2010/11: TRAVEL, FOOD, PHOTOS

For most of the last year, I have felt as though I have been writing a story. That my travels formed some kind of narrative and that today I...

This is my fourth visit to Sydney and I'm still not quite sold. The initial impact of the beauty can't sustain the place indefinitel...

It's funny how our perceptions of the world ebb and flow with our surroundings. Things start out pretty simple in the womb. Through chil...

Driving on your own can be bloody boring at times, and not even the scenery is enough to keep you awake. You need music, conversation. With ...

So much time, so little to do. Oh wait, no, it's the other way round... Trying to fit the world in a year is hard enough, squeezing Ne...

I've said before that it's much easier to write about the places you don't like than the ones you do. Wanaka for instance, wher...

I've been thinking for a while now that I'd quite like to do something big and bold at the end of this trip to remember for ever. On...

Pretty much the only item of warm clothing I've had with me on this trip is my North Face Glacier Fleece . I decided to reward its faith...

I like walking. When I walk, I think. And walking alone through stunning landscapes, valleys and forests, that thinking can have a wonderful...

On 3rd February 1931, an earthquake razed the town of Napier to the ground. Since Art Deco was in vogue at the time, it was rebuilt in such ...

One thing I've tried to avoid over the last year is just writing accounts of my days: I did this, then I went there, then I ate this . I...

I've just watched The Social Network , and what a nice bloke that Mark Zuckerberg is. Really lovely guy. Loathe him or merely hate him...