Yes, that is a photo of Bron, a Korean friend and I in Times Square. And yes, Liv, you will be pleased to know we sung New Zealand's beautiful national anthem there, fulfilling clause 5 of the challenge you set me. Maybe it wasn't quite top of the lungs, but I think any listeners would agree we did a pretty darn good job, if the listener was tone deaf, and didn't realise we weren't supposed to peter out on the second half when we forgot the lyrics...

So I lie, I'm no longer in Mexico. But I was a few hours ago.Went down for the weekend with the intention of helping out with the health fair a sister church of ours, La Vina, was holding. Lacking in medical skills and Spanish knowledge, I don't know how much help I was but I did have fun hanging out with the gorgeous l'il kiddies. Los ninos son mucho bonitas.Was stoked to find out how similar Spanish is to French, meaning even though I could speak ve...

Biggest temperature change I've ever experienced in one country, in 24 hours: from yesterday's [minimum] -13 degrees C in New York, to today's min 12 degrees C in La Jolla, California, where I am now. Was a good feeling to shed the gloves / scarf / fleece / snow-jacket / beanie etc for today's jeans, t-shirt and sometimes hoody.

This'll be my last entry from New York, as I'm getting picked up at the lovely hour of 3:15 in the morning for my flight home. Home being San Diego, that is.Yesterday morning was spent on a two hour long walking tour of Harlem, learning about places where famous people had wined & dined / stayed / lived etc - about 75% of whom I'd never heard of in my life! It was about an hour and a half too long too considering how freezing it is over here and t...

Landed here at what felt like 3a.m. - and it was, in San Diego - but was technically 6:00 in the morning, New York time. After a train, metro and short walk to my hostel I met up with Bronwyn, and after a quick shower and brekkie, we hit the streets of Manhattan, New York. First stop, Central Park for some squirrel spotting! My fingers just about froze off inside my gloves when we spent a little too long in the shade so we had a stop for a hot drink and grilled ...