Kiwi Shot

I was well excited for a summer holiday away!  I even spent £30 on fake tan.  More on that later.  We started off this adventure by once again being late to the airport then once again waiting for EasyJet to get its issues sorted so we could depart.  I thought that with Marcelo being fluent [...]

We made our way through the winding souqs and tiny streets in the old city of beautiful Jerusalem.  Miserably, I followed Marcelo through to the Muslim Quarter as our budgets did not want to go NEAR the price of a hostel in the Christian or Jewish Quarter.  I mean, there was nothing at all wrong [...]

Heh.  This chapter in my notebook is labelled Fucking Disaster Notes from Belgium.  To be fair, I had had a really shite day when I started writing this up.  So here goes. As glad as I am to visit different countries and I believe every country has an unique experience to offer, I have to [...]

My favourite city in Europe.  After visiting for such a short time last time I had been looking for any excuse to head back there again.  Luckily, my brother is easy to convince and Marcelo had not ever been. I figured I’d start the trip properly and actually book hostels in advance rather than the [...]

Holy crap.  You’d think after 2 years of travelling I’d have got the hang of this by now.  NO.   NO, I STILL AM CRAP.  Marcelo and are constantly having very close calls and we’ve missed a plane completely once.  Maybe twice.  I forget. Today, on my way home from Belgium, I congratulate myself for getting [...]

For some reason my photo taking mission in Tel Aviv was freaking abysmal.  I have five photos representing the entire time we were there.  Which is a shame really, as it was an awesome city, a highrise, beachside town full of cute cafes and funky people. Below is probably the best photo I took.  The [...]

After leaving our tour group in Aqaba we were once again on our own and led by the wisdom of Ye Olde Lonely Planet which was getting a bit tattered and messy at this point.  We took a bus back to Amman and found a fantastic central hostel which was great, as we’d not actually [...]

And now, blog from another continent!  Just to mix things up. Last week Marcelo and I headed over to Sweden to meet up with our brothers.  My brother is moving there for a year away at University and Marcelo’s whanau was based in Sweden with his brother still living in Malmo. We flew cheap cheap [...]

Sometimes I get this thing where I’m utterly at peace with the world and I think “there is no where I’d rather be than here”. Wadi Rum was this place. Rust coloured sand lead up into towering mountains of orange and it was just beautiful. Our group took a convoy of jeeps out to a [...]

Tick one off for a Seventh Wonder of the World.  We got into Petra and the town of Wadi Musa just before midday, meaning our trek through the valley was going to be at the hottest point in the day.  In the Middle East.  During Summer. On the way in, we passed a sign encouraging [...]