It was dark and freezing when I arrived at Kaikoura but on a plus the bus stopped right outside my hostel; Fish Tank Lodge. The lady on reception was lovely and friendly and the place definitely had a fish tank theme in the lounge area. I dumped bags before heading out for some food, in the way of a fish and chip shop. It was so cold and I was seriously under prepared for it so I headed back to the hostel for a decent night’s sleep. I chose the bed next to the ...

New Zealand, so happy able to budget and squeeze this in before having to find a job (granted I can only afford to tour the south island but I hear it’s the pretty of the two). I land at a shockingly early time and jump in a cab to my hotel, BreakFree in Christchurch. I might only get several hours kip before kick out time but it was worth it. I had only allowed myself just under a day in Christchurch, I heard that that was sufficient to see it as they were st...

Finally I arrived in Australia where I had a working holiday visa which kick started 15th May 2015, through an easy customs before chilling with a coffee at the airport for a while, since it was only 6am and too early to go round to my friend’s, Jaime, house. Who was kindly putting me up for the night. I was only spending a week in Australia as I decided to go visit New Zealand for a couple of weeks before finally admitting I was out of cash and needed a job. ...

It was so good to see Natalie, and to be back visiting her in Singapore. Needless to say the first evening was spent catching up and grabbing some food. I did very little with my first day in Singas whilst Nat was at work. It mainly consisted of sitting around, then sitting around the pool with a bit of a swim. But that evening I met her and her work mates for a few beers before we took a break from the bar to go to a comedy night in the same format as Who’s Li...

That’s the brief visit to Hualien done. So after a bit of breakfast and packing, I hopped on the train back to Taipei. I had booked back in at JV’s Hostel, mainly because Rice is just so lovely. I got to the hostel to find it locked and no one there, luckily just a few moments later, Rice came running round the corner to let me having remembered what time my train was due into Taipei. Bless. Taipei was really hazy and smoggy and after a shower and a catch up...