Day 1,114: Gushing Meadows
Thu 19.01.12: So then, Rotorua, I’ve missed you for a decade, but you’re still not smelling no sweeter. You see, New Zealand is SLAP BANG on top of one of…
Day 1,113: In A Hole In The Ground There Lived A Hobbit
Wed 18.01.12: And so it came to pass that Graham and Mandy picked up a hire car (it’s a legal move so long as I return to Auckland!) and headed…
Days 1,111-1,112: The Mandster Cometh
Mon 16.01.12 – Tue 17.01.12: Mandy, my long suffering girlfriend, had arranged to fly over and meet me in Auckland around 4pm today. By that time I had just about…
Days 1,107-1,110: Towards The Long White Cloud
Thu 12.01.12 – Sun 15.01.12: The ship was due to leave Tonga at midday, so I made good use of the morning looking for some internets that would allow me…
Days 1,105-1,106: The Friendly Islands
Mon 09.01.12 - Wed 11.01.12: After quite literally skipping Tuesday, we arrived in the port of Nuku’alofa in the Island Nation of Tonga two days after Sunday... on Wednesday. In…
Day 1,104: This is Yesterday
Sun 08.01.12: Yesterday was Sunday 8 January 2012. Last night I went to bed and got I good night’s sleep. This morning I awoke to find it Sunday 8 January…
Day 1,103: A Tale of Two Sundays
Sun 08.01.12: As the good ship Southern Lily 2 was scheduled to be leaving Apia in the wee small hours I left my passport in the ship’s office with a…
Day 1,102: Treasured Island
Sat 07.01.12: Samoa! What an awesome place! Captain Andriy had me up at 10am to head over to Valima, the home of the great Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, the…
Day 1,101: Yo-Ho-Ho And A Bottle of Rum
Fri 06.01.12: We reached Apia, the capital of Samoa, on Friday afternoon. Like Fiji, Samoa is in the clutches of the rainy season, but I didn’t mind – it’s what…
Days 1,099-1,100: The Southern Lily 2
Wed 04.01.12 – Thu 05.01.12: High noon in Suva saw me bundle myself out of the South Seas hostel and off to the Trans Am Shipping Agents opposite the north…