popey23

Well, I’ve left the Western world behind me and am in Asia now. I started off by flying into Singapore. The first thing I noticed about Singapore was the heat and humidity, this was at 11:00 at night and it was already unbearable. The next day me and some people I met in the hostel went for a bit of a wander round the city. We started off in China town and had some stupidly cheap and really good food from a stall in a food court. It was quite a relief from the Aussie prices. We then went to a Hindu temple in one of the streets which was pretty cool, really colourful and loads of statues. We then walked up to the CBD. This area seemed pretty up market and just like a Western ... read more

Well, been in Australia for just over 3 weeks now and really enjoying it. I started off in Melbourne. Really liked the city, probably my favourite city I've been to, the buildings are really nice, old mixed with new the trams are really good and it just has a really chilled out vibe to it. I stayed out in a suburb called St Kilda, which is basically the backpacker suburb now and is pretty nice. One night I went and saw penguins coming into the breakwater at St Kilda which was pretty amazing. Also had a couple of crazy nights out. One day me and a couple of guys I met went to see an Aussie rules game at the Etihad Stadium. It was crazy, the stadium was huge, I just wish I had a clue ... read more

Fjiordland and Milford Sound; Drove out to Te Anau, which is a really nice small lake side town. Then I decided to head further into Fjiordland and up to Milford Sound for a cruise. This was probably one of the hardest drives I've ever done, because its such amazing scenery its really hard to keep you eyes on the road. Eventually got to Milford Sound, which was a bit foggy unfortunately, then chilled out while I waited for my cruise. Went on the cruise which was amazing! Probably the most amazing landscape I've ever seen despite the sideways rain. The sides of the fjord are completely vertical, including Mitre peak, the highest sea cliff in the world. On the way out to the edge of the sea the weather was pretty horrible but luckily it cleared ... read more

Well been in New Zealand for nearly 4 months now and still absolutely loving it, probably more than ever at the moment. A lot has happened since my last entry so I'll warn you now, your probably in for a long read. After my last entry I hitched down to Turangi and after a day waiting for the weather to clear, walked the Tongariro alpine crossing, and also climbed Mt Ngarahoe, which is Mt Doom in the Lord of the Rings films. After this I managed to hitch all the way back down to Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast where my Aunt, Judy lives. This was on christmas eve and I still wasn't feeling very christmassy, christmas just doesn't work in the summer I've decided. On christmas morning I got up and went for a swim ... read more

Well, I'm in Auckland now, left Fiji behind me after two weeks :(. Fiji started off well... on the first day i was walking along the beach and a Fijian guy callled me over, i thought he was going to tell me off for some reason, but he just handed me a beer :). After this i travelled out to a hostel calll Beachouse on the main island. It was so nice here, the facilities must have been almost 4 star and i was only paying the equivelant of 11GBP per night, and it was only 1.50GBP for a pint :) fun times. I did lots of activities while i was here including a trek through the rainforest to a waterfall which we climbed up and sat under, unfortunately it was raining that day, and the ... read more