The beaches are getting crowded!

Fun times down around Ocean Grove at surf breaks to be unnamed.

The weekend couldn’t have gotten any better after this visit to Byron Bay, couchsurfing with some uni friends and sunrise shooting with our wonderful host, Dan. Check out his photoblog on Byron and his travels around the world!

1st week in Australia! Everyone who was part of Australearn started up in Cairns for the “bridging cultures program” which included orientation lecture sessions, day trips to a wildlife zoo, beach clean-up, and swimming around small slice of paradise in the great barrier reef.

Studying at Griffith University in the Gold Coast. Welcome to the cubicle:

for a week in North Shore.

check out the shell jewellery Nadia designs here!

Drove up to Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur for 2 nights to do some set stills for “Lions Among Men,” a Chapman University Senior Thesis directed by Traci Hays and shot by Greg Cotten.   Absolutely epic location.

Pretty obvious that it wasn’t the best season to take surf photos in Bali.  They weren’t as substantial as I had hoped for, but it was still tons of fun to shoot in the warm warm water. Uluwatu’s rip current blows.

Epic moped trip up to Ubud: Mopeds were $5 per day, farmer tan sunburns, multiple petrol fill-ups on the side of the road, monkey attacks at Monkey Temple, sweet deals on clothes/souvenirs, getting ripped off by police, and the best chicken satay ever at a random place on the side of the road.

Since I had 4 days left before I had to be back in California, I flew over to Bali with my friend, Tim. We stayed at an AMAZING place: Rapture Surf Camps. If you’re ever down in Bali and want to stay at an awesome surf camp, check them out.

there’s an overwhelming amount of things to say about singapore – how awesome it is, what the culture is like, how cheap the food is, how excellent the public transportation is (not during rush hour), etcetc. all that i have time to say now is that i literally ate chicken satay, prata, and bubble tea every day. more to come.