Looking Out To See
In March 2020 I was lucky enough to go on a bit of a reccy trip with my company (Untamed Borders) to South Sudan. The focus of the trip was very much to experience the various tribal cultures, some of the oldest and remotest in Africa, despite the country being the youngest in the world. […]
Towards the end of our Australian epic, we spent some time in a little town called Pottsville with some more wonderful and extremely hospitable family members (homecooked meals every day – yum). As the town is near the border of New South Wales and Queensland we got the chance to explore a few areas either […]
From Melbourne, the fella and I decided to take a little 3-day road trip down the Great Ocean Road. The official starting point is in Torquay. Our first stop was Point Impossible beach, little did I know that I navigated us to the nude-y beach, oops! After that, we drove through town to Bell’s Beach, […]
I felt that the William Ricketts Sanctuary deserved its own post. Situated in Mt. Dandenong area of Victoria, in the greater vicinity of Melbourne, the sanctuary contains approximately 90 sculptures, mainly from the trees and rocks, by artist William Ricketts. The sculptures feature aboriginals and aboriginal philosophy. The artist spent time living among aboriginals and […]
After Sydney, we moved on to Canberra. It’s a strange city. It was planned so everything is completely structured, the road network, the buildings, the views. It is like a model city. And apparently one of the cleanest, hospitable and secure capital cities in the world. I’m glad we went to see it though as […]
After visiting Melbourne, we set off on a drive to Sydney. Yep…its a long way….like, really really long way. We travelled along the Hume Highway, and I can safely say it’s probably the most boring road I’ve ever driven. We stopped halfway in a tiny little place called Talangatta and stayed at gorgeous Air BnB […]
Flinders Street Station is an incredible building in Melbourne. As soon as I saw a photo of it I knew it would be my priority to sketch it. It didn’t disappoint in real life. We braved the searing 46-degree heat of this particular day to get a glimpse of some of the Melbourne sights. Luckily […]
While I was living in San Miguel de Allende, part of Guanajuato state, my friend and I hopped on a bus to go and visit some other areas, one being Guanajuato, the city of the same name as the state. I thought San Miguel was colourful, Guanajuato is another level. I tried my best to […]
What can I say about good ol’ San Miguel de Allende? I lived there for the past 6 months (May to October) in order to study silversmithing with a delightfully insane yet extremely talented 70-year-old Canadian ex-pat. If you want to check out studying silversmithing in San Miguel, check out the Sterling Quest School website. […]
In April 2019 I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to visit the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. I was there for 3 nights in a secure compound. Any time spent outside if the compound was in the company of a guide and 4 armed security guards…quite the experience. The reality is Mogadishu is just […]