tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:41:41 +0000PalaujapandivingosakabaseballdrivingNaraasahibeerbelau gamesdivedogshiroshimahockeykyotonagoyaphotographyrock islandssushitokyoDreamlandKobeMatsumotoTVThe Dillinger Escape Planaccommodationalbumsblue cornercanadienscarschinesedive masterdobutsuenmaefarewellgerman channelguamhotel raizan southhousejellyfish lakeme first and the gimme gimmesmontrealmovingokonomiyakipicturesprawnspunkspringrandomshinimamiyashinsekaisnorkelingsunsettebasakithe hivesurbex10-feet20132014AbandonedAustraliaHaiyanHueHuếHồ Thuỷ TiênIre WorksKSGLiquid DesireMAAMelbourneMiyajimaNgiwalOFF!Official Japan Flashback DayPADIPeleliuRugbySuper TyphoonThe Beach BoysTyphoonUN dayVietnamWWIIWater parkaerialalbumalice in chainsankleantemasquebad religionbardonbarnum's wallbarracudabig businessbig drop offbirthdayblack sabbathblue holesbodyjarboot campboss coffeebrisbanebrokenbuildingscalamaricarcatamarancharacterschillichitosecleansingclutchcoconutconspiracyconstructioncrazycrossfitcruisecullcullingcyclingdavaodivemasterdragon ashdupedeagle rayearly daysex-patsfailfakefashionfestivalfirst dayfirst impressionsfishingfive horse johnsonflashbackflightfoodfruitfu manchufungofunnygiggold coastgoodbyegymhabshard driveharlem shakehelicopterhenry rollinshidekihigh seashostelhotelhow i met your motherhuskingi are droidindependence dayinformationjake seaplanejungle cruisekaraagekarma to burnkorean johnkyusslanguagelaundromatlifelive aboardmalemanbagmanflumanilamanta raysmark laneganmarriageme first and the gimmie gimmiesmemesmicronesian all aroundmusicnapoleon wrassenine inch nailsnoisenomihodaiobservationsorange goblinpalaunparadisepelicanphilippinesphone wongphotospic of the daypictureprocessprofessional dive servicesracistred fangrescue diverrestaurantrewardingroad rageroostersrottingryokansailsailingsakurascubaserviceseventy islandssharksshellacshinkansenshirtsimple lifesleeping locationsspamspysquidstacksumiyoshi taishasumosuper hotelswimmingswiss family robinsontakoyakitennojiteshiothe archthe dronestippingtop tentoyoko inntraffictraintree climbingtreehousetrendtumbleweedturtleuncoordinatedvegetablesvietnamesevisavista chinowar & peaceweezerwovenhandAmazing insights and pointless ramblings of an Aussie guy who previously lived in Palau, now back home in Oz. http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)Blogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-8943971580709250792Wed, 07 Dec 2016 23:29:00 +00002016-12-08T11:54:56.047+10:00AbandonedDreamlandHueHuếHồ Thuỷ TiênNaraphotographyurbexVietnamWater parkWell, suddenly it’s the end of 2016 and I’ve been back from Palau for over two years already (crazy i know!). I have thought many times of updating the blog and letting everyone know how I settled back in to big city life but I've been busy :o &nbsp;I will say that everything has been going great and I'm loving being home. Also I apologise for the badly formatted page, but blogspot have done http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2016/12/adventures-at-abandoned-waterpark-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)1Thuy Tien Lake, Thủy Bằng, Tx. Hương Thủy, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam16.4113596 107.576034816.403702600000003 107.56590680000001 16.4190166 107.5861628tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-1743505296110044065Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:24:00 +00002014-12-31T11:26:40.923+10:002014albumsantemasquebodyjarfu manchui are droidkarma to burnme first and the gimme gimmesOFF!orange goblinshellacthe hivestop tenweezerwovenhandRight! Time for my top ten albums of the year. In no particular order: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Are we not men? We are diva! More fun covers by the punk supergroup. Antemasque - Antemasque Omar and Cedric hugged and made up and put out something new and different. I dig the new style. Shellac - Dude Incredible Wait?! Shellac released a new album this year? Yep! OFF! - http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/12/top-10-albums-of-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-848950890288423753Sat, 01 Nov 2014 02:20:00 +00002014-11-01T12:31:01.622+10:00goodbyejake seaplanePalauteshio<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-fish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-1515064636756143114Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:41:00 +00002014-09-02T11:46:04.175+10:00 Today while sitting in the coffee shop again, MHP#2 (aka the karate kicking dude) put on a display right in front of my window. He tried in vain multiple times to fall into traffic. I have no idea how he didn't get cleaned up by a car in one particular instance, it must have been damn close.&nbsp; I've now worked out that he is not attempting to karate kick but to practice Baseball pitching! http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/09/an-update-on-mhp2-karate-kicking-guy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-8574485835147867796Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:19:00 +00002014-08-27T22:02:28.060+10:00characterscrazyPalau<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-couple-of-interesting-characters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-3125129028116838559Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:01:00 +00002014-07-21T14:08:52.262+10:00catamarandavaofishinghigh seasmanilaPalauphilippinessailing <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/07/tales-from-high-seas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-4481651412155020693Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:49:00 +00002014-06-12T09:49:59.504+10:00Early this week I received an offer completely out of the blue. I was asked to help crew a 60ft catamaran from Palau to the Philippines. (with a return flight included). I've never done any proper sailing but how could I say no to such an amazing experience. So this morning we depart on what should be a 5-6 day journey. I'm excited but also a little nervous at the same time. After we get to the http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/06/sailing-seas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-1776223738987283696Thu, 29 May 2014 02:21:00 +00002014-05-29T12:26:38.972+10:00chitosedobutsuenmaefoodhidekijapanokonomiyakishinimamiya<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/05/japan-food-chitose-okonomiyaki.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-6335597789422820204Thu, 29 May 2014 00:14:00 +00002014-05-29T10:14:06.895+10:00japanrandomsleeping locations<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/05/japan-random-sleepers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-6140170865030256003Sun, 18 May 2014 02:30:00 +00002014-05-18T12:30:11.743+10:00japankorean johnmanbagnomihodaiosakaspysumiyoshi taisha<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/05/japan-fun-times-and-too-many-drinks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-8362829808231295658Sat, 17 May 2014 03:10:00 +00002014-05-17T13:21:19.078+10:00dobutsuenmaehotel raizan southjapanshinimamiyashinsekaitennoji<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> Part of Shinsekai Dobutsuenmae mall, a little early in the day though <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/05/japan-shinimamiya-hotel-raizan-south.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-7610364793758100500Sat, 17 May 2014 01:23:00 +00002014-05-18T12:21:42.605+10:00accommodationhostelhotelhotel raizan southjapankyotoosakaryokansuper hoteltokyotoyoko inn<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/05/japan-series-accommodation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-1066479670281638225Wed, 07 May 2014 01:10:00 +00002014-05-07T11:10:38.164+10:00canadienshockeymontrealPalauRugbyTV<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-mystery-of-disappearing-sports.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-4421985203207931086Tue, 06 May 2014 02:05:00 +00002014-05-06T12:25:25.080+10:00japanMatsumotonagoyaosakaPalauphotosSomehow we've been back from Japan for almost a month already. Where has the time gone? I've been very busy diving solidly since getting back. The dive shop has been very busy with lots of tourists over the Easter period. I think I've clocked up another 40 or so dives. I've recently had a very fun group in from the US but with some very long days up to 13.5 hours in length I was pretty exhausted http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/05/japan-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-1132475075649039326Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:34:00 +00002014-04-09T13:34:03.251+10:00japanVery sadly today is our final day in Japan. We've had another wonderful trip here and I don't want to leave yet. Since my last post we've been based back in Osaka at Hotel Raizan South. Amanda and I have done a lot in the past week but also had plenty of downtime. Some of the highlights of the week have been: Catching up with old friends Shinsuke, Hideki, Shinozaki &amp; Sukrit and meeting manyhttp://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanorama-final-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-5317734475617725775Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:43:00 +00002014-05-11T11:25:45.044+10:0010-feetbad religiondragon ashfestivalgigjapanKobeme first and the gimme gimmesosakapunkspringthe hivesFriends and regular readers will know that both Amanda and myself love seeing live music It's one of the things I've seriously missed while living in Palau. Gimmie Gimmies!! A band I've quite enjoyed over the years is called 'Me First and the Gimme Gimmes'. They are an all-star punk band who only do covers. They cover everyone from Dolly Parton to R Kelly to Billy Joel to Boys 2 Men. Thehttp://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanorama-punkspring-music-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-313052368239798905Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:31:00 +00002014-04-01T11:56:19.107+10:00asahihiroshimajapanKobeMatsumotoMiyajimanagoyapunkspringAnother update coming at you from the Shinkansen. We are currently heading to Matsumoto from Nagoya. Since my last update we've been travelling around a bit with stops in Hiroshima, Kobe and Nagoya. We've been doing heaps of walking each day hitting between 10 and 15 kilometres. Hopefully burning off all the great food &amp; drink we are consuming. Deer at Miyajimi like maps and cakes (just http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanorama-on-road.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-2108825335326065291Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:59:00 +00002014-03-27T13:59:22.557+10:00baseballbeerhiroshimajapanokonomiyakiosakasakurashinkansenshinsekaisumosushitebasakiThis post is coming at you at roughly 300Kph. Yep we are on the Shinkansen (bullet train) travelling from Osaka to Hiroshima. Rather quickly the first 3rd of our trip is over and we are into the middle week where we are doing some travelling around: Hiroshima, Miyajima, Kobe, Nagoya &amp; Matsumoto are on the list. Beer &amp; Sumo! Sugoi! We've have a great time in Osaka with plenty of eatinghttp://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/03/japanorama-1st-week-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-8319362198532175301Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:38:00 +00002014-03-21T12:49:07.329+10:00asahibeerjapansushi Shinsekai area. Right near where we stay. We are here! Holy crap it's great to be back in this city again. The overnight commute sucked though. We didn't leave our house until about 11pm and sat in the tiny Koror airport until about 1:30am. It's a 2 hour flight to Guam which is one hour ahead, so we arrived towards 5am. Another two hours on the ground before leaving around 7am for a 4 hour http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/03/japanorama-touchdown-osaka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-2382397364803856898Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:09:00 +00002014-03-18T22:10:55.407+10:00japanme first and the gimmie gimmiesPalau<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/03/and-in-other-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-4457638207432095507Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:55:00 +00002014-03-16T10:55:59.832+10:00baseballfailPalau<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-great-palauan-baseball-fail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-861616044130844816Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:08:00 +00002014-02-26T22:19:40.618+10:00japankyotoNaraosakatokyo<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/02/japan-series-osaka-vs-tokyo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-8864687136039205452Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:31:00 +00002014-02-21T19:40:56.348+10:00funnyPalauTV<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/02/random-palauan-tv-screen-captures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-4663719859343359136Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:57:00 +00002014-02-05T23:57:08.927+10:00cruiseLiquid Desirelive aboardsail<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/02/liquid-desire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207615152808955166.post-7869213500412388345Sat, 01 Feb 2014 06:48:00 +00002014-02-01T16:48:22.891+10:00NgiwalPalauswiss family robinsontreehouse<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://piecesofeights.blogspot.com/2014/02/swiss-family-robinson-in-palau.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nathan Eights)1