[Originally published: September 5, 2012] Exactly five years ago today, on September 4, 2007, I boarded a plane in Charleston, SC and ensued a 32 hour journey with the ultimate destination of Whittlesea, South Africa. 

[Originally published September 8, 2012] My first stop in Africa was to visit my friend Luke and his family on their farm.  Harrison Farm is located near the tiny South African town of Whittlesea in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.  

[Originally published September 20, 2012] It's hard to believe that five years ago today I had just wrapped up my first African safari, visited one of the most famous wave breaks in the southern hemisphere, plummeted off the tallest bungee jumping the world (as of 2007) and straddled two oceans at the southern most tip of Africa. 

[Originally published September 28, 2012] Back in 2007, the September 27th blog entry covered the second half of the South African trip my friend Luke and I took.  We covered a lot of ground in 10 days, but the second half was jam packed. 

[Originally published October 11, 2012] Five years ago today, I had just finished up a 5 week stay in South Africa and was setting off to Australia.  My blog posts around that time were wrapping up my time in ZA (short for South Africa) and also pondering what traveling in Australia would be like.

[Originally published October 16, 2012] On Thursday, October 11, 2007, I flew into Sydney, Australia for the first time.  I spent about a week in the city, in the Potts Point area, where all the hostels and backpackers can be found.  I spent hours each day just walking, covering miles of the city, exploring, visiting, photographing and absorbing in all things Sydney.  And, I did it all solo.  Just me.  

[Originally published October 23, 2012] Five years ago right now, I was traveling around the eastern coast of the continent of Australia, alone.  It was amazing (except for some of my time in Brisbane.)  

[Originally published November 6, 2012] In November of 2007, I was traveling the eastern coast of the Australian continent.  I visited a place called Fraser Island.  It is the largest sand island in the world.  This place is magical.  My current words can do it no justice, so I will quote myself from 2007: