Ready.... Set..... Go Australia!

So a year ago around this time I was gearing up to go to Australia with the GCP. For those of you who do not know what the GCP or Global Citizenship Project is, well let me enlighten you. The GCP is a spring break trip that is paid in full by the University. The only thing that you have to pay for is your passport. There are five different destinations each year, you do not get to choose your destination. I was chosen to be on Team Australia.

While we were there we traveled to three different cities: Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne. These three cities were absolutely amazing, not only were they cleaner and more colorful, but the people were more friendly. Australia in general had much nicer people than Americans, when we asked about the city or directions they would always answer it.

There was one major down fall about this trip. The U.S. dollar compared to the Australian dollar. Our dollar is actually weaker than theirs, this ment that everything was more expensive. For an example I went to McDonalds for a late night snack, it cost me $8.50 for just a big mac. I was amazed at the cost but hey when you are hungary you stomach makes the decisions.

We did many adventures while in Australia. We toured the Sydney Opera House and got to see what happens behind the scenes. We got to travel on a boat at sunset and see the beautiful skies of Australia. One of my favorite things that we did was visit The Three Sisters and the Blue Mountains. These were both breath taking and an amazing sight. The final adventure that we did, was we went to an animal sanctuary. Here we got to pet wild Dingos, Kangaroos, and Kolas. This was so fun and something that I will remember for a while.

All in all this was a great trip and many adventures that I cannot share for different proposes. I met many people here had really gained new friends here at the school. Because of this trip I am planning on traveling more and more out of the country and hopefully bring friends along for the adventures.

The Perfect Interview

So when I was trying to figure out who exactly I would interview I had tons of people in mind. It ranged from Jesus all the way to a little kid. Why a little kid you ask? Well if you fought and over came Cancer at a young age that is something to be interviewed about. After really thinking about who I wanted to interview I can up with someone who has done some amazing things Nick Woodman. If you opened up the hyperlink you can probably guess who he is, if not I will tell you; he is the founder and inventer of the GoPro corporation and the hero camera. In my previous posts I talked about my GoPro experiences, matter a fact as I am writing this post I am doing a time lapse with my camera.

Mr. Woodman started this company by selling products out of his VW Van but eventually made it big. I think it would be awesome to interview someone who came up with a great idea and had dreams to make it big. His story just show you that you can start from nothing and it can turn into something just amazing; because Mr. Woodman did not give up or throw in the towel he made it big. Due to his invention of the Hero camera we can now see what thrill seekers really see when they are doing their sport. This camera is also used in TV shows like Dirty Jobs, as well as motion pictures like Red Tails.

When thinking about questions I would ask him I had a little trouble. After reading this interview with Nick Woodman, I thought about asking him some of those questions. I would also ask him some questions about which mount is his his favorite, possibly ask him about the best fan video, or even ask him what is the craziest video he has shot with his GoPro. I would also ask him questions about how it all got started and where he sees his company going. My final question to him would be: Where do I apply to get a job with GoPro? Yes some of the questions were a little off the norm, but I think with his personality he would answer with pride.

I personally think it would be an honor to interview Mr. Woodman. He seems like a nice guy and is always down for some adventure. Nick Woodman in with my blog and all the adventures yet to come within my life.

The White Castle Adventure

Ok like I said in the very first post, I am going to use this blog to write about some adventures that I would like to do as well as some I have done. This is an example of something that I would like to do in the near future.

So a few of my friends and I were sitting around watching "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" when all of the sudden we all started about the burgers that they were eating. All but one of my friends have never had a White Castle Burger including myself. I have been told that these are the best burgers and that once you have one you will never stop eating them. We all agreed that we would love to make road trip to try these famous burgers. The only problem is, that the closest White Castle to Winchester is in New Jersey about 211.16 miles away (yes I have mapped it out and everything.) The sad thing is we all have agreed that before this semester is over we will be going on a road trip to White Castle.

I would consider this an adventure, but I would hope it is nothing like Harold and Kumar's adventure. If it is like theirs I would probably be scared for my life and have to pass on the opportunity. Yes I know they met NPH but still they went through Hell and back for those burgers. I dont know if my life is worth trying some burgers, but hey might as well go for it.

I hope that this dream adventure will actually become true and I can blog about in the future. After all if I have a blog about adventures that means that I actually have to go out and be adventurous.