Alex's adventures

Finally sailed side by side with Mark, achieving a goal set years ago when Mark first introduced me to the Hobie Islands. Hooned up the South Australian coast in ideal conditions with Todd. 7 pieces of equipment busted. https://youtu.be/XMRYNoxhn0c

Motorbike touring the gorgeous Adelaide Hills on my Triumph Sprint ST. Watched the tour down under and caught up with buddy Steve. https://youtu.be/IQlcMtOUpnk

Aurelia Foreman sailing up the Mighty Murray River from Mannum to the Buena Vista Coffee boat on my Hobie Adventure Island. She learned how to tack into the wind. https://youtu.be/gO2wuh1nK7Q

Sailing from Seacliff to Glenelg (South Australia) with my gorgeous daughter Aurelia. Teaching her to sail the Hobie Adventure Island and pulling into Brighton for lunch. Started in calm and hit strong winds on the return journey. https://youtu.be/HL91vfzumHI

Racing in Port Phillip Bay, learning to work as bowman. Started with huge handicap and used the spinnaker to catch up. https://youtu.be/lVqWbZHFDQM

A couple of amazing months of Adventuring in Japan. Reduced to 2 six minute videos. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/epwB489mVdQ https://youtu.be/WuUw9FOOnlc

Aki and I rented a small Japanese home well off the tourist trail. Most locals have never seen a western man here. This is Asaka, a suburb near Tokyo. Our street Our little home The home is more like a caravan than a western house. I have to duck to get through the door. The kichen is smaller than my caravan kitchen. The bed is a loft bed which takes up most of the ceiling in the living room. The bathroom is virtually a caravan bathroom. Aki said this is a standard home for single people in Japan. One thing that surprised me was the technology. The single electric stove heated much faster than a gas burner. The instant hot water had a preset temperature so showers are always perfect and no waiting for hot water. There is no gas due to the earthquake risk. A standard Japanese lunch. YUM! Breakfast while working Suburban park from my front gate. Walking trail through park Park has a large assault obstacle course Streams and a beautif...

Cool JAXA space tech, ASIMO the robot, insane bullet train ride, submarine/star trek cruise, giant transformer, and hanging out in an international space station module. Touring Tokyo Bay on awesome submarine cruiser The Japanese know how to make a cruise exciting. This would be the strangest boat I've ever been on. It's like something out of Star Trek. The bar Inside the boat is very light and spacious. A very pleasant way to see the sights. I was surprised by the absence of private water sport activity in such a rich city. Maybe it's not allowed? Golden Godzilla dropping Bullet Train How sick are bullet trains?? A sort of blend between airline and rail, bullet trains are insanely fast! They cruise at 320km/h and some can reach over 600km/h. At the station they slow down but still fly past at wild speeds. Heading into the country via bullet train - hell yes!!! Just like being in a jet. Bullet Train Sushi - Yum! Spa...