So for those of you that don’t know my story, here’s a quick recap of how I came to be in New Zealand. 3 years ago I took a 4 month sabbatical from my job of 7years to go traveling. I visited 6 countries (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, New Zealand and Australia) but my time in NZ was always at the heart of the trip. I’d fallen in love with the idea of visiting as a teenager, back in the days when I wasn’t even interested in going abroad, let alone tr...

Sunday 3rd September 2017 London to Vancouver I’m exhausted. Not tired. Not sleepy. But I can barely stand up. Exhausted. My brain has had enough of thinking, and my body is reaching the point when it says ‘nah, you don’t need to stand up today’. Now you may be wondering why I’m telling you this. Well its mostly so you'll understand that as excited as I am-and I really, really am-certain choices have been made that may seem out of character. Like...

El Calafate Saturday 5th November 2016 Today we would be doing the Purito Moreno Glacier. One of the reasons I wanted to come to Patagonia. Of course I’ve already been here...virtually at least.... You see at the gym I use they have the computers where you can listen to music and watch tv etc. They also have different places for you to ‘work out’. I.e. I can revisit Nz on the treadmill by watching the video of a run I’ve already actually done( or even ...

Santiago, Chile 22nd October 2016 My first impressions of Santiago come after a rather trying 24hrs of traveling. To be honest the best I can come up with is that the surrounding mountains must be quite the sight on clear days. As it is the haze perfectly suits my less than gracious mood. I know that once I get a showed, meet my tour mates and get some proper answers I’ll get out of this funk. For now though my less than kind thoughts are dedicated the almo...

Saturday 9th May This morning I woke fairly early to head to the airport. Catching my shuttle bus it took a lot less time to reach the airport than I had been told. Not a bad thing as I always prefer to have too much time than not enough. The next few hours were pretty uneventful. My Qantas flight left on schedule and I passed the hours flight using the tablet provided to watch an episode of the new tv series 'Flash'. Arriving in Hobart I collected my bag and w...