So we had chosen the orchard! We arrived on our big old coach into the eastern coastal city of Napier. Having suffered a really bad earthquake in 1931 the city’s architectural landscape is made up of a large number of...
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New Zealand
Northland – Loss and gain on 90 Mile Beach
The Welsh guy had a job hiring out canoes along the beach. At first when I heard this I was jealous at both how easy it had been for him to find work as well as the thought that hiring...
New Zealand
Northland – Paihia and attempting to be a real backpacker
Before we got to Paihia, we had a weird confused part of the trip where we had no idea where we were going or what we were doing. It mainly consisted of "oh nice beach, shall we stop there? but there...
Singapore
Singapore – New Year’s Eve abroad
It’s safe to say that the short journey to Singapore from Phuket, felt like a long one. Jet2, the Ryanair of the Southern Hemisphere, actually that’s not fair - the EasyJet of the Southern Hemisphere, wasn’t the best place to...
Thailand
Koh Phi Phi – How not to do it!
Koh Phi Phi, the little smudge of an island made famous by the film The Beach (the one where there’s a beach and Leonardo DiCaprio is cute as hell) sits in the Andaman sea next to Phuket and is where...
Thailand
Koh Samui – viewpionts, booze and wanky Australians
And on to Koh Phangan's more commercial and therefore generally more expensive sister island, Koh Samui. We couldn't afford anywhere as central here so stayed in a complex of huts up on a hill just outside of Cheweng Beach. Not...
Thailand
Temples and Buckets
The rest of our time in Bangkok was a hazy hot blur of temples and buckets. I don’t completely agree with the statement ‘once you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all’ when it comes to temples but there are definitely...
Thailand
Journey to Bangkok – dustiness, feet and traffic
So it was December 2013 (god that seems a long time ago). Me and my travel buddy Tom were ready to begin our journey and embark on our first great travelling adventure. We had no idea when we'd come back....
London
The Beginning
I've been living in London now for nearly two years. It still doesn't really feel like home but perhaps that's because like most young people in London, I live in a house share where nothing ever feels like it's your...