Before you read this you may want to go and put the kettle on, take a few deep breaths and pop a few pro-plus, i've got two weeks worth of blogging to catch up on so you're in it for the long haul now... After incorrectly setting my alarm and getting up at 4am instead of 6am i had a few unsociable hours to kill whilst in Melbourne, given that we were staying in the red-light district i decided against going for a sunrise stroll and opted instead for the couch an...

I'm in a new country and another new time zone, but it still doesn't feel like i'm in Australia. I was expecting hats with corks, snakes and crocadile dundee on every street but the closest i've come to the red sand dream is seeing kids walk around in the 'Neighbours' style school uniforms, yes, they really do exist and they're far worse than they look on the telly, in fact the sight of 100% polyester burns my eyes from 100yards away. Melbourne has proved itsel...

Unless i have my days confused (which is quite likely) this makes it my 2nd blog in one week, wow, i'm excelling at this thing now. Since the last entry i have decided to rule out ever becoming a mountain explorer. The other day i spent 9hours on a vertical ascent of Franz Josef glacier, i quite liked wearing crampons and the views the hike afforded, i quite disliked being in the #1 group as this reqiured me to walk at a super-human pace (even for me), jump crev...

So the blog entries are not going to well so far, possibly because i've spent pretty much every day on a big green bus and every night in a library, yeah whatever. New Zealand (or NZ as i'm now allowed to call it) has been super busy and super fun and thankfully 1st impressions have drastically changed. We were welcomed in the traditional Maori style of sticking your tongue out, slapping your man boobs, grunting and dancing round with a big pointy stick and then ...

I've got no idea of the day or the time but i'm pretty sure i'm now in another country. I guess i should finish off LA first. My current state all started on errr possibly sunday with a comedy night and Mexican drinks, the rounds generally went Corona corona tequila corona, repeatedly until i stumbled back to my room and had some kip. Woke early monday morning having set my alarm rather too enthusiastically, and packed. Even though i havent bought anything i seem...