing it all as I usually would, I think I will highlight the 6 highlights or adventures of …
Three years ago I hit publish on the Journey Era blog. Little did I know, the moment my finger clicked that button would change my life forever. I was living on Oahu at the time, which is a tropical island in Hawaii. I was in the last semester of my journalism degree. Sitting in the …
It’s not every day you are invited to sail across the Philippines in a Catamaran so when VOPO asked Josh and I to join the maiden Philippines sailing voyage we were literally on board. The plan for the 10-day expedition was to begin in Batangas and sail through Romblon, Cebu and finish in Negros with …
Digital Nomad is a bit of a buzz-term. Those who flaunt the breakfast in the pool, Bali lifestyle are often (but not always) more show than dough, more walk than talk when it comes to their actual situation. The real digital nomads are often in a dark corner of their Airbnb hard at work while the …
Last week was my motorbike adventure to Bohol and I didn’t quite mention about how I got home. I woke on my final day in Bohol at 3 am and drove to Alicia. Here I met a local guide and we hiked up Binabaje Hills for sunrise. We then hiked back down and I jumped …
On a whim, I decided to head over to Bohol. I’d been in the ‘Boal’ for a couple of weeks and had thought about trips to Camiguin or Siquijor but in the end, it lined up perfectly to drive over to Bohol and join Jammy and Plastic Free Bohol for a clean-up collaboration. I was …
This week has seen me chip away on so many fronts on the computer that I have spent more time sweating in the French Cafe than I have outside at the beach, which is only meters away. I always play the long game. That often means that a specific week can be a 5/10 but …