Holiday? Or HoliDaze
Travel without adventure is not travel, that’s commuting.
Don’t be a commuter, be a traveler.
Although I produce travel videos for a living, they are all for clients in the tourism industry. Occasionally I produce HoliDaze videos of some of the most exciting adventures — they are embedded on the posts below. Also check out the travel+food video series: Derek Eats That!
HoliDaze Travel Videos
*NEW* Version Of My Siak Tourism Film + Amazing Race Video
I grew up acting then gave it all up for a career in a cubicle. Fun stuff, right? NOT! After five years of the Office Space-lifestyle I had a midlife…
My Siak Tourism Film
This is part two documenting my first film in Indonesia — Be sure to read the beginning before continuing on. Those first few days in Siak were 16+ hour…
Behind The Scenes: My First Film In Indonesia!
I had just finished breakfast one morning at EDU Hostel Jogja when a lady came up to me. “Hi, you’re Derek, right?” “Yes I am. What can I do for…
Panjat Pinang, The Slippery Traditional Game Of Indonesia
From the moment I first saw this traditional game being played a few days before August 17th, Indonesian Independence Day, I knew I wanted to participate! It was so different…
Aerial Photography, A First-Time Pilot, & Zero-Gs
Flying is fun. Economy, first class, hang-gliders, personal light aircraft, helicopters, biplanes, even in a house attached to balloons — all can be a blast! At least to us poor…
Best Movies For Travel Inspiration
Warning: The following movies and travel documentaries contain high doses of travel inspiration and are unsafe for consumption if you are currently at work. These movies will suck you in,…
Austin Comes Alive At SXSW
Continuing my documentation of the week-long music festival that is SXSW, I present round two of my photos. (View the first collection here.) We’re going to try and play…
My Six-Month Hippie Road Trip (Part 02)
Get Caught Up First Part 01: Burning Flipside & The Start Of This Journey Leaving Texas on our road trip we cut through Oklahoma on our way to Ozark,…
Perla del Pacifico: Mansion Turned Pirate Hostel + Private Art Collection in Costa Rica
Located on a four-mile long sand peninsula, Puntarenas is a relatively small coastal fishing town that also supports a lot of tourism. While there we happened to stumble upon this…
Puntarenas: Exactly Where The Universe Wanted Us
So by Jared’s last post you may or may not have realized what we stumbled upon in Puntarenas. Let’s just say for all the shit that happened along the way,…