We threaded the eye so to speak when we flew from Berlin to Amsterdam. Our arrival marked the closing of most of the northern airports around these parts due to the Iceland volcanic activity etc. Amsterdam itself is intense. Very intense. On any given intersection there is approximately 24 directions you need to what to make it safely across the road. The most rediculous is that motorbikes can travel on the bike lanes/footpaths at up to 60km/hr...which is rediculous. So you have trams, bikes, motobikes cars all being operated by people who could be stoned and drunk and who knows. Its scary lol. Other than that, its kinda smelly, with tiny houses and cramped stairways. So saying lots of bad things it was in the end quite fun. Though our intensions to try some hash cakes, ... read more

Dresden, the capital of Saxony, home of various old building, some old looking building that were rebuilt after WW2, and apparently an excellant example of eastern germanyness (aka, communist germany pre berlin wall). We arrived after trainging across half of Germany in time to have dinner, check out the actually very cool skybar for a very forgetable local beer before bed. At this point I should comment that if you are traveling to germany and are under 25, a german rail pass is the best train option. You get a to travel X days in a month for a very reasonable price and you can use any public transport in the country for that day!. We awoke with slight confusion, wondering as to why we came to dresden. Frustartion built as the only good thing about ... read more

Hey everybody, and hopefully mum, Aunties Sandra and Angela and Uncle Rod and anyone else who may read (assuming I inivited you correctly, thanks to big J). Two Side Notes Before We Begin; 1. The Iceland Volcano and associated Ash 0:00 GMT 15th of April. All flights in and out of the UK and throughout Scandinavia have been cancelled for the forseable future. We are both fine and dandy, grounded in Amsterdam and have no plans to fly inside of 10 days (training to an asset we have in the Netherlands, then train to Clogone and Hamburg..at this juncture). Ourdates are flexible and can be changed easily. So, we are goooood and the ash should not effect us, unless train lines get clogged with people. 2. Many gratuitous apologises for the lateness of my blogging. It ... read more

Dubai with mah lovely sister (Simone), bro in law (Cameron), my nephy-poo (Flynn), unt mine neice (Rosie) OMG. The first thing i will say on this blog (and probably the last, as in i will repeat it at the end lol) is...thanks for having us guys!! Simone you are looking after us way too much and i love every second of it!! Your family is sweet and your an awesome mums lol. Flynn..when he is not cutting sick with his raptor call, is amazing and Rosie is just a bundle of joy, and Camo is ofcourse his usual big care bear self =) DAY 1: Jet lag for 1/2 of it lol. Then we got up and went to the non other than the biggest mall in dubai, which is no mean feat lol. The gimmick ... read more

Well well well. Looky what we have here. This is the first of these I have tried so lets see how it works =) So im heading on my trip on the coming Monday (22nd) of March and how better to start a trip than with a house warming?? / going away party =P Off-course the party is unicorn themed for obvious reasons. Ill get some photos up of it maybe...or maybe ill just use facebook pictures, im not sure which will be easier, but since this seems cooler with a travel tracker system then I might do it all in here. This is just a test to see how this works mostly, and im not sure how many people want to read my travel blog about me getting drunk at my house with some people ... read more