Frenger on Tour

Hey Dudes, I have since returned home to England from Fiji, but not before stopping in the US of A and it's large state (well I suppose they are all relatively large to English counties) of California - sometimes shortened (is that a word?) to "CA" in prose...Anyhow, time was a factor from flying from Fiji to California. Crossing the International Date Line (as you do), I was forced into reliving 9 hours of the same day, not on the plane, but in America. My first task was to have my index fingers scanned, which I managed to make complicated by failing to press hard enough on the touch pad! and then a cheesy photo, taken by passport control, using a small "web-cam looking" device! I was heading to San Diego from Los Angeles' LAX airport ... read more

Hey up there peeps! Kia Ora to be precise (Mäori for 'Hello') Flying into Auckland in New Zealand or Aotearoa (the Mäori name which may mean "Long white cloud" (ao = cloud, tea = white, roa = long)), I have spent 2 weeks on the Northern Island and 2 weeks on the Southern Island of NZ (these are sometimes referred to as the North and South Islands). I started with a tramp around a nearby island off Auckland and I visited the Auckland museum. On my walk to the entrance, I walked past someone whom I recognised, and it was no other than Michael Barrymore (those not from England - he is an comedian who had a dead body found in his swimming pool !). He was walking his dog and as I caught his eye ... read more

Hello there peeps, In the last month and a half, I have been mostly eating. no that's travelling, australia and more precisely-doing my east coast trip from melbourne to cairns by foot. The first month I spent away from hostels (on the whole) and I stayed with my uncle's and aunties in Melbourne and Sydney, who were all grand to me, and love hearing all their stories, especially Maurice's stories. i can never remember all stories that happen to me! hehe - thus Im writing them down here! annnnnywayy I was staying with mee Uncle Maurice in Melbourne and my first error in Australia (oh and there's more!) was giving the wrong airline to Maurice! how crap of moi. Eventually we met at the airport. Next time - it's easier to give a flight number Im ... read more

Hello Pilgrims! I have touched down down under, having passed through Singapore but more on that in another journal entry ...for now - I shall go into the 2nd half of my SA trip. I finished off a week and a half in South Africa experiencing some more cool places. First stop after Coffee Bay, was Cintsa- a gorgeous bay area (see 1st photo). This was a short visit as I headed for 2 nights in the place they call the Hogsback - said to have inspired many a great book story and in particular (well ok, the only one), JR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Yea. I'd not heard of it either. But seriously, it's a beautiful place that does indeed resemble middle earth in places - small paths through dense forest tracks, with many ... read more

Hello Campers! This is my introductary journal entry which I write from the compounds of Surreyshire dwellings. I shall be in Johannesburg in a weeks time - June 15th, spending three weeks along the southern coast of South Africa, and then dipping into Singapore (five days) before two months in Australia, going along New South Wales and Queensland and then a month and bit seeing New Zealand and Fiji... Literally chasing the sun, as the seasons in the southern hemi are approaching Winter as the Northern goes into the core of Summer period, but Im sure Ive got my clothes balanced just right for Northern Australia and Fiji's warmer moments! Ill try to keep my logs entertaining and with photos! More half English - half Elvish scribes to come from me later.... best wishes Pat ... read more