There's something they don't tell you when you sign up for this round the world malarky, and that is that travelling round the world is not all fun all the time, and nor should it be expected to be. They also don't tell you that just because you're not having fun and doing new and exciting things every minute of every day it doesn't mean you are a failure at travelling, or should be ashamed of telling the folks back home that you feel that way. So now you know w...

For those of you who don't know: I've been in jail for the last two and a half weeks, and won't be getting out for at least another two months. But before you either start panicking and/or being outraged (or celebrating and saying "well, it's about time", which I wouldn't blame you for ;D), I have a confession to make. It's not real jail.Nope. Instead it is an old jailhouse that has been made into a very awesome hostel (www.jail.co.nz). I lived here for...

Kia ora everybody! I'm here with Stephanie in Paihia in beautiful New Zealand. We've been in New Zealand since wednesday and Stephanie has been travelling with me since the 11th. I'll have the last week or so of my Australian adventure up soon, but first let me tell you what we've been up to since arriving in NZ. We flew over from Sydney on the 15th on the best kind of flight (that is to say a boring uneventful flight), landing in Auckland at about 18:00 local t...

Part one of the mega post.... started in Brisbane: I need to start blogging more and talking less. I need to write down my stories so I don’t go home, wake up one day and forget they ever existed. I need to stop reading and get creating. Anyways. I have decided I like Brisbane. I had been a little apprehensive about coming here because people had told me that it was boring and that I would be bored and that there was very little to do without spending a for...

Here's the deal, guys: I've been working on a mammoth blog post on my netbook, that basically chronicles everything I've done in Australia. It's not quite ready to post yet (well, that and I don't have a wifi connection at present to post it with), but as soon as it is I will start posting it in chunks (because, and trust me on this, it's longer than the majority of the essays I wrote for uni put together. OK, so maybe not, but it *is* almost 5,000 words long wi...