Archive | September, 2010

Coldwater Rush in Santa Cruz

29 September 2010

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Beautiful Pleasure Point

Arriving at any great place when you travel is great. But for a surfer, life is even sweeter when the arrival coincides with arrival of a good-sized swell and epic waves. It doesn’t happen all that often for the non pro-surfer, but this time the stars aligned and I was blessed with 4 days of […]

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Falling into the “Travel-Hole”

27 September 2010

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Falling into the “travel-hole” is what I think happens to everyone who experiences radical changes in a short period of time. For me this is usually the case during the first two to three days on a trip: I am all super-busy back home with packing, preparation, immunizations, saying good-bye to family and friends, wrapping […]

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Preparing for Take-off

22 September 2010

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Leaving any place that you lived in for more than a few months is difficult. If the place you live in is great, then you build friendships and connect with the place – you simply feel at home. Now imagine the place you call home is also paradise! And I mean literally: Perfect weather, some […]

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What to Pack?

17 September 2010

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Ever thought packing is easy, talk to my uncle who traveled around the world and offered this advice: “Bring two sets of cloths, when one set is drying you wear the other one! After a few weeks on the road you won’t care anymore!” With that in mind I hardly packed any clothes, but still […]

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Moments before the adventure

6 September 2010

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I’m on the last stretch of being at home in beautiful Hawai’i before embarking on a trip of a lifetime: a years worth of time, one backpack, a surfboard under my arm and an open mind. Ready or not – World – here I come. Stay tuned for more to come…

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