New York - Part Two
30th July 2013 15:56
Grand Central Terminal is another one of those iconic landmarks that I just had to visit...
Read more...New York - Part One
29th July 2013 17:21
40 minutes on the bus to Auckland airport, 3 and a half hours on the plane to Sydney...
Read more...Auckland
23rd June 2013 18:25
I had mixed emotions arriving in Auckland. It was my last stop in New Zealand, so I...
Read more...Coromandel
22nd June 2013 15:53
I was reaching the end of my time in New Zealand. My penultimate stop took me to the...
Read more...Paihia
18th June 2013 13:27
The coach pass I'd bought when I first arrived in New Zealand allowed me to use my...
Read more...Rotorua
7th June 2013 22:32
If you're planning on visiting Rotorua, do so with a clothes peg firmly clamped over ...
Read more...Taupo
3rd June 2013 22:15
In Taupo, no one can hear you scream. Apart from your tandem master, who I'd imagine...
Read more...Napier
30th May 2013 16:57
Napier is home to a large amount of art deco buildings in and around the city. One...
Read more...Tongariro National Park
28th May 2013 19:33
When you travel to the Tongariro National Park, it's with one goal in mind...
Read more...Wellington
21st May 2013 16:37
Wellington. Capital of New Zealand since 1865. Home to the biggest hostel I've ever seen...
Read more...Nelson
19th May 2013 13:04
Nelson didn't really blow me away to be honest. The hostel was located in town with all...
Read more...Punakaiki
18th May 2013 13:48
Punakaiki itself didn't actually seem to exist! The hostel I was staying at was down a...
Read more...Fox Glacier & Lake Matheson
14th May 2013 18:42
Leaving my camera behind was a pretty stupid thing to do. Not entirely unexpected though...
Read more...Wanaka
8th May 2013 17:06
Wanaka is a glorious little town situated (surprisingly) next to Lake Wanaka, in the Otago...
Read more...Te Anau & Milford Sound
4th May 2013 17:34
Te Anau was where I'd originally intended to go simply for easy access to Milford...
Read more...The Catlins
2nd May 2013 19:48
So here's my hire car... no, it wasn't worth the wait, you're right. I don't really have...
Read more...Dunedin
30th January 2013 21:00
Dunedin has a chocolate factory! Once I discovered that I dropped everything and rushed...
Read more...Mount Cook
28th April 2013 13:00
Mount Cook (as you would probably expect), is pretty darn big. Like, mountain big. Arriving...
Read more...Lake Tekapo
27th April 2013 23:33
I arrived on the coach and walked a short distance to my hostel, leaving my bag there for a...
Read more...Christchurch, New Zealand
25th April 2013 20:48
New Zealand and I didn't get off to the best of starts. I nearly didn't get into the country...
Read more...Melbourne
23rd April 2013 21:11
I did something pretty idiotic at the airport flying from Sydney to Melbourne. I wasn't going...
Read more...Sydney
22nd April 2013 13:30
Sydney! This was the milestone. Finally get to see my friends Ollie and Emma, over Christmas...
Read more...Byron Bay
19th January 2013 02:14
If you're looking for somewhere so laid back it's almost horizontal, this is the place to go...
Read more...Brisbane
16th March 2013 23:14
In Brisbane I couchsurfed again, this time with Ruthanne and her cool housemates...
Read more...Hervey Bay/Fraser Island
20th January 2013 04:39
I couchsurfed again in Hervey Bay, with possibly the coolest host on the site...
Read more...Bundaberg
19th January 2012 05:39
Bundaberg didn't really count as a stop, as I was only there for one night, to see one thing...
Read more...Airlie Beach/Whitsunday Islands
18th January 2012 01:01
I'm buying a boat and no one can stop me! Airlie Beach is packed full...
Read more...Cairns
17th January 2012 02:03
Hi, my name's Luke, and I'm a nudeaholic. I stayed with another male nudist...
Read more...Alice Springs
15th January 2013 04:58
One thing on the agenda here - Ayers Rock, otherwise known as Uluru. It would...
Read more...Darwin
14th January 2013 05:16
Just your average accommodation hereā¦ I stayed with a gay, nudist couple. More...
Read more...Singapore
14th November 2012 07:51
Possibly one of the nicest places I've been to so far. Everything is clean and...
Read more...Kuala Lumpur
14th November 2012 03:21
Kuala Lumpur (KL) was a great capital city to visit, as it was small enough...
Read more...Taman Negara
9th October 2012 14:35
Ok have One Direction actually taken over the world? I come to...
Read more...Tanah Rata, The Cameron Highlands
8th October 2012 09:15
Getting to Tanah Rata didn't go very smoothly. The bus arrived...
Read more...Penang Malaysia
7th October 2012 08:07
Another country down! It's quite scary how quickly I'm...
Read more...Bangkok
6th October 2012 14:25
I had no ladyboy encounters. I know that's the first thing...
Read more...Koh Tao
28th September 2012 15:44
Scuba diving baby! Koh Tao is THE place to dive in Thailand...
Read more...Chiang Mai
28th September 2012 05:02
Thailand. Specifically Chiang Mai, "Cultural capital"...
Read more...Luang Namtha
2nd September 2012 11:35
Luang Namtha was my final stop in Laos, and the furthest...
Read more...Luang Prabang
31st August 2012 08:21
Coincidentally I met the same two backpackers on this...
Read more...Phonsavan
30th August 2012 18:12
I spent most of the minivan ride to Phonsavan completely...
Read more...Vientiane
21st August 2012 10:08
In the last post I'd just been dropped off at a road...
Read more...Thakhek, Kong Lo
17th August 2012 06:53
Getting to Thakhek from thakhek-kong-lo was easy. One bus...
Read more...Savannakhet
15th August 2012 18:19
Savannakhet turned out to be a bit of a failure all round, but...
Read more...Champasak and Pakse
13th August 2012 11:23
Champasak is further north from Si Phan Don, and Pakse further...
Read more...Don Khon, Si Phan Don (4000 Islands), Laos
12th August 2012 08:06
Oh dear, I ended up in a place basically built for lying in a...
Read more...Kratie
11th August 2012 10:21
The main draw of Kratie (krat-chay) is the opportunity to see the...
Read more...Siem Reap
1st August 2012 13:53
Aka 'Temples R Us'. If you need a temple fix, Siem Reap is the...
Read more...Battambang
31st July 2012 10:10
Health and safety freaks need not apply. Or, just avoid the...
Read more...Otres Beach, Sihanoukville
26th July 2012 07:52
As far as they go, this one scores highly on my beachometer...
Read more...Kep, Kampot & The Big Motorcycle Crash
19th July 2012 13:32
Kep is famous for its crab. Which would have been great, had I...
Read more...Phnom Penh, Cambodia
11th July 2012 17:28
The ride from Ho Chi Min City to Phnom Penh was an interesting one...
Read more...Ho Chi Minh City
4th July 2012 13:14
After the journey I'd been on to get here, Ho Chi Minh City certainly...
Read more...Hanoi to Saigon - Part Two
28th June 2012 10:26
Day five should have seen us arrive in Khe Sanh after a two hundred ki...
Read more...Hanoi to Saigon - Part One
15th June 2012 14:58
This was it, the big one. The Northwest Loop was just the practice run...
Read more...Vietnam by Motorbike
26th May 2012 15:51
So I bought a motorbike. A "Honda Win" that isn't actually a Honda, bu...
Read more...Arrival in Hanoi
14th May 2012 16:31
They played surreal, remixed, poor quality Vietnamese music videos on...
Read more...Arrival in Nanning
12th May 2012 11:24
The first train journey on my trip so far was mercifully uneventful. I...
Read more...Arrival in Guilin
6th May 2012 09:50
The drivers here are INSANE. I'd only been in Guilin half an hour and...
Read more...Macau and Farewell to Hong Kong
5th May 2012 18:50
I'd read that a trip to Hong Kong wasn't complete without a visit to M...
Read more...Exploring Hong Kong
25th April 2012 17:28
CouchSurfing. Hands up if you've heard of it! No prizes if I...
Read more...Arrival in Hong Kong
19th April 2012 06:04
Well, I made it! The flight wasn't the most fun in the world, I don't...
Read more...The Itinerary
28th March 2012 15:51
Other than the order of the places I'm visiting, I'm trying to keep th...
Read more...Hello and Welcome!
27th March 2012 23:18
My name's Luke Twomey, and if you're reading this I've probably harass...
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