AFRICA 2014 VIDEO

I choose the overland trip with Intrepid travel tours, driving along dusty roads in the truck, camping, setting up base, me and tent mate Ange got our tent set up and set down to under a mere 10 minutes by the end of it. Getting into the cooking and the cleaning, ‘Flapping’ the art of holding a kitchen utensil after washing and waving them in the air like you just don’t care as a means of drying them in order to be packed away, a great arm workout. The attempted uses of Swahili, stocking up on the local alcohol on offer, tasting every beer along the way and finding a few gems, Amarula, just Amarula guys. Along with 3 great guides, Ben, Ken and Patrick who made the time memorable. 

Some of the other travellers were taking on the gorilla treks in Kenya and Uganda, whilst some had just finished the month prior travelling up from Cape Town to Vic Falls. And here I was thinking 1 month was waaay to long, now I’m itching to go back. I feel like I’ve hardly seen the continent of Africa, there’s just too much to explore. 

Although that one month spent travelling through Africa was a dream come true type experience. 

It was actually exactly like how mainstream media played it out to be, even as I stepped out of the airport I heard the beat of the african drums and the call of wild, like something out of Jumanji or the Wild Thornberry’s. Quite literally actually, it was a band of african drummers welcoming new travellers. 

The safari’s were exquisite! Being able to knock off the Big 5 in one day was such a good tick off the bucket list moment. Accompanied by some of the best drivers and guides, walking with rhinos and the chase to get some great leopard shots because they knew it was totally worth it. Giraffes poking their head around, elephants and hyenas walking through our camp grounds in the Serengetti, sitting around the campfire and the night sky like I’ve never seen before. 

This may be a little late, just over a year now. But better late than never. I know originally everyone wanted this to the classic Karl Wolf’s - Africa, but copyright laws these days on youtube and the tempo didn’t fit as well, hope y'all still enjoy this one. 

Enjoy, Asante!

Seeing Sound!

Splendour In The Grass 2014 is upon us!

This upcoming weekend I'm headed to join droves of music vagabonds to one of Australia's greatest music festivals - Splendour In The Grass! The 3 day festival stretching from Friday 25th - Sunday 27th July is held in the ever glistening Byron Bay, far north along the coast of NSW - 9 hours from Sydney.

Stoked to be going to this extremely bohemian, fun loving, country backyard vibe filled festival for the first time. I Sadly missed out on last years killer lineup, but Splendour never ceases to disappoint. With this years line up featuring some amazing acts, I'm especially excited to see Outkast, Childish Gambino, Spiderbait, Peking Duk, Wave Racer, Foster the People and Sam Smith - just to name a few. 

Getting into the mood listening to some of my favourite songs from this years artists! 

Check out my Splendour In The Grass Souncloud Playlist beloooooow! 

CAMBODIA VIDEO

 

having an absolutely amazing time exploring tree eaten temples and the ancient monolithic structures left behind by the Angkor civilization.

The best daily make-up routine

 

Of all the make-up tutorials none have delievered on the truth behind what it really takes to stand out of the crowd quite like this one.

 

From Anna Akana

And the results are real, you can see them are right before your eyes, through Anna herself.

From the way she speaks, to the way she holds herself.

I'm definately hitting the Subscribe button on this entertaining lady.

Childerness

My return to Sydney, meant it's time to face what I had been running away from. Adulthood.
With the memory of high school still quite fresh in my mind, it’s as though I was only just being asked, 'where do you see yourself in five years'.
 
I feel I'll need a paper bag if I dwell any longer on the thought that the 5 year mark has already come and gone, and that ten year point seems not too far off in the horizon. Whilst I'm definitely a different person than when I walked out of the hallowed halls of highschool, adulthood hasn't grown on me as much as I had thought it would have by now.
It seems becoming an adult doesn't come as naturally as one once thought.
Taking on responsibility, taking on the career ladder or knowing what to do with oneself doesn't come inherently with age. The freedom of being an adult that my young eyes once yearned for isn't as liberating or glamorous as it seems, and in your early twenties it can actually be quite terrifying.
Instead of being halfway to the ambitious and roaring life I imagined myself to be in by now, I find myself clambering for those half-hearted happy go lucky university student days. A time when it felt I had all the time in the world and naive enough to truly believe 3 years later at 24 I'd have things all figured out. Instead the path ahead seems more out of focus and murkier than ever. Not knowing exactly where I want to go or how to get there.

I don't mind growing old, I just don't think I want to grow up.

 

Whilst I'm happy to never grow up and lead a life like Peter Pan, purely lead by the chase for adventure. There's a nagging voice in my head urging me to step up to the plate, to be realistic and practical, and with it the pressure to be a successful adult.

Timing seemed to be right when Kingsley, a favorite Youtuber of mine, talked about growing up in one of his latest videos. When asked - Do you ever have one of those 'WTF am I doing with my life' moments? Kingsley replied with:

"I have at least five of those moments a day.
I'm so sick of trying to figure everything out, if I look at myself five years ago I never would of seen the self I am today. Life is so unpredictable and it's ultimately a bunch of random choices, that lead you to where you are.
 
I have fun, I have friends, I have family, I can eat... I'm Good."

Video Here
 

And I can’t agree with him more.

I have a lack of confidence in my choices, when it comes to food let alone when it comes to life. I can’t be sure if what I do will have the desired effect and I’ll always question if I could have done it better.

This all came along after celebrating an 18^th birthday. I realized how much time had passed since I was that age, and comparing the thoughts I had of life then with the realities of life once I was faced with them. I didn't think it would take me an extra year to finish uni, that I'd travel for a year afterwards and I'd still be out of my depth and only in my first junior role at 23. As much as we plan or dream its ok if you don’t attain it within a mere 5 years out of highschool. It isn't as long as first presumed, but actually quite a short timeframe in the grand scheme of becoming a person. Becoming your adult self.

In the end I guess success can’t be measured one way, if I end up with a career resulting in me being head hunted by the fortune 500’s top corporations, or if I end up spending my days venturing the world in a hoodie. If I find the love of my life, if I have exactly 3 children (1 boy and 2 girls). No matter the choices we make where ever we end up, we need to lead ourselves to whatever makes us happy, we have to make our own Neverland’s. However we get there whenever we get there. It might not always be easy but even Peter Pan needs fairy dust.

Just keep one foot in front of the other, have faith in the leaps, the risks, the struggles, lifes bound to throw you something left of field and you just have to keep aiming for Neverland.