A little different from my usual posts…If you’re a geek or nerd at heart, like scifi and have a secret facination for quantum physics and time travel then you HAVE to see The Last Mimzy www.mimzy.com I saw it this afternoon on Bainbridge island and came out feeling like i’d just been on a rollercoaster on [...]

I got in a UPS mail van! I had to ask a few drivers, some said that it would be too much of a liability. I got chatting with a security guard outside a federal building in Seattle and he started pointing out all the mail guys, then I ran across the road telling them [...]

If you like spectacular city waterfronts and don’t mind chilly weather then you must visit Seattle, it’s the best place I’ve seen. The space needle gives the city a real Jetsons feel and the city seems like Auckland on steroids (to use my friend Jane’s quote) with a spalsh of Wellington thrown in by means of [...]

I made it! The flight went quickly. Once I dropped that sleeping pill all I did was sleep and occasionally wake up to get water, it was a bumpy ride! San Francisco is a neat city, I found the people really interesting. Just looking at them while walking the streets, there certainly are some random [...]

I drove to Nelson yesterday. Just as I was driving around the Picton oval I saw two hitch hikers. They didn’t look dodgy so I stopped and asked them where they were headed, Nelson! The hitch hikers were champs! They were two German guy’s who were touring NZ for three weeks. One (Pablo) had been [...]

My whirlwind North Island tour has come to an end, and what a bash it was! I had some good catch-up rants with Dad and Grandma in Hamilton and Dad agreed with me – Hamilton is such a boring place! The gardens were cool but what else is there? It’s certainly not “more than you’d [...]

Okay, so I’m a bit late with this one! Last Friday I made a road-trip to Chistchurch to catch up with a friend of mine (Matt) who I studied with. The drive down wasn’t as scenic as I’d hoped due to the thick fog and rain. I flagged most of the sightseeing until the trip [...]