http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Pdalmira/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Pdalmira en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:28:57 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:28:57 +0000 Hey again right now I am in the Washington DC airport waiting to board my next flight to Ottawa to see my family. Wanted to give a short account of the past couple of days of my trip.I left off last on day four of my trip having just met up with Brandon in Simi Valley one of the vallies just outside of LA. The next day was the first night of Channukah Brandonrsquos comes from a large jewis http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-358339.html Hey Just thought I would make a blog so I won't forget what I have done on my Winter Break 2008. Here is the trip plan December 1723Visit LA area Stay in Ventura county and visit Patagonia the first couple of days .then move into LA to visit my friends Sydney and Brandon.December 2326Fly into ottawa hang out with family and see grandma. Bringing all the ski gear with and hoping that weathe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-356262.html Hey I am now back in the States but I just thought that I would wrap up with one last blog of my Australia and Hawaii trip. The last couple of days in Australia consisted mostly of packing and wrapping up a couple of last things. We sold the Saab to a car wrecking business in Geelong ran by a cool Italian family. Also went up to Melbourne to see Shannon and Jen one more time. Dan and Melissa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Raleigh/blog-308007.html Hey Andrew and I just finished our last day of work this Friday We said bye to all of the coworkers we had got to know well over the past 10 weeks. They were from all over the world including Iran France England China Japan Turkey and India. Also we went down the winery to say bye to the Manager Nyall and get a couple of bottles from the award winning Waurn Ponds Winery. That night Sha http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Philip-Island/blog-307994.html I just had some free time and I realized that I forgot to account for a pretty significant event Two Wednesdays ago on the 8th of July there was an explosion at the labs I was working at my desk upstairs when it happened. It was a really loud boom that actually shook the upper level. First everyone up here just froze and looked around then about 20 seconds later the evacuation alarm went of http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-303888.html This past weekend we took the ferry from Queenscliff to Sorrento. This is across the big bay that Melbourne is on. Andrew Daniel our Auzzie friend Taz and I took the trip on Saturday. On the way to the ferry there Taz took us on a bit of a tour through Breamlea Barwon Heads and Point Lonsdale. There were a lot of good beach and rocky breaks around there that we hadnrsquot checked out bef http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-302598.html Hey again time for another blog update. Last time I made an entry it was right before we all went on a trip down the Great Ocean Road. We left early in the morning and eventually made it down to the 12 Apostles. They are rock formations that are standing tall in the middle of the ocean. There used to be 12 of them but with erosion there are only about 6 or 7 now. They looked amazing we got http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-301264.html Hey again it has been a couple of weeks since my last post. Irsquove done a lot and I figured it was about time to set up an update. First of all the injury that I had while I was surfing in Sydney turned out to be what I suspected a ruptured distal bicep. Two Tuesdays ago the 17th of June I had surgery to repair the injury. The procedure was to make about a 3 or 4 inch long ldquoZrdq http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-294238.html This past weekend I spent 4 days in Wollongong visiting Justin. Justin and I have been friends since elementary school and basically learned to surf together. He has spent the past 4 months in Wollongong going to university there. We went surfing a couple times every day and each night we just hung out with his roommates and chilled out at his place. We surfed a world class point break called http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-287827.html Hey again everybody just sitting around the house and thought I would post another update on some of the things that I have been doing. We moved into our new place last Tuesday morning The house is amazing It is located about a 5 minute walk from a couple of great surf breaks and about a 2 minute walk from a bus stop in a little town called Jan Juc. Jan Juc is right beside Torquay and is a l http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-282705.html Hello again This is my first entry after arriving in Australia. I arrived in Melbourne early friday morning and have been staying in a hostel called the National Hotel in downtown Geelong since. The hostel is clean in a good central location run by friendly people and is relatively cheap. We are currently been pretty busy looking for a place to stay. Andrew and I have been looking for a sp http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Geelong/blog-280158.html Hey again another update of the trip so far. The past 2 days were spent on the North Shore We did a bunch of surfing near Rockies up there. It was consistently several feet overhead the first day and slightly smaller the second day. We also went to Waimea Bay and did a bunch of body surfing in huge shorebreak and jumped off the cliff there. Today Andrew Chris and I went surfing on the so http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Waikiki/blog-278192.html Another entry for 920am Saturday morning. Yesterday Andrew and I went spearfishing all day on the south shore. We went to a spot called Kewalos then went to Magic Island in the afternoon. We shot a bunch of Manini and Aholehole fish both were awesome for a lot more fishtacos for dinner. They ended up feeding about 5 people. We shot all of them freediving with polespears. While we ate the fi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Waikiki/blog-277020.html Hey again just doing another entry for the past couple of days. Yesterday Andrew and I went spearfishing at Magic Island. We saw a lot of excellent fish and wildlife. I saw several big fish including bonefish ladyfish blowfish and others. I spent most of the first half of the time trying to find octopus to spear because I heard you can find them in the area. I couldn't find one so we jus http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Waikiki/blog-276101.html Hey everyone This is my first blog entry on this site. We landed in Hawaii about midnight on the night of May 7th. After landing we moved into some friends place in Kahala which was pretty cool. The spot was nice and close to bus stops and near a little grocery store. We went and bought some cheap food pita and peanut butter and jelly and then went on to snorkel at Hanauma Bay and then bod http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Waikiki/blog-275494.html