Tide pools In Lagoons On Mindoro Island: The Beautiful And The Truly Strange

I woke up early the other day, and I noticed the tide was way out in the lagoon (this was when we were staying on the Southeast corner of Mindoro Island). Our bungalow was just some thin thatched walls and roof, and we left the door open for some ventilation all night so that in […]

Kiteboarding Palawan: Blood, Sand, And Saltwater

We have been kiting quite a lot. We found some really great, remote, uncrowded spots to kite, mostly in lagoons, inside reefs, with onshore wind, and lots and lots of coral. By now, in our travels, and owing mostly to the fact that I never really wore shoes if I wasn’t required to most of […]

A New color: Apo Reef Blue

We took a boat out to Apo Reef the other day. We went out with a group of friends we have been traveling with for a few weeks, and had a boat all to ourselves. As a matter of fact, we were the only boat to go out to the reef that day so it […]

Too Much Gear And The Tuk Tuk Mafia

We have been traveling for fourteen months. We travel to chase wind and waves and adventure. We kite, surf, snorkel and freedive, and because of this we need to travel with a ton of gear and a pretty hefty first-aid kit. When you include all the gear, Tam and I each travel with two bags […]

A Fun Bunch Of Travel Companions

We left Sri Lanka to go to the Philippines because a group of friends from Southern California were taking a three-week trip there to kite, explore, and relax. We thought it would be nice to hang out with friends from back home, and it was. What a great bunch to travel with. We moved a […]

But What About Purpose?

I have spent quite a lot of my time recently, in the last year or so, thinking about purpose. I have (many) people in my life that insist I will go crazy in retirement, and come running home to jump back into the rat race. All for the reason that our lives will lack the drive […]

And Good Morning To The Philippines!

We made it! After twenty two hours of short flights, medium layovers, ridiculously long terminal transfers, and no sleep, we got into the Philippines. We are tired, but happy to be here starting a new adventure. We are meeting good friends from LA, kiting and hanging out. Tam and I will be here for two […]

So Long Sri Lanka

We have been here for nine months. It has started to feel like home. And, as with any home, it comes with its goods and bads. Thankfully the list of goods is much, much longer than the little list of bads (and honestly, the bads ain’t all that bad). I can’t possibly do this list […]

Two Princesses

We rescued a dog. This was back in June (or July, I can’t remember). She was found starving to death with her two siblings on a remote island when a group of kiters from our place found them. It took a couple of days to get back to them, but when we did two of […]

Wow! One Year.

I was just digging through all of the forty two thousand pictures we have taken since we left on January ninth last year, and, holy shit! It has been one year today. I was thinking I would dig up some highlight photos from everywhere we have been in the last year, and post them on […]