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After having such a great few days in Melbourne before leaving made, me feel a little sad about leaving the country again but, I soon put my mind to the good times I have ahead. Flight from Melbourne to Singapore was good, sitting next to a Chinese Canadian that was in his 40s and had the love for travelling as well. He was of his way to Kathmandu to climb Everest base camp with some old mates from Germany, sounded like a great adventure that sometime I will do as well. He had been all over the world and mentioning Columbia and Chile were pretty much his favourite countries, something I have added to the bucket list. Making it to Singapore and my connecting flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I found my hostel and checked in ... read more

With the action packed day of cannoning the day before it was time to say goodbye to Dalat and make our way to Nha Trang. During my time in Dalat I meet an English girl in her early 20s named Anna that was heading to Nha Trang as well so with a little bit of convincing she deciding to jump on the back of my bike to really see Vietnam for the next leg. This part of the trip the whole gang was together, Jazza, Maarten, Rob, Meaghan, Anna and I, which was the first of many trips throughout Vietnam together. With a planned get away set at 8am we all got together but Jazza run into a few problems with his bike and had to find a mechanics to do a quick fix. This really ... read more

Leaving Saigon with my new bike I was a little nervous but mostly excited about what was to come. Making my way through the crazy traffic of bikes, cars, trucks and buses there seemed to be no rules other then size matters!! Surviving the day I was roughly 150kms out of Saigon with around 150kms left to Mui Ne when the sun started to go down at 5:30pm. Stopping for a coffee on the side of the road I asked the girl where a hotel was with my trusty piece of paper the receptionist in Saigon wrote out for me converting English to Vietnamese for questions like, how much is this? Where is the nearest ATM? Where is the nearest hotel? This piece of paper has been worth it's weight in gold. With it becoming dark ... read more

I’ve been Kota Kinabalu for a week now and once again it’s been a full on time. It all starts with the flight here, leaving Tokyo, Japan on Sunday 25th of March about 11:30pm. The flight ended up taking roughly 7hrs to Kuala Lumpur so by the time we got there I wasn’t in the best shape; legs just didn’t want to move. Waiting 5hrs for my connecting flight to KK (Kota Kinabalu), I got some food and updated everyone on Facebook I was still alive and well. The Flight to KK was pretty quick only taking 2hrs and organising a taxi from the airport to my hotel Eden54 was a breeze. Checking in I was welcomed with a nice clean double bed room to myself, which was a well-received change from the accommodation I had ... read more

So just when I thought life couldn’t get much better it has!! On Wednesday after yet another big day of powder plus it was my first day with my new board I bought for $AUD168 delivered from a Japanese website (not bad), we decided to stay out on the mountain and watch the sunset (great idea). So to do this we had to duck away in the no ski zone before the chairlifts stop and ski patrol buzzes around getting everyone off the mountain. Ohh and not to forget to take enough beer to last the sunset. At 3:30pm Matt, Tim and I took the top chair lift and dived under the no ski fence and headed along a peak to find a perfect spot for the sunset view. After snapping a few a few photos ... read more