The Songkran Festival announced itself to us with an 8am commotion. Car horns beeping, music blaring and people screaming is exactly the wake up call…
It’s funny because one of the things that people always say to you when you go away on a long trip is: “Don’t worry, nothing…
Having overcome my fear of diving back in New Zealand, I was really looking forward to diving in Australia. Ever since I took my PADI…
It’s official. I have passed the mid-way point of my trip. It all happened so suddenly. One moment I was moseying along with months and…
I’m sure most of the people who recommended Fraser Island to me probably experienced it in a very different way. But anyone who read my…
At home among some of my friends I’m affectionately (at least I like to think so) known as Granny Annie on account of my love…
Whenever people ask me if I like travelling solo I always tell them it has its pros and its cons. On one hand it’s nice…
I have a confession to make and this may shock some people and even cause some of you to de-friend me on Facebook, but I…
I was starting to get a bit worried about finding E, as it turns out nowhere in New Zealand begins with this pesky letter. (Ok…
The first time I went to Christchurch, like many tourists, I completely wrote it off. I arrived the day after the one year anniversary of the…