Posts from ‘My travels’
No tourists means your own personal beach.
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
I’ve been in East Timor for 4 days now and I haven’t been kidnapped once. In fact, it’s all very quiet and the locals couldn’t be more friendlier. It’s certainly quiet on the tourist front. I haven’t met a single one yet. That’s okay by me, though. I get not one, but three stunning beaches to myself. I’m staying in a little bungalow on the beach in Baucau and I’m eating fresh grilled fish and swimming in clear warm waters. Well, that’s about everything I’m doing really… (read more)
Perfect Powder, Broken Bones and Suicidal Snowboarders.
Monday, August 18th, 2008
It was our last day in New Zealand yesterday and what a magic eight days of skiing we’ve had. In that time we got five good dumps of snow and three of them happened overnight with clear blue skies the next day. I spent my last day at Treble Cone skiing knee-deep powder. Not everyone had such a great day, however. While I was skiing slowly down a cat track between runs a completely-out-of-control snowboarder flew past… (read more)
Puck up your skis from the mital reck.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
It snowed last night in Wanaka. This is the view from our house (well, it’s not actually our house – my book sales aren’t that big). It’s the first time this year that it snowed in town so it’s ’sweet as’. Had an ‘epic’ powder day today, but I am worried that I’m going to get beaten up by a local. When ever I hear a Kiwi speak I repeat what they say. I can’t help myself. Anyway, gotta go, I have to hid down to the dairy to puck up some epples, mulk and a chulli bun (read more)
Choice bro, eh?
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Just arrived in Wanaka, New Zealand for a ski holiday and the snow is choice. This is my seventh ski holiday to NZ and I love it here. It’s like going to a foreign country. They have funny money, they drink strange but tasty beer and they speak funny. I’ve been teaching my daughter Jasmine how to speak Kiwi-ese and if we decide to get some takeaway food she’ll be able to order the ‘Fush end Chups. I’ve compiled my own little list of Kiw-ese, which goes something like this… (read more)
We gotta great big convoy…
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
The good thing about only recently starting a blog is that when I haven’t got much to say I can just re-hash old stories that happened months ago. Earlier this year I travelled 14,000 kms in 22 days around Australia in a 60-tonne… (read more)
