January 19, 2018 Yesterday, I took a ukulele lesson. Let’s just say I won’t be quitting my day job anything soon! My hopes to finance the rest of my trip by ukulaling my way across the world was dashed by the second chord (D7, by the way). Alas! What’s a poor wandering soul to do? Read More
Rabbit Island (Mānana) & Kaupo Beach, Oahu.
January 14th, 2018 Yesterday, January 13th 2018, at 8h09 am, I sat in my room in Waikiki, searching on my computer for a place to spend the next 3 weeks as I had decided to extend my stay in Honolulu until the first week of February. During the years of dreaming about this adventure, I’d Read More
January 13th 2018 Aloha! My first full day in Honolulu was spent in the most typical Hawaiian way: at the beach! Waikiki Beach that is. Conveniently located a mere block from where I am staying, Waikiki Beach is actually composed of 8 sections of white sand paradise. I spent a long time letting the Polynesian Read More
Day: 106 Km Travelled: 8,104.9 km Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i January 9th 2018 Here I am, sitting in the plane, reflecting over the last few weeks. I arrived in Canada on December 20th, after a hectic day at the Paris airport that almost resulted in me missing my flight. Upon landing, I quickly discovered that all Read More
All my bags are packed I’m ready to go I’m standin’ here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. ‘Cause I’m leavin’ on a jet plane Don’t know when I’ll be back again…
Wishing everyone who celebrates A Very Merry Christmas! I’ve found my way back to Canada and am enjoying spending the holidays with friends and family before heading back out in January 2018. Next destination: Hawaii!!
Day: 101-102 Km travelled: 298.1km Steps: 14 755 Location: Kandern, Germany December 16-17, 2017 With the end of the year fast approaching, the Scottish poet’s classic new year hymn comes to mind and is the perfect prelude to this post: Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for Read More
Day: 100 (!!!) Km travelled: 6.1km Steps: 9,538 Location: St Moritz, Switzerland December 12-13, 2017 My journey on the Glacier Express brought me to my final stop in my new favourite country (shhhh… don’t tell the others): the luxury alpine resort town of St Moritz. Known for its grand hotels and high-end gastronomy, St Moritz Read More