Oh my god I can't believe itI've never been this far away from home -- 'Oh My God' by The Kaiser Chiefs Well, that's how I started my first go at a blog post from Johannesburg, but I should have said: Oh my god I can't believe it, the power's gone out again and I've lost everything I've written.As a result, my J'burg summary is 2 days late and will only be brief? If I was employed by the Johannesburg City Council to come up with an advertising campaign for...

One [day] in Bangkok and the worlds's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free You'll find a god in every golden cloister And if you're lucky then the god's a she I can feel an angel sliding up to me - 'One Night in Bangkok' by Murray Head (amongst others) So we left Brisbane a little after midnight on the 9th and arrived in Bangkok 9 hours later. The flight was ok apart from crap movies (&#...

ChristchurchIn Cashel Street I waitAnd dream that we may beTogether, togetherOne day, one day-- 'Christchurch' by the Dance ExponentsIgnore the heading and the map on the side that says we're in Brisbane (I just stuck the pin there so that in the great wash up, hopefully, the pins will indicate our actual path around the world - - you have to click on "View full map" for this).We're still in Christchurch, as today's theme song sugges...

Hi there.Lots of people have been asking for an itinerary of our travels, so here's as far as we know...Now - 7 July: Christchurch. Current temperature: 6 degrees.8 July: Fly to Brisbane at 06009 July: Fly to Bangkok at 0025. Arrive at 0625 local time (9hr flight). Thai airways have shouted us a room at the Novotel after moving our flight so we'll drop off our bags and go exploring / get some sleep until...10 July: Fly to Johannesburg, South Africa at 001...