One of the most stunning hotels I’ve seen, the stuff dreams are made of:
Really don’t mind a dip in that pool right now. It’s only 9am and sweltering - we’re meant to be in the sun today for a soccer tourney. Feeling much better today after a good sleep, a strong dose of Dimetapp and a coffee. Holidays cannot come soon enough!
Images via Perivolas.

Took a drive around on Saturday to soak up some sunshine, ended up on Maroubra beach after driving around for an hour and looking at other smaller ones. I was parched by then, so I stepped into the first cafe I saw, and on the wall was a photo of Santorini. The cafe is run by a lovely Greek lady who spent some time chatting with me and she tells me the islands are beautiful.. which is good to know because I will be going there, can’t wait!

I’ve been neglecting this list since I’ve moved to Sydney, amongst other things. What is it about us that we get so unquestioningly complacent, and settle into everyday routines that will quite easily see us to the end of our days? Does life ‘just happen’ or is that an excuse we use later on because we didn’t really do more than dream?
As I was saying in the last post, I live in fear of not being able to do all the things I want to do, and go to all the places I want to go to and while it’s a stretch to even get halfway through this list I’d hate to wake up one day when it’s too late and wonder why the hell I didn’t at least try..
..so here goes, in no particular order:
[All images link to photographer's Flickr page]
1 - Island hop around Greece (2011)

2 - Look down the Avenue of the Dead from the top of the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacán, Mexico

3 - Ferry over the great blue hole, off the coast of Belize

4 - Explore the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru

5 - See the Aurora Borealis with my own eyes

6 - Cycle through Provence (and spend a Summer in) France
7 - See the Taj Mahal in India
8 - Walk along the old city port in Dubrovnik, Croatia

9 - Float the Grand Canyon

10 - Stand in the middle of Times Square (then shop 5th Avenue!)

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A jogger’s path, YM, San Francisco. Sydney’s sister city.. almost :)
I spent my weekend at the Gold Coast with some friends in a haze of adrenaline and sunshine. Kind of wishing it were longer - it already feels like it happened ages ago!
We hit Dream World with a mission: to hit up as many rides as possible.. starting with the Giant Drop. I haven’t had this much fun in an amusement park since, well, the last time I was here when I was 12? 14? I barely remember. And S found this awesome gadget called Q4U which virtually holds your place in the queue while you do other stuff. It was the best $7 I spent that weekend!
In the end, only N and I went for the last remaining ride of the ‘Big 6′ - The Claw:
What a rush! I shouldn’t have - it did us both in :/
We also had time to have a game of laser tag, possibly more awesome than paintball.
It was a brilliant weekend up at the coast. I think I’m gonna plan a Summer further up the coast just to hang out on the beach and be a bum for a week.
Looking forward to the coming weekend - Miss T is dropping in on me and we’re really looking forward to catching up over some beers!