"Where are all the good men dead?In the heart? Or in the head?"Gross Point BlankWhat better way to celebrate the two year anniversary of this journey and this travel blog than the rather unimaginative method of pulling the random quotes from the tops of every entry I've done and stick them all together here in some kind of bizarre bumper compilation? The quotes that introduce my travelpod entries are as much a part of the whole experience as the photographs, ...

"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the fall of Kenobi. It will soon see the fall of the rebellion".-- Star WarsTwo years is an awfully long time. It's longer than I've ever held down the same job for (although admittedly that probably says more about me). It's also longer than my longest relationship with a lady (again....).Still though.Today is the two year anniversary of the day Vinny and I began this endeavour of ours by catching the ...

"The truth is, you are the weak.... And I am the tyranny of evil men. But I'm trying Ringo... I'm trying real hard.. To be the shepherd." -- Pulp Fiction April in Auckland arrived.... And it did it cold. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly your body adjusts to the current climate. Well, adjusts may not be the word... Complains is the word. When you're stinking hot and soaking your t-shirt in cold water before putting it on and going to bed in ...

"It's this whole other country"-- Forrest GumpWhen JRR Tolkien wrote the words "White shores, and beyond... A far green country, under a swift sunrise", he was referring to the Grey Havens, the place the elves were heading to when they sacked off Middle Earth. But isn't it also possible he was referring to New Zealand?No. No it isn't. He was talking about the Grey Havens. Sorry. Got a bit excited there. Don't really know what I was thinking.When e...