Monthly Archives: March 2012

Laura Cook Photography

Spotlight: Laura Cook, Photographer Extraordinaire

In my last interview I mentioned how this week’s featured travel blogger is actually a husband and wife duo, Stephen and Laura Cook. However both of them were such fantastic…

Stephen & Laura Cook

Spotlight: Stephen Cook, Life Begins @ 40

Hands-Down Best Interviews So Far! Wow. The Cooks are a fantastic couple. Both are travel fanatics. Stephen has a part in the upcoming 2012 London Olympics and Laura’s photography is…

SXSW Music

SXSW Videos For Your Viewing Pleasure

Although SXSW (South By Southwest) is a hard to compare experience — over 2,000 bands in one week! — I did try to capture some of the essence on video….

SXSW - Random Performance

Austin Comes Alive At SXSW

Continuing my documentation of the week-long music festival that is SXSW, I present round two of my photos. We’re going to try and play a little game. In one of…

"There are so many beautiful places around the world and our world is so small, why not explore it when you have the opportunity to?"

Spotlight: Global Citizen Sam

It is an honor to present this week’s featured blogger, Samantha Yap, an aspiring travel journalist who also has the fortune of being a global citizen starting at the early…

Yes, this was Tuesday night... just imagine Thursday... Friday... Saturday!

SXSW: No Words Needed (A Photo Gallery)

Why spoil the mood with words when all you need are pictures to tell a thousand stories… well, that and maybe an occasional caption… This is the first of my…

SXSW Music

SXSW Tuesday: And So The Music Begins

Music lovers around the world are rejoicing this week with the return of the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) Music & Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Yes, every spring the…

s-seoul

Meet Maria and her awesome blog Serenading Seoul

Serenading Seoul Its rare to find blogs with good pictures and writing etc. She agreed to let me ask her some additional questions which only made me more interested in visiting…

Frilled lizard (one of the one's unique to Australia)

Random Travel Facts: Yes, Still More

Like a good cheese or a fine wine, the list of #TravelFacts just keeps getting better with age. I saved these ones until now because they are the best. So,…

Thumbnail: Traveling Fool

Spotlight: The Traveling Fool

Welcome once again to the show that never ends! Hello boys and girls, pleased to be speaking with you all again, but even more pleased to announce that we have…

Jared's on the left, I'm in the back...you can guess who the other two are.

VIP Partying In Tokyo, Japan

FLASHBACK: 3 Years Ago It started off as a random night of drinking at Nonbeiyokocho in Shibuya ward, Tokyo, but ended up with us making friends with a couple local…

Drunken Filipino Party

Some People Eat, Others See Therapists. I Travel. But Why Do You Travel?

For those of you who read last week’s post about our new slogan debate and Jared and I’s differing views on the direction that the core HoliDaze site should take,…

Pandora The Explorer

Spotlight: Pandora The Explorer, Up-And-Coming Travel Blogger!

My goal with the HoliDaze is not to brag about myself or my adventures, but rather connect and network with other travel bloggers, vagabonds, and expats from all around the…