The Vitals Date: May 27 to June 21, 2026 Locations: Townsville, Magnetic Island, Atherton Tablelands, Port Douglas, Daintree, Cairns New Bird Species (Total Bird Species): 57 (139 – grand total) Partners: Brittany, Lance Accommodations: 13 nights camping, 3 nights housesitting, 9 nights hotels The Trip Townsville This section of the trip commenced with a drive […]
The Vitals Date: May 17 – May 26, 2026 Location: Brisbane QLD to Bowen QLD via Carnarvon Gorge NP New Bird Species (Total Bird Species): 23 (82) Partners: Brittany, Lance Accommodations: 9 nights camping, 1 night hotel The Trip Looking ahead to the next section of our road trip after a housesit in Brisbane, we […]
The Vitals Date: April 29-May 16, 2026 Location: SE QLD, NE NSW New Bird Species (Total Bird Species): 59 (59) Partners: Brittany, Lance Accommodations: 1 night on a plane, 1 night in a hotel, 8 nights camping, 7 nights housesitting The Trip On the morning of May 1 we landed at Brisbane airport after 14 […]
The Vitals Date: April 30 to May 10, 2025 Location: Yunnan, China Distance: ~350 km, some hiking Partners: Brittany Resources: Cycle Fiesta. We cribbed most of our itinerary from this trip report. The Trip Part 1 finished at approximately the half way mark of our tour in the town of Shaxi. This town is over […]
The Vitals Date: April 18 – April 29, 2025 Location: Yunnan, China Distance: ~340 km biked, 20 km dayhike Partners: Brittany Resources: Cycle Fiesta. We cribbed most of our itinerary from this trip report. Part 2 here The Trip In 2018 we spent a month riding over 1000 km in China’s southwestern Yunnan province. In […]
The Vitals Date: June 21-28, 2024 Location: Mayrhofen, Austria Distance: ~90 km Time: 8 days Resources: Trekking in Austria’s Zillertal Alps, Austrian Alpine Club The Trip The Berliner High Route/Berliner Höhenweg/Zillertal Rucksack route is a hut-to-hut, multi-day hike in the vicinity of Mayrhofen, Austria. As a loop, it can be done in either direction staying […]
The Vitals Date: March 25 – April 2, 2023 Location: SE Nevada, SW Utah, NW Arizona Partners: Brittany Photos: Brittany The Trip Highlights At the end of winter in BC we thought we would take a different type of vacation than usual – one that was based around driving but still had lots of camping […]
Photo of seaside riding next to the Dardanelles looking across to Gallipoli. The note from the policeman was in Turkish but it was 2012 and we were travelling without a stove, let alone a phone with a data plan. The day had begun sunny and warm as I and my cycling partner rode along the […]
The Vitals Date: April 2 – 9, 2018 Location: Surabaya, Indonesia (and Bali) Purpose: Work, but with time to be a tourist Trip In the past two years it seems that every few months there is a sudden, immediate need for me to travel somewhere international for work. This time around it was to the […]
The Vitals Date: October 31 – November 7, 2017 Location: Bogota, Colombia Partners: Jose Alberto Purpose: Work, but with time to be a tourist Foods tried: Ajiaco – a salty soup with chicken, different potatoes, and corn Obleas – A street food dessert made of two thin wafers sandwiching condensed milk, caramel, raspberry jam, and […]