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If you ever want to stay in a really cheesy hostel, Cactus Jacks is it! I first stayed at this hostel when I was first in New Zealand four years ago. I thought it was so cheesy I just had to come back! It's not a four-star luxury place by any means, ...

... Purakaunui Bay, however, it was very windy when got there, and there were no sheltered spots left, so we kept going to Jacks Bay, where Jacks Blowhole is. We started the walk to the blowhole late afternoon, but the tide was out, and we figured there would ...

... 8217;d be nice and close to check in at 6.30am  for my 8.30am flight bound to Edinburgh – a complete surprise for sister Jacks! J Tossed up the options but in the end just worked out it would take just as much effort to grab a ten times cheaper ...

Well after updating the blog we went to Jarrah Jacks (http://www.jarrahjacks.com.au) which is very posh looking, but dirt cheap! We had a bowl of soup each 'Mushroom' - which came in a massive bowl and with two slices (more like loafs) of garlic ...

... . Strange though, as an outsider and with no loyalities either side I felt alot more comfortable in the Loyalist side, surrounded by Union Jacks and red, white and blue than I did in the Irish side, there is a definate different feel and that was on the ...

Road Trip Top Tip #42:- 'Sandflies and mossies: rubbing a mixture of Dettol and Baby Oil into every inch of exposed flesh will prevent you from being bitten and scarred, both physically and mentally..' From the West Coast we switched tracks and joined ...

You know, after all the mad panic of the first 3 weeks to get sorted out with the 'Big Three' - a house, a car and a job, I've decided that a fair amount of 'foot removal from pedal' is owed and the last week or so I've done nothing earth-shattering, ...

Woke up really early this morning (7 lol)  to watch the north london derby game between Arsenal and Totenham. Jack was nervous! In the room was 2 Arsenal supporters and 1 Totenham fan so for the neutrals it was quite funny! They must have woke ...

From camp we walked around the bay to try and spot some sealions, to no avail, then backtracked a little to see Jack's Blowhole, a 55m hole in a field 200 metres in land but connected under ground to the sea. We could see the water splashing into the ...

Having skipped lunch to leave early, and still killing time for my wife to catch up, I ate fries at Captain Jack's in Brechin. By now, you're wondering why in the blazes am I blogging such a mundane and uneventful trip!  Well, to be honest, I ...

Best Mechanic Advice - "just use your head girls, just use your head" ...

Me and lee set off to do our sky dive. We got strapped up and spent well over what our budget aloud us to but we would only do this once. As we headed up i was not scared at all I'm not trying to be macho but it was a sense of the unknown which was just ...

What's the best part about waking up in the morning besides the fact that you woke up: Cold Chinese food. Yum.  And it's all to yourself.  Double Yum. Well today is the Fourth of July!  It's funny how it's Independence Day, but it's ...

... which I thought was pretty awesome. Overall, he said his time improved, but he didn't run very well. Anyways, we headed back to Jacks apartment and did NOTHING! And it was glorious. That night Kasumi and I moved our stuff to the hotel and then hung around ...