Playa Del Carmen, Day 3
We we’re originally booked on an adventure tour but after the screw around the day before, we were more than happy to let the $10 deposit go to waste. We accidentally slept until 11am as it was...
View ArticlePlaya Del Carmen, Day 4
I loved Cozumel so much that I decided to go back! I found a $20USD snorkel tour, jumped on the ferry and found the pier. I had an hour to kill till the trip so went for a wander around some art...
View ArticlePlaya Del Carmen, Day 5
A very short day in Mexico – I didn’t want to leave! Slept in a little then got all our luggage ready. I was flying to Vancouver at 4pm and the girls were heading to Cancun for a night, then LA for a...
View ArticlePlaya Del Carmen – holiday tips
While I loved our five days in Playa Del Carmen, there are a few things I’d do differently next time. Here’s my list: Use ADO for airport transfers. Cheap, comfortable and reliable. Stay at a hotel...
View ArticleMy Mexican Boyfriends
One of my favourite aspects of Playa Del Carmen is my Mexican boyfriends! I have sooo many. Let me describe to you our conversations… Mexican: Hola Chica! Me: Hola Mexican: you want to buy something...
View ArticleVancouver, Day 1
I feel like I have slipped back in to my old life. With the click of a finger (or rather a flight over the pacific) I’m back with all my old friends, in my old neighbourhood, eating at my old fave food...
View ArticleVancouver, Day 2
It’s like the breakfast holiday so far! Amanda cooked me one of the most amazing breakfast I have had in my life. Fresh croissants, sautéed onions & mushrooms, poached eggs and a béarnaise sauce...
View ArticleVancouver, Day 3
I was up early and ready for Yvette to pick me up for our road trip to Harisson Hot Springs except, Yvette, true to character was late. We went by a Farmers Market so I could investigate for work then...
View ArticleVancouver, Day 4
Started the day with a buffet brekfast. Met the most hilarious omelette making man ever. Not that I’ve met others to compare him to…. I had planned to take the day off work but Yvette had something...
View ArticleVancouver Day 5
Soo I’m about two weeks behind here but I’ll try remember! We worked until check out then drove back from Harison Hot Springs to White Rock where we were hoping for some oysters. No luck – there was a...
View ArticleVancouver Day 6
i was up early and in Kits for some business meetings. I met with my good friend Sunny and Tim for breakfast where we had awesome discussions about the future of food. Tim drove me to EA Games where...
View ArticleBundy Buddies
Happy Birthday to me! Used my Velocity points to buy return flights to Bundaberg to visit my best mate Benny in Bargara for a long weekend. I flew over on a Thursday where I promptly landed and had to...
View ArticleNew Year 2016 on the lake
My brothers and I were all quite content chilling at home for NYE however my Mum seemed to think this was absolutely appalling and secretly made some calls to see if we could get a house by the lake...
View ArticleI’m going to Singapore!
Yeah. I am. Like right now! I found flights when I was home over Christmas to Singapore return for $420 for the Australia Day long weekend and considered it in passing. I had mentioned it to some...
View ArticleSingapore, Day One
One of the easiest and quickest trips I’ve had through an international airport! Helps I only had carry on. Nothing to declare so straight through the door, no authorities or anything. I tried to...
View ArticleSingapore, Day Two. Champagne brunches and drunken debauchery
I woke up early and tried to stay in bed a while as I heard Singaporeans weren’t early risers. What an understatement! I was up at ten and the whole of Chinatown was still shut down. Ample...
View ArticleSingapore – Day Three. Up in the trees
Awesome day! Met Kieran at downtown as unfortunately Ka Lei had a conference. We walked to see the Merlion and all around the waterfront in search of food – nothing! Nothing opens until after ten. All...
View ArticleSingapore – Day Four. The zoo, Uber fails, tourist traps & hawker FOMO.
This day came far too quickly. Our last day in Singapore. I woke up, packed and went to meet Ka Lei & Kieran for breakfast, except I was distracted by yum cha and stopped for some dim sims, pork...
View ArticleBargara for the weekend
I try and get over to Baragra about every 6 months or so to see my good friend Benny and his girlfriend, Jo. Lucky for me, we have a project on in Bundaberg so I was coming for work anyway and was...
View ArticleEn Route to Europe!
What a day! My final day at work for three weeks, the Celeb Sports Quiz then straight out on my flight! It was hectic to say the least. Woke up early, couldn’t go back to sleep. Washed my sheets and...
View Article