Category Archives: Updates

Derek & his bags

Bags Packed, Let The RTW Adventure Commence!

Well, the bags are finally packed. I’ve sold my Texas edition pickup-truck and condensed a 1600sq ft house and all my possessions into Big Bertha, my backpackers’ bag. And WOWZA…

RTW2KXV

4 Weeks to Prepare for a 4-Year RTW Adventure. Oh crap.

That’s right, in just one month I will bid adieu to my house in Austin and embark on my longest and greatest adventure yet. No more ‘six weeks in this…

Philippines Beach

Where Would You Travel If Cost Didn’t Matter?

Let’s say you have a month of freedom…where would you travel to and why? There is only one catch: it is July, the peak of the Western summer, and heat…

Beachside Travel Blogger

The Benefits Of Being A Travel Blogger

No one will ever tell you being a blogger is easy work. It is a long, slow, painfully tedious process, often filled with doubts such as “is anyone reading this?”…

Shige & Rapper

Crazy Like A Fox!

I did not want to, but I had to. Yes, unfortunately I was forced to turn my back on the blog this last week in order to give me time…

Screenshot: HoliDaze Blog

Hey look something looks different around here!

The site got an awesome update hopefully things will be streamlines and exploring the site will be a bit more simple. Feedback is key let us know how the new…

Screenshot: HoliDaze Blog

New Layout & Address: blog.theHoliDaze.com

As some of you may or may not have noticed from my lack of articles and my sometimes frustrated tweets since that start of 2012, I have been having all…

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Back In Texas…But With Pictures

Yet another random multi-state road trip concluded this weekend when I finally returned to Texas after over a month of cruising around the US to clear my mind. All this…

HoliDaze

Shibuya Daze becomes the HoliDaze!

The Daze is now on Tumblr and Twitter! And better yet, we are now debuting our new name; rather than Shibuya Daze, all of our collective journeys shall become known…

Puntarenas Wall Art

Back Stateside, Updating & Planning (Well, Trying To)

Well we made it back to the States, took us a little longer than Jen though. We need to get some of her Guatemala information up here but we are…

Burning Flipside 2KX

New-And-Improved For Your Pleasure

I have been upgrading the HoliDaze from its old static HTML to a fresh and faster PHP layout these last few weeks… Hope you like the changes, should make browsing…

Me Working Online

New Design, Forgive Any Missing Info

I am currently in the process of upgrading our old site to new, sleeker, faster PHP scripting. As such, I am having to reload everything one page at a time….

Claire

Claire & I Split. No More Philippines For Me.

Well, Claire and I are history, looks like I won’t be going back to the Philippines for a while, sorry. Damn, now I kind of wish I had documented a…

Claire & Dorothy

Twas The Night Before Departure…

Oh wow, once its finally time to head back to the Philippines… I leave in the morning and oh man I can’t f’ing wait!! We are all celebrating here at…

Claire & Dorothy

Out With The Old & In With The New

Well, long distance relationships don’t work… Its just a fact of life; I’ve tried and failed several times over my years. Yet as I say this, I am ending one…

Narita Int'l Airport

Tokyo, Japan: 3-Entries-In-1

These three posts were written in Word on my laptop and saved there, until I could get online. Back In Tokyo And It Feels Great! (04pm) Okay back at Narita…

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, I Will Never Leave You

Oh wow how can I express this city…this county…. where can I even begin to start? It is going to take a while… good thing I will be here in…