Got back yesterday from my 2 week excursion to the States. Had a great time at both my conference and visiting Pete & Steph & baby Ella. Seems like no matter how many pictures you take, you never quite capture a trip properly – but at least I got a few…

Take a look at the rest in the photo album.

Thanks Pete and Steph for the hospitality!

Spent this Monday and Tuesday in Adelaide for work. From my limited time there, it seemed like a nice place – a lot cleaner and more peaceful than Sydney. People even seemed more friendly there. I guess that tends to be true when you get to smaller and smaller towns.

Finished work a bit early on Monday afternoon, so it gave me a chance to get around and take some pictures. I even had a chance to do a bit of geocaching – a great way to get out and explore an unfamiliar city.

Wish I had more of a chance to get to know Adelaide better – but such is the life of the business traveler. Next week – back to the northern hemisphere for a couple weeks: a conference in Orlando (woo! Disney World!) then a stop over to visit my bro and my new niece!

Hate those flights, but it’s going to be fun…

And now for something a little less food oriented…

While in Wellington for work last week, I took some shots and videos here and there – for my good ol’ pal Murf. Here’s the results of gluing them together to music in hopes of maximizing their entertainment value:

Enjoy!

Update: For those wanting a more static view of Wellington, I’ve also uploaded some random pictures here.

I was actually in Hong Kong most of last week for work. It was a bit of a surprise trip – just came up in the last couple of weeks at work.

It was good to be in Hong Kong again. It was my first time there in over 4 years. I think part of me thought that I would never get another chance to go. It just goes to show you, you never know what’s around the next corner.

Hong Kong was pretty much how I remembered it. There were a couple of times last week where I had major deja-vu – not realizing that I had been down a particular street before until I got there. Weird really. One thing I didn’t remember about Hong Kong though was the massive amounts of foreigners living and working there. Seems like every street I walked down and every subway car I rode on – there was some other white, black, Indian or otherwise non-Chinese face around. It’s much more of a global city than Tokyo is by a long shot.

While I was there primarily for work – I did have a chance to look around a bit. Did I take many pictures then? Well, it’s pretty hard to when your camera battery runs out on the first day. I knew I should’ve packed the charger. Another lesson learned the hard way.

What did I get a picture of then? The mini bar menu:

“Mini bar menu?? What the… why bother??”, you say. Well, this caught my eye:

Panda – only $38 HKD! Not a bad price to pay for a chance to eat an endangered species! I wonder what it tastes like. Let’s dig in!!

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Spending a lot of time in Canberra over the next few weeks. While there last Friday, on my way from the hotel to the office – this real estate sign caught my eye:

If you don’t get it – check out the name.

It’s no fake either – check out their site. Someone’s parents have quite the sense of humour.