January 13, 2012 Harald Vaagan No comments exist

Newport Beach has more than beaches, it has a really nice back bay with some nice trails. I brought my camera and went for a bike ride. It doesn’t have the wildlife as a jungle but it is a big habitat for lots of birds. Pictures gets bigger by a click 🙂 The ducks were…

January 12, 2012 Harald Vaagan No comments exist

Expensive might just get more expensive. Trondheim Parking company suggests to adjust the prices up with 12,5 % http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article1756089.ece

January 12, 2012 Harald Vaagan No comments exist

Wow! According to a recent survey of cost of living( www.numbeo.com) , my town back in Norway is the most expensive city in the world. Based on 45 goods and services, Numbeo.com cost of living survey for beginning of 2012 were conducted by more than 23000 independent contributors who entered more than 241000 prices. The…

December 31, 2011 Harald Vaagan No comments exist

After 2 days of skiing on man made snow we decided to take a short drive up to Mono Lake. Timing was perfect! Sun was about to go down as we were driving down to the lake. Got out of the car and just went BANANAS with my new camera toy! I had such a…

December 21, 2011 Harald Vaagan No comments exist

Another good memory of mine is a concert we saw with Jack Johnson at the Amphi Theater in Orange County California. We had just parked and were walking up and through the ticket boxes and into the area. Lots of people but most of them buying stuff and rushing into the spectators area. We were…

December 21, 2011 Harald Vaagan No comments exist

Five years ago me and a buddy of mine went to this incredible plays called Sugar Beach in the Philippines. We were looking for a remote place just to chill, and to end up at Sugar Beach was just incredible! The “resort” included 11 bungalows + entertaining bungalow and a bungalow for hospitality . They…

December 21, 2011 Harald Vaagan No comments exist

The Christmas boat parade at Balboa Island in Newport Beach is a complete madness of sailboats, boats and multi-million dollar yachts gathered together to show their crazy light decorations on a 14 mile Christmas parade around the harbor. This years parade was the 103 annual parade!!  Coming from Norway where the decorations are “slightly” less…