This is the last photo I took with my professional Nikon I saved for. It should be better, right? I'm in Christchurch, New Zealand. I started my day a bit unmotivated after the chaos at the airport and the messed up return airfare, but it got…
My final day in the final Kaalamaya speaker's truck, Brian took me to where he grew up. Then he told me he has rapid-onset Alzheimer's and in a few months? All of this will be lost. He is the final speaker, the only one of his Aboriginal mob…
Tomorrow, I will start seeing THIS! The giant potato cods of Cod Hole in the northern Great Barrier Reef can reach 8 feet long and a whopping 240 pounds, and you can stand there as they brush right by you! It's one of the most well-known divi…
I hardly ever remember to review stuff on Trip Advisor [http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/members/ayapua#CITY_TILES]. I did tonight .. and was pretty excited when I saw my map of review contributions ... Look at all those pins!!! Then I saw I have only…
When I finally board the Prospector and push my backpack, tent and camera bag up into the overhead of the car, I will have been in Australia for 8 weeks and seen nothing except freaking Kalgoorlie. Haaa! I don't mind. I, in fact, will say, go…
Still can't believe I flushed a toilet and toads scrambled up the bowl. And four more did when I used the OTHER toilet, next door. When I tell this incredible tale to my Aussie folk here, they give me the "you're talking about buying…
In eighth grade Kelli told me a new girl moved in down the street. We became fast friends and despite her moving to Florida in high school and years of silence between, in the last years we have reunited as friends should, and the bittersweet is r…
I'm proud to announce that 585 Magazine [https://www.585mag.com] has featured a first-person essay by me about the experience of building the preschool in Nicaragua. Go The Friends Project [https://www.thefriendsproject.org]! If you are new to…
It's a great day to listen to Motorhead and Maps on Main Street !!!! This is what happens when I remember to turn my cell phone on and it's so sunny I can barely see and it's the SECOND time in a day I've walked the 2 miles r/t to t…
