title>The Road Not Taken: January 2005 Archives - BootsnAll Travelogues
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January 30, 2005General ThoughtsIt seems funny to look back to the start of my journey and how different I feel now after being iin New Zealand for so long....Read this update A Picture is Worth a Thousand WordsMore pics for your viewing pleasure folks......Read this update The Art of LivingAfter receiving a text from JM in the US I now may change my plans once more....Read this update January 29, 2005Moving OnYet again I am moving on. I must head north, perhaps Napier and then to Gisborne. Back on a budget again so we shall see how it goes....Read this update The Road TripLast Monday Robin and her friend Bizzie drove down from Nelson to Queenstown, this is an account of the days after they arrived....the names have been changed to protect the innocent......Read this update January 24, 2005Solid GoldI wandered into town earlier today for two reasons, it is a lovely day and I wanted to get out of the house and also Neal had solid gold on the radio blaring out!...Read this update January 23, 2005Sleep...Who Needs It?!Due to sharing a room with Mr Snore I have had one or two nights of broken sleep. In fact I recorded Neal snoring last night and played it back to him today. He seemed quite amused as it does...Read this update January 22, 2005Plug...Please check out this site. I had the pleasure of hearing Jill and Stewart play in Boulder Colorado and meeting Jill socially on more than one ocassion thanks to my friend Mark (a source of inspiration and a true leveller...Read this update Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OutOld blues title for this blog entry and it partly relates to my current situation....Read this update January 20, 2005Leaving NelsonThe day before yesterday (great start to a line) I went to the town centre in Nelson for the last time, or what I thought would be the last time. As it happended on the way back to the hostel...Read this update Third Time AroundThis is the third time I have visited Queenstown. The only other part of New Zealand I have visited as much is Nelson. I made a promise to myself to return to the places I liked the most and sure...Read this update January 18, 2005Please stop flushing the toilets...Trying to sleep in my room last night was next to impossible. You see, it is right next to 3 toilets on the ground floor of the hostel and last night everyone, and I mean everyone in the hostel must...Read this update SpamYou may notice from time to time that wierd comments appear in the blog. These are automated spam that hit blog comments and the site owners are doing what they can to lessen the impact of these messages....Read this update January 16, 2005Time To GoDue to running low on money and not checking my account regularly I will be changing my plans again, so watch this space......Read this update Hungover and BrokeWhat a day! I realize I only have $40 left and have the worst hangover I have had for a long time....Read this update January 14, 2005January 12, 2005Robert Frost woz ereWhen something inspires you, do you not act in line with that inspiration?...Read this update January 11, 2005Guitar ManEverywhere I go I see buskers playing on the streets. It makes me want to do the same. I need to get hold of a cheap(ish) guitar and get up some chops once more and learn some old songs I...Read this update January 10, 2005"Please, please, please......Let me get what I want", sang the Dream Academy and sometimes I feel the same way, if only I knew what it was I wanted....Read this update January 08, 2005I forgot to mention......My trip to Manly the other day. I decided I would get out on the water before I left for NZ....Read this update Oh Lordy Lord...Never, ever, EVER again am I going to do what I did the other day....Read this update January 04, 2005SydneyNow in Sydney. One more two hour train ride from Morisset. I will probably do a harbor cruise or ferry tomorrow, apart from that not sure what I will get up to......Read this update January 02, 2005Christmas and New Year in OzOk, I had better let you know about my time over here for Christmas and New Year....Read this update Sorry So SorryOk, still using song titles for blog entries...this time Howie Day....just apologising for the lack of recent blog entries....Read this update |
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