I'm here, and it's all good!! Watch this space I'll update in a short while : )So I've been here for just over three weeks and I'm happy to report that all is going very comfortably.   (Hehe, this web-site has changed a bit so I can do things like that!!) I'm living with my Aunt and Uncle, Cathy and Howard Dallimore respectively, Howard being my Mum's brother. They live on the North shore of Vancouver, a little way ...

I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by America, well California at least. The (British) media doesn't always present the place and its citizens in the best light but I'm pleased to inform that I wasn't the only person to believe that Mr. George W Bush is quite the silliest cowboy to come out of Texas for a long while...well that's the nicest (and cleanest) way I could put it anyway. A big thumbs up for California and its people; they were all very welcoming a...

BULA!! So Fiji was fun. Not really intended as part of my world trip it was just a detour that didn't cost any extra to go so I thought why not. After doing as much as possible in New Zealand in only 3 and a half weeks I needed some chill time to prepare me for America, so lounging around in a hammock for a week was quite appealing. Fiji is made up of hundreds of islands, over 300 in fact. In other words plenty of opportunity for escape. I found mine on the islan...

....so after Wanaka onto Queenstown, the adventure capital of New Zealand! Here I decided to try skiing for the first time. Had it been anything like ice skating I'd have been in a bit of a pickle as I can't ice skate for toffee...or chocolate truffles for that point! And to begin with I thought It'd be a day of gloom as I failed to move an inch to begin with, much to the ammusement of the rest of the group. But then something clicked and I got the hang of it and...

The world is a special sight from 12,000ft, even more spectacular when you're hurtling towards it at 120mph! Yes, I've done a skydive and what an amazing experience it was! It all happened so fast I hardly had time to think about it. I did it in Franz Joseph and was flown over the mountains and the glaciers before being chucked out of the plane. My tandem guy, Trev, was very nice and reassuring and taught me all I needed to know which I'm sure I forgot as soon as...