Tick!

So far I’ve been here, done that and then a bit more…..

Castlegar – Dublin – London – Bangkok – Sydney – Porto Macquarie – Coffs Harbour – Byron Bay – Yamba – Dorrigo – New England National Park – Avalon – Blue Mountains – Sydney – Newcastle – Mooloolaba – Perth – Nimbin – Byron Bay – Rainbow Beach – Melbourne – Brisbane – NEW ZEALAND – Christchurch – Methevn – Geraldine – Queenstown – Wanaka – Franz Josef – Punakaiki – Graymouth – Christchurch – Kiakoura – Picton – Wellington – Auckland – Orewa – Russell – Ahipara – Thames – Tauranga – Hamilton – (smelly!) Rotorua – Lake Taupo – Tongariro – New Plymouth – Raglan – Auckland – CHILE – Santiago – Valparaiso – Pisco Elqui – La Serena – San Pedro de Atacama – Iquique – Arica – PERU – Arequipa – Cuzco – Machu Picchu – Huacachina – Lima – Iquitos – Santa Rosa – COLOMBIA – Leticia – BRAZIL – Tabatinga – Manaus – VENEZUELA – Santa Fe – Caracas – Santa Fe – Cuidad Bolivar – Salto Angel – Puerto Columbia – Merida – COLOMBIA – Santa Marta – Cartagena – Bogota – Santa Marta – Cuidad Perdida – Tanganga – Tyrona National Park – Taganga – Medellin – Salento – Monteilbano – or just still in Colombia…… San Gil – HONDURAS – Utila Islam – Copan Runias – Gracias – GUATEMALA – Antigua – Lake Atalan – Guatemala Cuidad – MEXICO – San Christobal –

NYE Fireworks @ Sydney Harbor Bridge / Long board surfing / Kite Surfing / Cycling 429mtrs up to Montville / 4×4 driving on Rainbow beach / Beer @ Cottesloe Beach / turned into a hippy for a day / Camping in the outback / Coffee cupping course / Jazz Club / Fringe Festival / One day cricket test match / baby sitting the niece / Super 15 rugby match / perfecting my espresso martini’s / Esplanade Hotel Melbourne / 18 coffee houses in 3 days / Singapore noodles 3x new cities / Reading Iggle Piggle / Teaching the niece new words / Beefy’s Pies / Slept in an airport / celebrated St Patrick’s Day in the furthest place from Ireland / Slept through an earthquake / Stayed in a jail cell / seen the worlds largest knitted jumper / jumped into a canyon / Milford Sound / Flying in a Cessna / banana bread from Vudu cafe / Jumping into lake wanaka everyday – bbbrrrrrr! / nz green lipped muscles / 18,000ft skydive / Transalpine train ride / dumped Beyonce / went for a dip with 50 odd dolphins in the sea / said morning to billy connelly in the street / book a hire car – the wrong car / hired an MX5 (I know!) / sailing the bay of islands / 90 mile (hr) beach and nice donuts too :) / some times been fooled into thinking you got the right car! / I brought the wrong car / Ahiapap-Rawene Rd / Kaikohe-Maungatepere Rd / Clevedon- Beachheads Rd by night / Coromandel-Colville Rd / Hamilton 500 Road Race season finale V8’s / (brought the wrong car) / Classic 60/70’s Holden Vs Ford Race / Kiwi Motorsport fans / Hitch Hikers / Desert Road Rangipo-Waiouru /Tongariro Crossing – yes I walked! / Forgotten Highway 43 Taumarunui-Stratford / Mt Taranaki / Manu Beach / Woke up to a view of snow capped Andes / Spanish school / Wine tasting @ Santa Alicia Winery / Copa Libertadores Quarter Final aka South American Champions League / More south american clubs in Valpo / Bella Vista Parties / Street Art of Valparaiso / 18hr bus ride / Mountain Biked the Pisco Elqui Valley / Eduardo Avaroa National Park / Running the boarder crossing with fruit / Walked the Inca Trail / Got my photo of Machu Picchu / Stayed at a Desert Oasis / Morning Coffee in three different countries / Salsa bar crawl in three different countries / Free ride home from the Columbian Police / BBQ’d guinea pig (so good you need two of them!) / Piranha BBQ’d too / 4 days on a boat down the Amazon river / 36hrs on a bus / Met the ‘Marlboro Man’ who was in the adverts in the 60’s / Survived Caracas / 2ltrs of Gin in 5 Days / Angel Falls / Venezuelan Beaches / Ate the best street burger / Got out of Venezuela with out paying a bribe / Got lost in La Brisa Loca / Became Indiana Jones and found the Lost City / Fell in love with a Kindle / Sat on a secluded beach for 4 days /Got a feckin ear infection / Made it out of Taganga alive / Caught a shitting bug / Ate all the junk food Colombia can offer / Fell in love with every other womani walking around in Medellin /Walked around a coffee farm / Went to see how some other people have to live – then had a very sobering few moments to myself / Cooked a bowl of pasta for 80 odd people / Chemical Brothers dj set / parked my ass on a 65hectar coffee farm / made 9mtr high domes / mountain biked the chica canyon / my first Christmas day spent in the sun / NYE in medellin / dove the halliburton / sat in paradise in lake Atalan / discovered an amazing coffee co-operative / hiked a volcano and slept in the creator / pub crawl in Antigua (messy) / got my chops around some Mexican street food / OD on California box vino tinto & manchego cheese / tasting amazing coffee /

…..and the stone keeps rolling on