Ok, so despite being a nervous flyer I managed to get a flight for September 11th and made my way to Vietnam, with my long awaited visa in hand. I was looking forward to communism and a new way of social living. The immigration people were very nice to me though and not at all like I'd imagined they would be (very strict and in a bad mood). The first thing I noticed on the way to my hostel was the endless paddy fields, with little old ladies in them tending the...

Ok, so when I crossed the border into Thailand I had to change buses because it was a different company taking me from the border to Bangkok. It was all a bit rushed and chaotic though and some local bloke was trying to tell me to give him my bags and to follow him....sure...that sounds like a good idea. I decided to follow my instincts instead and go in the other direction where I found my way to where another bus was waiting to take us to Bangkok. I couldn'...

So on Saturday 21st July I arrive in South Korea and meet Joanne at the train station. We headed off into Busan to meet some of her friends and then we all went out drinking together. At the end of the night we caught a bus to Ulsan and then a taxi to Hogae where Joanne stays. The next day we went back to Busan with Joanne's Gumdo school (Korean sword fighting) where people were trying for their black belt. Joanne's friend Thu was one of the 100 or so people who ...

Nothing could prepare me for this. Tokyo is unbelievable. This is without doubt the most fascinating place I have ever been to. Mind you...we had a few difficulties when we arrived. In the airport we got totally lost, having no idea how to get to our accommodation (Ryoken) and we couldn't read the signs.   Luckily the hot air hostess, Priscilla, who we had been getting on well with, turned up and she could speak fluent Japanese.  She got speaki...

Oh well, I have to write this again because something went wrong with the last blog. So I guess I've left NZ now, and I remember feeling pretty bad about that. I made a lot of friends while I was there and there were so many beautiful places to see there and cool things to do. So I grudgingly made my way to OZ where I was sure I would not enjoy myself as much. We flew into Melbourne on the 11th January and made or way to the city centre where our hostel was. Te...