Europe 2011

I recently took a two week trip to Europe to visit a couple friends. My good Friend Missy moved to Amsterdam earlier this year, and was kind enough to have me for a visit. Amsterdam is an incredible city, thanks for having me Missy. From Amsterdam Missy and I thought it would be fun to visit Istanbul. Our friend Jenny flew in from Seattle and met us at the airport. There isn't much more to say about Istanbul besides it is AMAZING, if you get the chance go. From Istanbul I flew up to London to visit two other friends who moved earlier this year. Maddy and Kihan were so kind to let me come visit them, thanks guys. They also had our friends Dan and Anika visiting at the same time, good times were had by all. My girlfriend Samantha was in London with a friend of hers at the same time, so I was able to see her as well. Samantha use to live in London, so it was real fun to see the locations she has been telling me about. Here are some photo's from the trip, and if you would like to see more of them click here.

Canal in Amsterdam

It was really foggy in Amsterdam

Pigeons

They love their bikes in Amsterdam (so do I)

Another bike and canal

Girls shopping

The Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque

Cool lights in the Hagia Sofia

Streets of Istanbul

Another Mosque

Hagia Sophia from the grounds of the Blue Mosque

Blue Mosque from the inside of the Hagia Sophia

Turkish Men

Sunrise fishing

Amazing place to go fishing

Jenny and Missy

Bird over Istanbul

Big Ben

YUMMY

Mini Cooper

Samantha shopping

London is very cool

Millenium bridge

Tower bridge

The Thames river

Nice London Homes

Backpacking to Third Beach

My good friends Jon and Marley drove though town while on a cross country road trip. Samantha and I were lucky enough to have a few days off to join them on a little backpacking adventure. We went out to the coast and hiked into Third Beach, it was beautiful. If you would like to see more photo's click here.

The campsite

The crew

Samantha with all her gear

The kitchen

Samantha running through the freezing water

View from our campsite

Jon loves handstands

Jon and Marley paddleboarding

Samantha checking out the sea

Larabee camping

Every summer a big group of my friends go camping. This year we went to Larrabee state park, if you would like to see more photo's click here.

Dash being awesome

Skate checking out the puddle

Serena checking out the same puddle

Samantha climbing a tree

Serena blowing bubbles

Rattlesnake ledge

Several months ago Samantha and I went on a hike to Rattlesnake ledge, here are some pictures.

Hiking trail

Lookout from the top

Samantha taking a little nap

Samantha

Arizona Skate trip

Every year me and some friends take a skateboarding trip. This year we decided to get some sun in Arizona. It was amazing, good weather, good Mexican food (which is most important of all), and really fun skateparks. This year the crew consisted of me, Ryan, Thommy, Brian, and Sasha. Here are some photo's from the trip, as well as a video Thommy put together of out attempt at skateboarding. Click HERE to see more photo's.

The Crew

Brian

Thommy

Sasha

Ryan

Thailand & China

I got back from a trip to Thailand and China a couple weeks ago. I have been slacking about processing the photo's, but I finally got to it today. I went to Thailand for a week to meet up with Samantha. We went down to a little island in southern Thailand called Koh Lipe, it is basically paradise on earth. From there I went up to Beijing to meet up with my friend Mike. We saw many cool thinks, and walked many many miles. From there I went by myself to a city called Chungdu. Very cool city, tons of great parks and friendly people. I did however get extremely lost on a bike ride. I set out on a little ride, but got so lost it took me 5 hours to make it back to my hotel. From Chungdu, I went to Xi'an to meet up with Mike and His girlfriend. I really enjoyed Xi'an, the pollution was insane but other than that it was great. From Xi'an I had one last stop in Shanghai, I really liked Shanghai. Here are some of photo's from my trip, to see more click HERE.

Sunrise on Koh Lipe

Another perfect sunrise

The porch on my bungalow

Samantha loving the ocean

Little island off of Koh Lipe

The Forbidden City Beijing

Crazy Pollution

Morning Deliveries

Hard at work

The Great wall is GREAT!!!

The furthest tower we hiked to

Bridge in the park

Dancing in the park

Board games

Biking in Xi'an

Terracotta Army

Doing laundry

Shanghai

Way to cute