http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Edd/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Edd en-us Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:05:05 BST Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:05:05 BST Cairns Diving in the Great Barrier ReefMy flight from Auckland left at around 6am then after a brief stopover in Brisbane arrived in Cairns early afternoon. Reasonably hot here for the middle of winter but could be better. I spent the afternoon sitting in the sun considering what to do here and visiting various tourist information offices. By the end of the day I had arranged a 5 day divin http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/blog-293153.html WellingtonArrived in Wellington on the 8th June. Things we did here included a visit to the Te Papa museum which gave information about the whole history of NZ as well as the wildlife past geological activity a collection of artwork and a cafe that does rather bad espresso. We also walked around much of the city centre and visited the University which I would seriously consider going to to do http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/blog-293127.html Hello all. It has been over a month since I last updated this blog but now with a whole evening free I am devoting some time to adding my journal of New Zealand to the site.ChristchurchArrived here on the 19th May from Bali via Sydney. Spent the time over the next 24 hours looking around the city visiting the botanical gardens and sleeping. Christchurch has a very English feel to the place onl http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/blog-293086.html Arrival In Bali BalianTrying to get to Kuta in the southern region of the island on the afternoon I arrived in Bali on the western tip of the island proved a bit too difficult on the public bus I was on. A group of surfer Aussies and Canadians jumped on the bus once I and a couple of others I had met at Ijen were getting totally fed up with the journey. They sold us the idea of stopping off http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-277215.html Jakarta5th May Arrived in this smeggy city late afternoon just in time for some ripoff taxi driver to transport me through the rush hour of the Indonesian capital with a horrendous driving style common to that of every other road user here. How I didn't witness a single accident during my 2 hour drive I couldn't work out. Arriving at a hostel on Jl Jaksi the Ko Sam road of Jakarta but rubbi http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Java/blog-276949.html SingaporeG'day all. I've finally found time to sit down and write out a good few entries. So the first one Singapore. Only spent two and a half days here but I managed to get in almost all I wanted to.Arrived at the airport at about 8pm after 14 hours on the plane 2 hour delay on Heathrow tarmac and was picked up by my prepaid taxi transfer to the hotel. Two minutes before arriving at this boo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/blog-276935.html