After 10 months in the Netherlands I have emerged with a masters in International Relations. Off to work at festivals in Europe for the summer then perhaps time for a real job….who knows. Next big adventure might be awhile away but hopefully many small ones in the time being and will post any interesting trips […]

When I tell people I am from the southern hemisphere, one of the first things they always ask is “you have Christmas in the summer right? Weird…” Well no actually, not that weird, lots of people have Christmas in the summer, just not Europe, or America so not really the important places…or the ones that […]

Its my busiest week at uni and what better way to procrastinate that updating my travel costs spreadsheet. I have updated from my Iran trip earlier this year. So if your heading to Iran and wondering about costs etc check it out for a rouge estimate for a budget trip (sleeping in hostels, local transport […]

After another crazy summer across Poland, Isle of Man, Scotland, Spain, Belgium and the UK it is time to settle down for the time being in the lovely city of Leiden, in the Netherlands. I will attempt to write a bit about my journey as a foreigner here trying to make sense of a new […]

The 80 hour train ride from Tehran to Istanbul involved a lot more that just sitting on the train. We had heroin smugglers, drug dealers, long border crossings, 2am ferry rides, and of course getting left behind in the middle of Turkey. The bus takes 40 hours, and despite the very long, slow train I […]

Before Tehran the politics of the country seemed more like a pain in the ass than actual reality, however in Tehran you are reminded that the government are in fact a little crazy. If you have read any information about Iran you will realise they are not so good at foreign relations. Clearly no one has […]

*A quick side note. My blog site is actually banned in Iran, thanks to my lovely friend Kate who is updating it for me via email. So I will add photos and video’s when I get out of here* The Silk Road hotel is where all tourists eventually end up. Its one of those places that […]

A new year, a new life plan Back in Christchurch for the summer. Albeit a terrible summer, still today it is nice and on the nice days I wonder why I would want to live anywhere else. However time to move on and after Easter I will be heading to Iran on route to the […]

Going to Spain for the last 2 months of work was a sweet way to finish off the season. Warm, cheap and awesome. 5 of us headed down to Spain, driving to Portsmouth then a painful 35 hour ferry to Bilbao and another long drive down to our first job. We did two festivals, one in […]

After a month in the beautiful Denmark at Roskilde in the sun coming back to England was a bit average. After the 2 days drive/ferry we rocked back to our base and spent the week cleaning tents in the rain. Cold rain. Goodbye summer. (Our crew tent, our lounge and kitchen) Over the following month we worked […]

Roskilde is one of Europe’s biggest festivals, a whole week of fun. We spent around 2 weeks putting up two of the main stages. it was was hot, and hard work, but got through it. After we were done we had a week to enjoy the festival, with ultimate access all areas passes, no queues for […]

Having little to no idea what I was getting myself into when I signed up to work for a UK company putting up giant tents across Europe at music festivals, I was slightly nervous about how it would turn out. Luckily of course things seem to always turn out for the best and I ended […]

Leaving Cambridge I learned there was a tube strike in London, excellent…lucky I had a few hours to make my way across town to catch my bus to Bournemouth so joined in with another couple of million angry people on the bus system but managed to get there on time and jump on my uber cheap […]