Next up was Invercargill, one of the southernmost cities in the world. We happened to stumble upon a really sweet backpacker’s (hostel) run by a really awesome guy named Sparky. He was a total character, a total stoner, and a super nice guy. He had quit his job a few months back to run the [...]

Next we headed south stopping a couple places along the way. I know we stopped in Fox Glacier and then Lake Wanaka. I can’t remember but there may have been another place on the way. All fairly uneventful. We did try to go skydiving at lake Wanaka but it was too cloudy. We got booked [...]

On Steven and Maggie’s recommendation, we went to stay at Gentle Annie on the west coast. It’s kind of in the middle of nowhere and its just a beautiful campground run by an amazing family. They own a 1000 acre lot that has been a giant greenhouse complex with a cafe, a golfcourse, and now [...]

Next we headed to Nelson, a really cool coastal town on the north of the island. While there, I received an email from Peter Gray, my friend Emma’s father. Peter is awesome. I DJ’d his 50th birthday party. Anyway, the email said that his brother lived in Nelson and that we should stop through and [...]

So after leaving Thailand, I was heading to New Zealand to meet up with my good friend from McGill, Matthew Murphy and his friend Dan Beeler who he grew up with in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. They went over in October (or sept?) and were working on small vineyards. Originally they had planned to get jobs in [...]

After leaving Pai, I headed back south the Bangkok to hang out with the fam for a few days and get ready to leave. I met up with my old neighbor, Ying again, and once again, she spoiled me rotten with an awesome meal (she works for CitiBank). So nice to see her after 10 [...]

So I did talk about Pai a little in my last post so you can read the end of that for more info but I’ll do a quick recap. It’s a beautiful town way up in the north of Thailand. I was staying with DJ Lazer for almost 2 weeks. He was great, a total [...]