Europe part Toru: When in Rome...

We'd been in Italy hardly 20 minutes before I decided to assume a new persona as a street-fighting super hero. As we were carting our luggage along the train station - notoriously pick-pocket goldmines - a cry of "Stop! Thief!" was made by a man on the other side of the …

Europe (and Africa) part Rua: Rock over Gibraltar, Rock on Morocco

If you're going to visit another country, it's probably not the best idea to do it on a hangover, even more so if you haven't bothered finding out anything about the country before hand. If that country happens to be Morocco, and your point of entry is a notorious …

Europe part Tahi: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

This was my first impression of Europe, in Munich airport:

Clearly I'm fucking pumped about going to Germany now, but in the meantime, I'll have to settle for Espana.

After having a crack at navigating my way through Spanish transport systems, I reached my …

America Part Trece y Finale: In the desert you can't remember your name

I've been living in airport land the last few days, forced to converse in broken English with hilaaarious consequences, just like Tom Hanks! I have left the land of the free, which should technically make me a slave now. I don't know how I'll ever cope with these …

America part doce: Rock over London, Rock on Chicago

I went to Chicago on the weekend
It was a rocking good time to the max
It really whipped a horses ass
I enjoyed myself a lot

CHIIIIIIICAGO!!!
CHIIIIIIICAGO!!!
CHIIIIIIICAGO!!
CHIIIIIIICAGO!!!

I met up with a friend who had come to New Zealand about 10 months …

America part once: Amish Paradise

My attempts to join an Amish family were dashed after some quick night-before research (apparently they don't have TV's OR drink beer, which makes Shane go something something... Plus they start work at 4:30 am and as the staff at BBC Technologies would know, I don't …

America part diez: Assorted East Coast-isms

As blueberry season has wound down, I've had a bit more time to check out fun stuff in and around New Jersey. More of the 'around' and a little less of the 'in', as New Jersey and 'Fun' have about as much in common as New Zealand does with 'Nice Weather' at the moment …

America part nueve: TeH MEGABLOG!!!!1

Its been a long time between blogs, partly due to heat-induced laziness, but mostly because I've either been working or doing shit and very little in between. I think I'm in need of some more 'in between' bits as I've got sick the last couple of days. I think maybe my …

America part ocho: Shane and the Giant Apple

After about a couple of days of hanging out in 'Dirty Jersey' I figured there wasn't much going on round here, so I thought I might as well check out the Big Apple for the weekend. It's kinda like that Giant Peach in the Roald Dahl book, except I didn't meet any guy …

America part siete: The Armpit of America

After Florida, I headed up the East Coast towards New Jersey, the 'Armpit of America' as they say. There was a lot of traveling to be done, about 1400 miles worth, so wacky adventures would surely ensue!!!!!!!1

My first WACKVENTURE!!!!1 was to Greenville, South …

America part seis: Alligator Alley

I think I've done more stuff in the past four days than I have in the last four weeks, so I figure I better post a blog now before I forget half of it. It's a pretty whopper blog, so there are a lot of photos on here, because words are sucky (plus Jazza needs pictures …

America part cinco: Leaving Caleeforneea

I'm currently waiting at San Francisco Airport for my flight to Florida, finally! After two weeks of waiting around patiently to leave the toxic dust-bowl of Central California, I think I have got out just in time before I either went insane, died of lung cancer or …

America part quattro: Oregon!

Being stuck in a shitty desert for as long as we've been gets pretty suffocating at times, especially when breathing the air in Bakersfield is like smoking a pack of Marlboro Reds everyday. Which is quite ironic considering I've given up smoking since being …

America Part tres: Beer and Losing in Los Vegas

Las Vegas is a pretty fascinating town. It’s stuck in the middle of the desert, hundreds of miles from anything bigger than a blink, for the sole purpose of legal gambling and getting focccked up, an entire industry based around debauchery. It oozes about as much …

America part dos: If you're going to San Francisco...

I think after spending a week in Bakersfield you lose all sense of rationality and pretty much at that point you have to remind yourself of the real world or you effectively become insane. And that’s pretty apparent judging by the amount of people who will buy a …