Coachella BABY

Its that time of year again, COACHELLA TIME!

The line up was announced today on KROQ and though its a tad reminiscent of the 2008 line up, its still gonna kick ass.

Here's the run down:

FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ's, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO

The summer just got even better ... and I didn't think that was even possible.

Zimbabwe Malaysia & Singapore

Woot Woot - More fun to be added to the Journey.

P and I decided to extend our stay in Zambia by a few days and have opted to travel back to Johannesburg, S.A. by bus ... on a 24 hr bus ride!

Eeeek, my butt is numb just thinking about it, but this is what the adventure is all about - Roughing it and seeing the world.

BRING IT ON!

It is also the most economical way for us to get back to SA and BONUS, we also then get travel via Zimbabwe.

Now, yes, it has not been the most stable country over the past decade, but with World Cup on the books and a massive tourism push, along with a new government in place, I am confident that we will be fine.

We have booked our transport from Livingston to Lusaka, Zambia and our transfer from Zambia to South Africa with a reputable and IATA certified safari company so again, another assurance to me that things will be fine.

Yes, it is Africa, a different world unlike anywhere else. I am prepared for anything ... I think!

I've also decided to add a few destinations to my Asia tour too.

I have always wanted to see Malaysia and have a friend in Singapore who recently mentioned that if I wanted I could stay with him if I was in town ... and I think I am gonna take him up on it.

I’ve been researching flights from Cambodia to Singapore and they are not that expensive and super short.

I’ve also been checking out routes back up to Bangkok, since that’s where my departure flight is at the end of September and it would appear that I can take a train all the way from Singapore, stopping in Kuala Lumpur & Penang before heading back to Bangkok.

And BOOYA, its retarded cheap, safe and comfy and environmentally-friendly.

Its just keeps getting better and better.

4 months to go – I CANNOT WAIT!

P.S Just read this and am even more stoked:

It's easy to travel from Bangkok to Chiang Mai by train, for just 781 baht (£11 or $19) one-way by overnight sleeper or 511 baht (£7.50 or $13) by day through the countryside on the air-conditioned express railcar. Travelling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai by sleeper is effectively faster than flying, less hassle, far more environmentally friendly, more of a real Thai experience, and saves you a hotel bill, too. The scenery on the last third of the trip up into the mountains approaching Chiang Mai is particularly good, and even on the sleeper, watching the sunrise from the train in the morning is a great experience.

*Click*Click*SNAP*

I've recently started using Flickr to upload my snaps.

I've not yet upgraded the the pro site, so I still have limited uploads per month but before I head out on my adventures this year I will so I can be sure to get all my snaps uploaded as they are taken.

Here's my link if you're so inclined:

http://www.flickr.com/people/click-click-snap-snap/

Resolutions

I don’t normally make these since I rarely seem to be able to stick to them but something about this year feels different.

I feel more motivated and strong, I feel like I can accomplish things more easily than before.

Is this the gleam of a new decade? Maybe ... or maybe I have finally grown up!

Whatever it is, I have a sense that this time its gonna work out.

So here they are, let’s hope they stick:

Go Sugar Free: This one I think is gonna actually be easy since I don’t eat out much and make all my own meals so I can control my intake

Spend No More Than $50 a Week: And that means on ANYTHING (food, entertainment, personal grooming etc) It may sound easy but its something I really need to commit to, for all sorts of reasons

Learn a New Language: I’ve ordered Instant Immersion lessions from Amazon.com in French, Spanish & German

Lose 25 lbs Before June 10: My world adventure departure date, this one is totally doable

2010 … where to start?

The new decade is here. How on earth did time fly by so quickly?

The last decade was full of ups and downs, amazing moments and not so fantastic ones.

But all in all it was nothing short of a massive group of life lessons:

I graduated from college
I got married
I got divorced
I lost some wonderful people in my life
I gained some wonderful people in my life
I lived alone for the first time
I drove across the country, moving to a new city to start a new life
I fell in love again
I turned 30
I watched my friends become parents
I travel to Europe
I quit a 10 year career
I went back to school
I became a vegan

It’s a new decade, a new beginning and it’s only just the tip of the iceberg:

2010 already has the traits of a year to remember

I will graduate from college
I will become a homeowner
I will travel to Africa and Asia
I will start my career in sustainable eco-tourism

When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.

John M. Richardson, Jr.