vinos y tapas

Porto

2012-01-25T04:20:00.000-08:00

El Golfo

2012-01-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

Visited this neat little part of the island and saw just how cool Volcanic terrain can be.

César Manrique Day!

2012-01-08T07:54:00.000-08:00

Spent a day on the North of the island chasing César Manrique's work: from his swinger pad to his mean "only the king can swim in it" pools. Also visited nearby caves created by flowing lava underground!

El Grifo Wine Museum

2012-01-08T07:43:00.000-08:00

Right by their vineyards El Grifo has a small wine museum that showcases all of the different methods of production over the centuries - and then you get to drink the stuff! Yum.

Timanfaya National Park

2012-01-08T07:36:00.000-08:00

Visited the Parque Nacional de Timanfaya, which is probably the closest thing I'll get to being on Mars.

Lanzarote

2012-01-08T07:27:00.000-08:00

Flew to the Canary Islands over the Christmas holidays for a much needed dose of vitamin D.

Madrid!

2011-12-08T06:16:00.001-08:00

Santiago

2011-11-16T15:20:00.001-08:00

Though I've taken a disappointingly small amount of photos this year so far, I hope to play a bit of catch up in the coming months - especially here in Santiago where it's so damn nice.

Sanxenxo and Around

2011-10-15T11:56:00.000-07:00

It's October and there's a heatwave in Spain! Been heading to the beaches as much as possible while we still can. There are also pictures from a nearby village where they make Albariño.

Also, to much fanfare, October 15th 2011 marks the day Steph joined the book of face, so you can now get in touch with me there if you're one of those people who pretend email never existed. However, I'll continue to post photos solely on the bloggo for now.

On & Around Santiago Cathedral

2011-09-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

Em and Hot Carl came to visit Carly and I during their trip in Spain! We did a tour of the cathedral's rooftop, where we had nice views of the rest of the city.

Barcelona

2011-09-11T05:23:00.000-07:00

I had been wanting to go to Barcelona ever since I read The Shadow of the Wind in 2008. Liked it even more than I thought I would! Will certainly go back at one point in the future, possibly to get more into photography and fall in love with an artist that turns out has a crazy partner that is also a successful artist that will try to kill one of us with a revolver in their studio, or something.

Blackstool

2011-09-05T09:22:00.000-07:00

Chav horror central. If you like to see overweight women in sweatpants shouting and swearing at their boyfriends while smoking and pushing a stroller, this is the place to be. Oh, and rollercoasters.

Manchester and Around

2011-09-05T08:42:00.000-07:00

Museums in London

2011-09-05T06:20:00.000-07:00

Visited the Science Museum, British Museum, and Natural History Museum (which I've wanted to see for years!) in London.

London

2011-09-05T06:06:00.000-07:00

Yes, Carly and I were in London while the riots were still going strong. No, we didn't see anybody bricking shops/police officers, looting any sick Adidas gear, or get arrested. We did see heaps of police however, and you could hear sirens or see police cars and ambulances whizzing past pretty constantly throughout our few days in London. Beautiful, busy, busy city.

August Beach Mission

2011-08-02T08:42:00.000-07:00

Back in Spain! Wasted no time driving South and camping on the beach for the night. Fantastic sunset, nice waves (for surfers with less of an aversion to swallowing sea water while I read my book on the beach) and good times.

Canada 2011

2011-08-02T08:33:00.000-07:00

Was fantastic to see so many friends and family for nearly 3 weeks this July. Thanks to everyone who came out, and I'm greatly sorry to all of those I didn't manage to meet up with this time around. Love to all and hope to see everyone again soon!

Keeping Up Appearances

2011-07-06T04:48:00.000-07:00

I've updated the blog a bit so that it looks less of a giant turd. Visit to Canada in a few days!

San Juan

2011-06-24T13:24:00.000-07:00

Jumping over fires all night? My kind of holiday.

Sonar: Galicia

2011-06-19T07:11:00.000-07:00

Santiago DC!

2011-06-19T07:08:00.000-07:00

Porto

2011-04-26T14:21:00.000-07:00

Aveiro and around

2011-04-26T14:20:00.000-07:00

The Spanish are such good Christians that we get a whole week off for Easter in Spain! These photos are from Aveiro and its environs, "The Venice of Portugal". I don't have any photos of canals or boats because my camera decided to die on me for a good chunk of the trip, so you'll have to take my word for it.

ponte maceira

2011-04-10T12:39:00.000-07:00

madrid

2011-04-10T12:13:00.000-07:00

march coast mission

2011-03-20T02:15:00.000-07:00

some of spain's nicest beaches are less than an hour away from santiago. this one was completely empty, too.

carnival: xinzo

2011-03-06T04:24:00.000-08:00

first of many: santiago de compostela, spain

2011-02-27T10:06:00.000-08:00

I took one picture during the whole time in England and haven't been taking the camera out much here either because looking at photos of people drinking and smiling bores me. I've been drinking and smiling a lot lately.

Here's a few that I've managed to get in the past 2 months.

eating bugs in bangkok

2011-02-21T14:31:00.000-08:00

despite the two drunk australians next to us who thought we should "definitely try the cockroaches", it turns out eating fried insects is pretty much as bad as it sounds. but, you know, had to do it.

bangkok: royal palace

2011-02-21T14:24:00.000-08:00

otres beach

2011-02-20T13:16:00.000-08:00

kampot

2011-02-20T13:00:00.000-08:00

kep

2011-02-20T12:59:00.000-08:00

s-21

2011-02-20T12:51:00.000-08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum

cambodia's killing fields

2011-02-20T12:37:00.000-08:00

phnom penh: royal palace

2011-02-20T12:35:00.000-08:00

angkor wat

2011-02-06T08:10:00.000-08:00

ko phi phi

2011-01-27T09:40:00.000-08:00

visa run!

2011-01-27T09:30:00.000-08:00

for visa reasons, carly and I had to escape thailand and pop into malaysia for about 10 minutes. we got to go for a long drive through the then-flooded south of the country.

railay

2011-01-27T09:21:00.000-08:00

on on hotel, phuket

2011-01-21T06:57:00.000-08:00

chiang mai

2011-01-21T06:53:00.000-08:00

includes thai cooking classes and muay thai kick boxing. the in-between-fights entertainment included blindfolding volunteers who would bash each other senseless for a few minutes, usually to the tune of the final countdown.

the gibbon experience

2011-01-21T06:36:00.000-08:00

three days and two nights of zip lining through the jungle and living in a tree house 40m above the ground.

Videos!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPxiKcopasA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtKpIIxEgkU

luang prabang

2011-01-16T08:06:00.000-08:00

3-day mahout training course

2011-01-16T07:47:00.000-08:00

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mahout

ok, so it's nothing i'll be putting on my resume anytime soon, but getting up early every morning to ride elephants was amazing.

bus journey from vang vien to luang prabang

2011-01-11T11:07:00.000-08:00

though one of the rougher bus rides of our trip due to tubing the day before, the ride from vang vien to luang prabang was incredible. loas is a mountainous, green, amazing place.

vang vien

2011-01-09T04:38:00.000-08:00

vientienne

2011-01-09T04:19:00.000-08:00

carly in nme

2011-01-04T11:39:00.000-08:00

while in england over xmas and new year, i learned that carly and her friend carrie had done a photo shoot with guy from elbow for nme years ago. this is awesome/hilarious! i'm putting the photo up here as revenge for carly never telling me.

... also, moving to spain tomorrow. wish me luck!

dennis in porn's, ko chang

2010-12-30T07:45:00.000-08:00

went to ko chang in thailand to visit our crazy australian friend, dennis.

gili islands

2010-12-30T07:37:00.000-08:00

sengigi

2010-12-30T06:24:00.000-08:00

rented some (pink) wheels to drive up and down the coast of lombok. good day.

ubud, bali

2010-12-27T07:21:00.000-08:00

ulu watu, bali

2010-12-27T07:15:00.000-08:00

kuta, bali

2010-12-27T07:14:00.000-08:00

singapore

2010-12-27T07:09:00.000-08:00

popped into singapore for a few days to catch the giles peterson worldwide festival.

perhentian islands

2010-12-21T05:41:00.000-08:00

kuala lumpur

2010-12-21T05:22:00.000-08:00

mañana resort

2010-12-21T04:56:00.000-08:00

stayed in bungalows on a private beach in north borneo for a few days. paradise.

borneo river tour

2010-12-21T03:29:00.001-08:00

kota kinabalu and kinabalu national park

2010-12-21T02:37:00.000-08:00

last taiwan photos

2010-12-21T02:25:00.000-08:00

photos from may and july, my last 2 months in taiwan. includes my old ride, a broken social scene concert, and a hitler father's day cake.

2010 south east asia trip

2010-12-20T19:58:00.000-08:00

taipei to kota kinabalu to sarawak to manana to kuala lumpur to perhentian islands to kota bahru to singapore to kuta bali to ulu watu to ubud to sengigi to gili trawangan to gili air to kuta bali to bangkok to koh chang to bangkok to vientienne to vang vien to luang prabang to huay xay to chiang mai to phuket to krabi to ton sai to malaysian border (visa run) to krabi to railay to koh phi phi to krabi to bangkok to siem reap to phnom penh to kep to kampot to otres to bangkok to taipei to kuala lumpur to london to manchester.

will slowly be putting photos up from this 4 month trip. currently stuck at kuala lumpur international airport because no one in england owns a snow shovel.

Danshui

2010-06-17T09:34:00.000-07:00

Bonne fête maman!

2010-05-31T06:37:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM3uevv-w1I

2010-05-31T06:23:00.000-07:00

sanxia and fuxing scooter mission

2010-04-05T23:14:00.000-07:00

ran around on scooters for hours on windy taiwanese mountain roads to check out some new towns and villages nearby.

arequipa, peru

2010-03-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

arequipa is a nice city in the south of peru. nearly all of these photos are from a convent that was closed-off from the public for hundreds of years until the seventies. the nuns may be out, but the pretty - though i'm sure well renovated/restored - architecture of the place is still in.

colca canyon, peru

2010-03-21T23:03:00.000-07:00

still have some photos leftover from my 2008 south america trip. these are from a 2-day tour of colca canyon, one of the deepest canyons in the world.

100th post: cihu mausoleum

2010-03-21T04:38:00.000-07:00

i can't believe i've kept this thing alive for so long.

but to speak of things that aren't so alive, taiwan feels "so-so" about its past with chiang kai-shek and dismantled most statues of him across the island. instead of destroying them all, they are now conveniently situated in one small park in cihu. less is more? or more is more? there was even a band playing. and ice cream.

philippines, chinese new year

2010-02-22T20:17:00.000-08:00

visited the island of palawan in the philippines over chinese new year. island hopping, motorbiking, jeep-driving, beach-lying, tricycle-riding, sea kayaking, snorkeling, eating, drinking and merry making extravaganza.

sleeping in taiwan

2010-02-08T23:04:00.000-08:00

a few weeks ago, carly and i made a trip to taichung where we visited the national museum of natural science. this is where i snapped this photo of a man out cold on (presumably) his child's stroller. to a foreigner, it seems that a lot of people here love to sleep whenever they can - who doesn't? - but back home i wouldn't have the courage to catch a nap on a park bench or, well, a pram.

museums in taichung

2010-02-08T23:01:00.000-08:00

tupiza, bolivia

2010-01-18T22:26:00.000-08:00

14 hours of horseback riding in 2 days. to the amusement of my guide, i had to jump off once when my horse decided to bolt for a soccer goal (below) and had to go to hospital afterward. oops.

iguazu falls, argentina

2010-01-18T22:18:00.000-08:00

niagra falls times ten. have so many pictures of these! will be putting more up in the future.

marc in guayaquil, ecuador

2010-01-18T22:16:00.000-08:00

liked this photo of marc at the very top of las gradas in guayaquil, ecuador.

nazca lines, peru

2010-01-18T22:11:00.000-08:00

huanchaco, peru

2010-01-18T22:07:00.000-08:00

huacachina, peru

2010-01-18T21:55:00.000-08:00

cusco, peru

2010-01-18T21:54:00.000-08:00

potosi, bolivia

2010-01-18T21:37:00.000-08:00

did a tour of the old silver mines in potosi, bolivia. all of its silver long gone, miners still make a living there today chipping (and dinamiting) away at its rock walls to extract whatever minerals are leftover. the mines are poorly ventilated, if at all. a lady in my tour group lost her shit twenty minutes in and wanted to leave because she couldn't breathe. awful and eye-opening.

rummaging, part deux: buenos aires

2010-01-18T21:10:00.000-08:00

over christmas in canada i grabbed the remainder of the photos from my 2008 south america trip and i'll be posting some as i sort through them again. here's some pictures from buenos aires, another best place on earth.

cycling to danshui by keelung river

2010-01-18T20:57:00.000-08:00

miramar, taipei

2010-01-18T20:54:00.000-08:00

canadanistan

2010-01-05T07:09:00.000-08:00

jiufen

2009-12-01T17:39:00.001-08:00

taroko gorge

2009-11-01T18:06:00.001-08:00

taiwan's main tourist attraction, and rightfully so. this place is awesome.