After 6 days, 15 buses, 5 phone calls, 4km of walking, 2 returned cameras, 2 declining ATM machines, 1 declined credit card, 1 returned hard drive, 1 ripped pair of shorts and a sandal covered in hot gum I am finally on my way. I still have no computer, but at least I have a [...]
Archive | June, 2010 
Sydney Winter Festival 2010
An afternoon starting off with ice skating outdoors, then a Bratwurst dinner replete with mustard and sauerkraut, washed down with spicy mulled wine. All this, while relaxing inside a ski lodge next to a fireplace and some reindeer. No, we’re not in the middle of Austria or Germany – we’re not even in the northern [...]
1 Year 1 Life 1 List
That sums it up. One year, one life, one list. What exactly does that mean? Well, it’s simple really. Life is all about choice. This is hardly a new concept, however the word “choice” itself deserves a lot of respect from us. Each day, we define ourselves by simply choosing to choose. Whether these choices [...]
Impressions of America Day 4 – Pensacola to Orlando
I am up early and as excited as a child on Xmas morning. We are headed for Orlando, the self professed “Theme Park Mecca” and this is the fulfilment of a dream to me. Breakfast is a buffet affair in the hotel lobby. For a country that makes some of the best breakfast fare on [...]
Hadaka Matsuri – Okayama, Japan
One of the most unusual festivals in Japan is the naked festival (Hadaka Matsuri). Okay, so the participants aren’t completed nude, but picture this: tens of thousands of Japanese men with little more than a white loincloth (G-string or thong style) draped around their erm, loins, running crazily through the streets of the city to [...]
