Well, that's that. I've been around the world. Was going to be in 4 months, ended up close to 11. I can easily say it's been the most interesting year of my life - in fact it feels like a lifetime in my memory. To all the people I met along the way, thanks for being so cruisey. Look me up if you ever come to this neck of the woods. Thanks for checking out my online journal, hope you've enjoyed my photos and text. If you're wondering where th...

Hey everybody, I'm actually at home now but I thought I'd update my site anyway just to complete the journal. These photos have been taken off the sta website and for some reason they don't have any of san fran, so you got some random building in Alabama and and old picture of New York?!? Anyway, had a surprisingly good time in San Fran. I was only there for 3 nights, but managed to meet some cool people. I was dangerously short of money, but had som...

Hello again. I'm in San Fran now but I've got free internet so I thought i'd update my site. Unfortunately my camera battery has stopped working and I can't find a new one cos it's chinese so no more photos for now. Anyway, had a nice relaxing time on a couple of fiji's islands. Started off on a small (walked round it in 20 minutes) island called Bounty Island which had loads of other backpackers, mostly english, and was fun for a few d...

Did the Tongariro crossing near lake taupo. It was an 18.5km walk across an active volcano and it's like walking across mars (prove me wrong). I know this is irrelevant to Rotorua, but I had to put something to update my map location. Peace, andy

Hi everyone! This is my view from my desk as I type this, working from fxbikes HQ on mount pleasant, overlooking Christchurch. Somewhere out there is my house I've moved into, sharing with 4 20 something year old kiwis. So far I've been there a week and I've been climbing, mountain biking and to a party on mead (viking booze) out in the countryside all for free! It's amazing how you can get by when your skint and everyone's so friendly and wil...