30th July 2013 15:56

Grand Central Terminal is another one of those iconic landmarks that I just had to visit...

29th July 2013 17:21

40 minutes on the bus to Auckland airport, 3 and a half hours on the plane to Sydney...

23rd June 2013 18:25

I had mixed emotions arriving in Auckland. It was my last stop in New Zealand, so I...

22nd June 2013 15:53

I was reaching the end of my time in New Zealand. My penultimate stop took me to the...

18th June 2013 13:27

The coach pass I'd bought when I first arrived in New Zealand allowed me to use my...

7th June 2013 22:32

If you're planning on visiting Rotorua, do so with a clothes peg firmly clamped over ...

3rd June 2013 22:15

In Taupo, no one can hear you scream. Apart from your tandem master, who I'd imagine...

30th May 2013 16:57

Napier is home to a large amount of art deco buildings in and around the city. One...

28th May 2013 19:33

When you travel to the Tongariro National Park, it's with one goal in mind...

21st May 2013 16:37

Wellington. Capital of New Zealand since 1865. Home to the biggest hostel I've ever seen...

19th May 2013 13:04

Nelson didn't really blow me away to be honest. The hostel was located in town with all...

18th May 2013 13:48

Punakaiki itself didn't actually seem to exist! The hostel I was staying at was down a...

14th May 2013 18:42

Leaving my camera behind was a pretty stupid thing to do. Not entirely unexpected though...

8th May 2013 17:06

Wanaka is a glorious little town situated (surprisingly) next to Lake Wanaka, in the Otago...

7th May 2013 19:18

BUNGGGGYYYYYYYYY!

4th May 2013 17:34

Te Anau was where I'd originally intended to go simply for easy access to Milford...

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...

30th January 2013 21:00

Dunedin has a chocolate factory! Once I discovered that I dropped everything and rushed...

28th April 2013 13:00

Mount Cook (as you would probably expect), is pretty darn big. Like, mountain big. Arriving...

27th April 2013 23:33

I arrived on the coach and walked a short distance to my hostel, leaving my bag there for a...

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...

23rd April 2013 21:11

I did something pretty idiotic at the airport flying from Sydney to Melbourne. I wasn't going...

22nd April 2013 13:30

Sydney! This was the milestone. Finally get to see my friends Ollie and Emma, over Christmas...

19th January 2013 02:14

If you're looking for somewhere so laid back it's almost horizontal, this is the place to go...

16th March 2013 23:14

In Brisbane I couchsurfed again, this time with Ruthanne and her cool housemates...

20th January 2013 04:39

I couchsurfed again in Hervey Bay, with possibly the coolest host on the site...

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...

18th January 2012 01:01

I'm buying a boat and no one can stop me! Airlie Beach is packed full...

17th January 2012 02:03

Hi, my name's Luke, and I'm a nudeaholic. I stayed with another male nudist...

15th January 2013 04:58

One thing on the agenda here - Ayers Rock, otherwise known as Uluru. It would...

14th January 2013 05:16

Just your average accommodation here… I stayed with a gay, nudist couple. More...

14th November 2012 07:51

Possibly one of the nicest places I've been to so far. Everything is clean and...

14th November 2012 03:21

Kuala Lumpur (KL) was a great capital city to visit, as it was small enough...

9th October 2012 14:35

Ok have One Direction actually taken over the world? I come to...

8th October 2012 09:15

Getting to Tanah Rata didn't go very smoothly. The bus arrived...

7th October 2012 08:07

Another country down! It's quite scary how quickly I'm...

6th October 2012 14:25

I had no ladyboy encounters. I know that's the first thing...

28th September 2012 15:44

Scuba diving baby! Koh Tao is THE place to dive in Thailand...

28th September 2012 05:02

Thailand. Specifically Chiang Mai, "Cultural capital"...

2nd September 2012 11:35

Luang Namtha was my final stop in Laos, and the furthest...

31st August 2012 08:21

Coincidentally I met the same two backpackers on this...

30th August 2012 18:12

I spent most of the minivan ride to Phonsavan completely...

26th August 2012 10:53

No, I didn't go tubing. Shoot me...

21st August 2012 10:08

In the last post I'd just been dropped off at a road...

17th August 2012 06:53

Getting to Thakhek from thakhek-kong-lo was easy. One bus...

15th August 2012 18:19

Savannakhet turned out to be a bit of a failure all round, but...

13th August 2012 11:23

Champasak is further north from Si Phan Don, and Pakse further...

12th August 2012 08:06

Oh dear, I ended up in a place basically built for lying in a...

11th August 2012 10:21

The main draw of Kratie (krat-chay) is the opportunity to see the...

1st August 2012 13:53

Aka 'Temples R Us'. If you need a temple fix, Siem Reap is the...

31st July 2012 10:10

Health and safety freaks need not apply. Or, just avoid the...

26th July 2012 07:52

As far as they go, this one scores highly on my beachometer...

19th July 2012 13:32

Kep is famous for its crab. Which would have been great, had I...

11th July 2012 17:28

The ride from Ho Chi Min City to Phnom Penh was an interesting one...

4th July 2012 13:14

After the journey I'd been on to get here, Ho Chi Minh City certainly...

28th June 2012 10:26

Day five should have seen us arrive in Khe Sanh after a two hundred ki...

15th June 2012 14:58

This was it, the big one. The Northwest Loop was just the practice run...

26th May 2012 15:51

So I bought a motorbike. A "Honda Win" that isn't actually a Honda, bu...

14th May 2012 16:31

They played surreal, remixed, poor quality Vietnamese music videos on...

12th May 2012 11:24

The first train journey on my trip so far was mercifully uneventful. I...

6th May 2012 09:50

The drivers here are INSANE. I'd only been in Guilin half an hour and...

5th May 2012 18:50

I'd read that a trip to Hong Kong wasn't complete without a visit to M...

25th April 2012 17:28

CouchSurfing. Hands up if you've heard of it! No prizes if I...

19th April 2012 06:04

Well, I made it! The flight wasn't the most fun in the world, I don't...

28th March 2012 15:51

Other than the order of the places I'm visiting, I'm trying to keep th...

27th March 2012 23:18

My name's Luke Twomey, and if you're reading this I've probably harass...