So I am actually writting in time now, as I watch the Oscars, very upset that Eddie Murphy didn't win. I love Eddie Murphy! I am staying in Leaside which is a suburb of Toronto with my friend Loran from Sydney and her friend. So far its been awesome, I live in her basement, which has everything you would need in an apartment. Shes a fantastic host too, wining it up as only Loran can do. And looking after me as if I was royalty. Her friends are also looking af...

So it was off to Vancouver, and god I have never had so many problems getting into a country. Maybe because it was driving over, but my god, I have never been subjected to that kind of interrogation, family names, intentions, jail time, and sexual preference etc…the list goes on. I made it though and Vancouver is just over the border, around a 3 hour drive from Seattle. It’s cold up here too. We arrived late so we watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves...

So the rest of my time in Seattle was awesome. We took the car to see Kurt Cobain’s memorial, which is a bench outside his old residence dedicated just to him. It’s quite freaky how long it’s been now since he committed suicide, I remember reading the articles when he actually did it. I remember Tim, Dom and I listening to Nevermind for the first time, and it bringing a whole new aspect to music to us. We were that young at the time, but I remem...

The next day we went on another road trip to a place we saw on the map called Cape Disappointment! That’s a great idea, so much so that Nate and I were actually quite excited! Not realizing that it was 4 hours drive, back down towards Portland, and again the weather hadn’t cleared up at all. Great idea lads, good thinking! We got there, couldn’t see anything, apart from the coolest picture with the sign then had to drive all the way back. What a...

So you leave Portland, and you cross over to Washington straight away. No signs or anything, Portland is literally on the border between the two. So Nate wanted to visit this Volcano called Mount St Helens, that had erupted in 1980 and caused a sensation, that I hadn’t even heard of.. And I have an American history degree.. interesting hey! Anyhow the national park was really stunning, stunning in the fact that we were in the depths of winter and we couldn&...