I'm Australian, and I live in Dublin.

In 2005, I travelled a lot. I flew from Sydney to Hong Kong and stayed in a lovely harbour view room in Kowloon. Next it was on to Tokyo, where I stayed in a traditional Ryokan. From there, I took a Bullet Train to Osaka and stayed in Kobe with friends. While there I met lots of lovely Japanese people, went to karaoke and also visited Kyoto. Another plane trip, this time to Beijing via Taipei and Hong Kong. I met some lovely Chinese girls in Tiananmen Square and they took me on a little tour. More flying, this time back to Hong Kong and then on to London. After waiting in Passport control for 2 hours, I connected to another flight to Reykjavik in Iceland. Iceland is beautiful! I swam in the Blue Lagoon and went on a tour of the countryside, seeing hot springs and Geysers. From there, I went back to London to meet up with friends, then on to Amsterdam and Roosendaal in the Netherlands for a convention. My next stop was Helsinki for my birthday and then I arrived in Dublin.

In the middle of the year I went back to London for a picnic, and at one stage I visited Thurles in Ireland for a Catholic wedding. In October, I flew to Moscow, stayed in a great hotel and toured the city. I caught a train overnight to St. Petersburg, stayed in a very bad hotel, but visited the Hermitage, Catherine's Palace, and other excellent sights. Our plane was delayed 6 hours coming back, so I spent a night in London at the airline's expense!

At the end of January 2006, I left for Los Angeles, stayed overnight on the Queen Mary in Long Beach and then went on to Chicago. I caught an Amtrak train from there to San Francisco and met many interesting characters while on the train, such as the Amish. San Francisco was lovely, and I met nice people over wine and cheese in the hotel. I went to New York and stayed with a friend, followed by Orlando where I stayed with another friend and had my first taste of grits. A quick stop in Miami and then to San Pedro in Belize to laze by the Caribbean and see Mayan Ruins. Belize is a place I'd go back to in a heartbeat - lovely people, cheap, excellent climate.

Once done, I flew to Dallas, then Vancouver which is very clean and back to Los Angeles to get my plane home to Sydney. A mere ten days later I was back on a plane to Los Angeles and then to Dublin.

Currently I am in Dublin and I'd like to thank the good people at Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Icelandair, British Airways, Finnair, Aer Lingus, American Airlines and Tropic Air for wonderful experiences around the world.

Last updated: 25 March 2006.