Good evening readers, I am writing this at the end of a day from hell, one that I fully expect to spill on into tomorrow. I shall begin at the beginning as is traditional in these cases and I apologise for the possibly ranting nature of this entry. Firstly I was woken up this morning by a vacuum cleaner after a terrible night of sleep due to my continuing cough and resulting rib pain. Already I'm sure you sense this was not a good start to my day. I the...

Good day readers, As I write this update it is exactly one month until I return home (31 days). I can't wait for this day so that I can see everyone again and finally be back in a room I can call my own where I don't have to pack up everything I own and move on every few weeks or so at the most! Not that I haven't enjoyed my trip immensely, I definitely plan to come away again many times in the near future, but I need a bit of time at home again be...

Yes I'm here again! As you may have deduced I am once again in the land of New Zealand and equally once again I'm working as a housekeeper in Discovery lodge, a job that I secured once more just 10 minutes after arriving in town! I realise now that I had been very spoiled by the luxury of the places I stayed with mum and dad as I'm shocked at the squalor of the dorm room even though I know that's it's in a better condition than it was when ...

Hello there readers, As you may have surmised from the photo I am once again living in the wondrous Discovery lodge though I now hold the glamorous and most desirable post of cleaner. After only one day of work I already miss working down in the kitchen! And that's saying something because that was hardly the best job either, I miss the sociable atmosphere more than anything, the housekeeping crew take everything way too seriously, I'm not sure I can c...

Oh my god it's yet another journal entry from Queenstown! I have so many entries from here it's unbelievable, but get ready for a lot more of them as I've just sorted myself out to stay in my beloved queenie for another month!! Haha I'm so happy. I will once again be living in discovery lodge though possibly in a different room as from 10am tomorrow I will be one of the cleaning crew, ah the glamour! Still it'll pay for my accommodation so ...