18/4/07 I wasn't too impressed with Auckland when I arrived a couple of days ago. I guess part of that was coming from Sydney which I really enjoyed and part of it was because my hostel is in the arse-end of the city, sandwiched between a dodgy looking strip club called Mermaids and a 'massage parlour' called Lipstix which proudly advertises a $120 half-hour lunchtime special on a board outside (I wonder if food is included in that!).To be fair, ...

23/2/07It feels like ages since I've updated you all on what I'm doing but that's because I've just spent the last two weeks out in the middle of the Australian bush.From Singapore I flew into Darwin and almost immediately began my trip. Darwin is much smaller than I expected it to be and the weather was so hot and humid so I wasn't too disappointed to leave straight away. From there the tour took me through Kakadu, Lichfield and Katherine Nat...