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Manhattan really is the place you get carried away, swept off your feet and if you’re anything like me you imagine shouting from the tallest skyscraper about how much you…

We headed back to see Thomas, Annamarie and our European family for a week of good times before heading out to the states! The Autumn colours were absolutely stunning and…

After leaving the chilly North we ventured over to Berlin for a quick look and see and then to where all the action was happening… BAD BRAMBACH We met up…

We headed back in to Germany (for about the fifth time!) and headed to the chilly North to meet Christoph, Ulli and Johan and we had an absolute blast! We…

We crossed back over to the otherside of the Channel, switched sides of the road and hauled it to Belgium. Belgium was suprising, we heard great things about Bruges and…

We caught a flight back to London and caught up with Owen and stayed in the heart of South Kensington, London was incredible, we explored almost everywhere on foot, Hyde…

Oktoberfest! We headed to munich to partake in the festivities and meet some local Australians (actually funnily enough we only met Germans…..)    

Our first welcome to the UK and what was ahead was a beefy UK immigration officer, who was incredulous that we didn’t have an address we were going to, or…

Initially the trip to Barcelona was to see my cousin who I hadn’t seen in many years, what I didn’t realise was the trip would be so much more. After…

Luxembourg….a great place for cheap fuel and perfume….oh and some good history and Paris, oh Paris: France The city where the baguettes are sensational and the pain au chocolat are,…

We drove back to Germany completing our loop from Germany down to Croatia and then Back up to Germany through the Balkans and Poland to make it make to my…

Poland – a stunning land, absolutely amazing beauty, stunning cities and a shocking history that is all around you, Elusive writer @ large here, writing below. Poland = AWESOME Driving…

Hungary and Slovakia, home of gulasch, salami and the movie Hostel… Hungary, the place where parking inspectors are like ninja’s dressed in khaki who miraculously show up right next to you, almost…

Corruption and culture in the BIH After leaving Montenegro behind in a cloud of dust we make our way across the border to Bosnia i Herzegovina, the BIH for short….

After 26 years it was time to go to Croatia, to where it all began and where I haven’t been in over two decades. It was also our first serious…

There comes a time when you decide that you want to travel long term, be it the right of passage between high school and university, or just have some spare…

When I woke up at 6am that morning, Thomas said to me in his very efficient German manner “Now Andrew, there are going to be some protests today in Dresden…

Warning: The following Photo-essay may contain explicit images / illustrations / depictions that may excite or potentially offend some viewers (or collegues sitting behind your computer). Street Art – An…

Invisible Membrane 30 August 2011 At a café while I’m sitting, on a street corner I happen to walk by or perhaps even a pedestrian walk that I happen to…

 Germany We headed to Germany with an express intention to ingest as much German Food and Beer (in my case at least) that our friends would offer us…..oh and buy…

Injinji Toe Socks Well What to say – we started this trip with the radical idea of abandoning all our normal socks and changing over completely to Injinji Toesocks. We…

Italy – The Lonely Planet will tell you that every city in Italy is ‘EXPENSIVE’, what you should know that Venice is the extreme of expensive. Everywhere else, can be…

Vienna – As the captain announces over the speaker system that we are due to land in Vienna in half an hour my head becomes permanently glued to the small…

The last part of our trip through Thailand was in Chiang Mai and Thailand. Chiang Mai is a lovely city – it’s old city is walled in by a you…

Laos – The Lonely Planet’s South East Asia on a Shoestring was right when it said that the busses in Laos are cardboard thin, and that everything happens in Lao…

Bangkok – We arrive and catch a cab into Bangkok city central, our cab driver doesn’t speak a word of engrish and strolls leisurely to his car. When we get…

Hotels vs Backpackers – We found that hotels are starting to become more competitive in the accommodation market luring in backpackers,   selling room packages for lesser rates to still…

Below is a link to a short video I created from the photos of a young boy performing the Haka at a Maori welcoming ceremony for the Stop Deep Sea…

The Milford Track – Andy forgot to mention our experience of the Milford Track, so here are my thoughts.  A 54.5km hike through Fiordland’s Milford Track, one of the top…

Infinity and Beyond – Ernest Shackleton once said, “Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.” Sailing on Infinity was the steepest learning curve of my life thus far. On…

An update on what’s been happening in the past month or so. Zana and I started our travels is Queenstown, New Zealand with no set timeframe, and nothing planned, it…