gonna trabajar like its ya birthday! Europe » Spain » Mallorca » Palma de Mallorca By Nickolaaaas April 15th 2007 nicholas k simpson Its the end of April and i have just finished a 8hr days work, polishing the "topsides" of a luxury motorboat. the back is a little [View Full Entry]

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Where to start. Having left my home and new copado amigos in San Telmo, BA i passed quickly thru Salta in the north of Argentina and San Blas on the west coast of Mexico. I am now sitting in my new share house in San Diego, Cali. After nearly 8 months, a lot of bife de chorizo and even more communication problems, i am now back on english speaking soil in the land of knarly surfers y pinchy cabron mexicanos.(es una broma chavos, los quiero todoooo!) It trips me out hanging in north america, not the same feeling as when i [View Full Entry]

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Its been ages since i had something to say or felt like writing, nearly 3 months has passed since i arrived back to Buenos Aires from my tranquilo life in El Bolson, working in hostel heaven. What a memory it will stay, such an amazing place to chill and meet locals and suck up fresh clean country air. Was such a great experience sometimes i wonder why i ever left. Back in the big smokey ciudad is definately a slap in the face and people don´t seem to have as much time for a lazy chat. This is the hardest part [View Full Entry]

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So the road turns again and after sharing just over 2 RE BUENISIMO weeks together as a foursome, team Oz splits in half. Team Shake De Lock head to the coast of Chile to catch cold sic narly olas and the Simpson brothers to hang out for two more weeks catching sweet memories for those years ahead, when we´ll be hanging out on the terrace, sharing a cerveza and laugh whilst sitting in our robot wheelchairs reliving it all. It´s funny how the travellers road bends, twists and falls into some amazing little crevices, people and places. I have found myself [View Full Entry]

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We said goodbye to the beaches and new surrogate family and friends of Mar Del Plata and are now amongst the mountains and lakes of Bariloche. From the east coast to the west right on the border of chile, one side of Argy to the other, 24 hours and about 1200 km travelling with a one way $60aud bus ticket. Thank you to los Bastida´s y los Mastroberti´s for inviting us into your house and into your amazing warm family arms for the whole week. We all felt so fortunate to be spoilt and surrounded by so much argy family love. [View Full Entry]

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Arrived on a bus from Buenos Aires 7.30pm new years eve to the big smile and open arms of Juancito Boludo Bastida THE MALLORCA MAESTRO. He immediately invites the four australian reps to a family asado(bbq) to kick the night off. Awaiting is a feast of traditional argy meat, salads,deserts, vino, cervezas and a whole lot of argentinian family hospitality that greets us all with a kiss and smile that immediately makes us feel at home. After gorging on the masses of meat, midnight hits, champagne flows and we move into the street to watch all the neighbourhood dads demonstrate [View Full Entry]

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Well it had been nearly a whole year since i saw my lil big bro and it didn´t exactly happen the way i expected. Walked into the kitchen of the hostal friday morning(well 1pm, was a large night) small hangover in tow, when i hear a familiar line from behind me "hey bro, whats up" hugs and smiles later and its like you only just saw each other yesterday. Great feeling to have the big guy with me. Best thing about meeting family overseas is the memories you capture together to talk about and relive for the rest of our lives. [View Full Entry]

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The thing about travelling alone is you have plenty of time to question and think about every decision, past, present and future you make. I have had mucho tiempo to think about whether i have made the right choice to move to an alien speaking country that is trying to climb its way out of an economic crisis. My spanish works to get me what i want to survive, to meet people, to have random conversations and throw a cheeky wisecrack at my new locale grocer, Juan. However at other times, when trying to join in a discussion on the work [View Full Entry]

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So just got back to Santiago from my 3 day adventure in Pucon, 10 hour bus ride south of Santiago. the whole aim of the trip was to climb an active Volcano and get out and see a bit of Chile´s bonito countryside. unfortunately and probably to mums satisfaction, the weather was too wet to climb. But for those headed to the south of Chile oneday Pucon is a cute little town with plenty of cool stuff to do. I arrived by bus at around 8 am and started solo wandering thru rain into town to find a hostel, food, coffee [View Full Entry]

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Que pasa dIARY! i´ve arrived in Santiago! yeeeaaarrhh, The travel excitement FINALLY hit me when i was looking out the window of the plane, waiting to see the first sight of this huge continent that i will call home for the next year.(see photo, i was reeeeaaaalllly excited right then ;·) Hit the airport and managed to spit some spanish at the hoards of taxi/shuttle/bus drivers all vying for my Pesos the moment i step out of customs, like bee´s to the honey. After a 20 hour journey it was a nice little welcoming. Turns out the guy i picked, was [View Full Entry]

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