Archive | October, 2010

Gear review: Important equipment on the road

27 October 2010

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I carry an awful lot of things with me on the road. Some items are used on a daily basis and other pieces go unused for weeks at a time. Now, what’s my most important piece of equipment? I know that my answer will surprise many of you (believe me, it surprised my as well!).

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Costa Rica Beach Adventures

10 October 2010

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Big Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica

After a day in a sweaty bus going up and down dodgy switch-back roads, I finally made it to my destination: the Pacific Ocean. My first mission was to find a surfboard that works for me. After running around the little town and literally looking at over 200 surfboards it dawned at me how spoiled […]

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Costa Rica – Arrival

8 October 2010

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Arriving in Costa Rica was like a slap in the face right after exiting the airport! It was hot, humid, full of people, taxi here taxi there, the usual “good deal for you my friend”, somebody grabing your bag to carry it, someone else asks if you want girls…You get the point. Luckily the hustling […]

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Dangerous Adventures

1 October 2010

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Sometimes the most dangerous things can be so small that you can only see them under the microscope. A good friend of mine invited me to come along and look over his shoulder while feeding deathly bacteria and viruses for his experiments the following week. Not having any real experience in labs and advanced biology, […]

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