I am home again!

My apologies for not posting sooner. My first week and a half home was basically a whirlwind of socializing and trying to get my sleep schedule to make some kind of sense. Then I got sick and had a totally nasty weekend because of it, missing a send-off for one of my friends who’s going [...]

One More Night

This is my last night abroad. Tomorrow morning I’ll be getting on a plane, and staying there for a ridiculously long time. I will eventually be spat out in my hometown (after more than 20 hours in the air, not including stops) and then I’ll sleep in my bed for the first time in close [...]

Queenstown and surrounds: Woah.

It seems useless to try to describe how pretty the scenery here is. I have so many awesome photos from the past few days that the thought of sorting through them and selecting just a FEW to post is extremely daunting. Just out of sheer blog exhaustion I’m going to keep them to a minimum [...]

New Zealand: The South Island (or: Mountains, Mountains Everywhere!)

I’m posting from Queenstown, where right next to my hostel there’s a place with 4$/hour internet. Hooray! That means picture-uploading for you, and trust me, you’re going to enjoy it.
After my Lord of the Rings tour on Friday, I finally managed to meet up with Laura and the hopped-up-on-diet-coke version of Margaret for a drink. [...]

New Zealand: The North Island, and Lord of the Rings hilarity

I finally decided to bite the bullet and spend a wee bit on some internet time. I’m going to skip the remnants of the Australian stuff for now, since I’m in New Zealand mode. Today I’m going to put up my pics from the North Island, and also some mystery filming locations from Lord of [...]

Bits and Pieces: The Alice, Cairns, Nowra/Berry, and the north island of New Zealand

I’ve been waiting to post about some intrim bits that have happened that, thanks to time and USB constraints, I haven’t gotten to until now. Unfortunately I’m still USB port-less, which means that I can’t upload my photos as I go, but I’m tired of waiting. So here is a post to catch up on [...]

I’m in New Zealand!

Phew! I would write more of a blog entry, but things are a little hectic for the next day or so – tonight I’m going to try to meet up with Laura and family, as we are coincidentally here at the same time (if all has gone wel). After that I’m going to sleep for [...]

A Birthday to Remember: The Great Barrier Reef

I have a bit of intrim stuff to talk about re: Alice Springs and Cairns, but I’ll get to that later. I’ve been saying lately that I don’t really ‘get’ the whole “time moves forward in a linear fashion” idea that is so persistent today, so it’s only fit that I carry this philosophy into [...]

The Outback, Part 2: Is that a GIANT ROCK or are you just happy to see me?

Now that’s a sunset to remember.
We didn’t go straight to Uluru that morning, as we had a few folks to pick up first (they were supposed to come for the full three days, but one of them was robbed the night before and had his wallet, phone and shoes stolen. Hiking in sock feet isn’t exactly [...]

Alice, will you marry me?

Alice Springs, that is.
It’s a small town, bite-sized really, but I am enjoying her quite a bit even though I’ve only been here for an hour or so. I will elaborate upon this idea, as well as upon the long train ride I took to get up here, once I have the chance to sit [...]