Ok, so yes i'm 'travelling', but I don't have the luxury of actually being a traveller; one of the many that travel in heards on the Magicbus or Nakedbus(apparently nakedness is optional). I sleep under the same roof as these people, but unlike them I can't turn up somewhere and offer to work cleaning rooms for the day in order to get a free nights accommodation because I don't have the luxury of having another 875 days left to play with as they do. But I do get ...

So this is New Years Eve continued for anyone who's still reading Hit the backpackers bar early about 6, and was adopted by a group of kiwi guys. Kiwi guys seem to fall in to two camps. The first are fake aussies - loud, big, do wolf whistles at women, bare their bums and snog each other when drunk for the laugh etc. However unlike aussies they're secretly a bit shy. The second group are just thoroughly nice, they lack any kind of edge, but they'd always be re...

At last! This is the first real opportunity ive had to bore you to death with my NZ exploits so here goes! In no particular chronological order... Dec 25. Hmmm...flying on Xmas day. You'd expect a cracker wouldn't you. Maybe party hats. None of it. Dinner was the traditional festive fish dinner as well. Bah humbug. Film wise, I watched Ratatouille (hilarious coloured pixel fun), The Lives of Others (yes it's subtitled but believe me it's worth it), and Transfo...