Volcano Climbing and Harem Life: Sumatra Part 2: Apologies, Jarrod if the title of this weeks blog has you triumphantly proclaiming “I bloody KNEW IT! Things do get crazy on those small group tours!!” You’re no doubt imagining a cocktails after dinner scenario where three of us realise we’re competing for the attention of the same Dutch backpacker, and one of us takes a long, slow sip of … Continue Reading →
Negombo? Negomb-oh!
Hello again, Jarrod! I’m back home in Melbourne with (delicious shudder) broadband internet. Sweet, sweet broadband, oh, how I’ve missed thee. Right now I have three whole tabs open at once on my desktop… And they’re all working. You have no idea the giddy thrill this represents when you’ve spent weeks grappling with wifi so feeble you literally offer up … Continue Reading →
The Best Medicine: The Melbourne Medical History Museum
Now Jarrod, I know you’ll be bristling at the title of this week’s blog, because the word ‘museum’ will trigger flashbacks to tedious 1990’s school excursions, where we had to trudge around collecting answers to arbitrary questions on an excursion worksheet. But stay with me, because this is not your ordinary museum. It’s not just history, it’s MEDICAL HISTORY! I … Continue Reading →
Cadbury be damned – The Chocolate tour of Melbourne
I love chocolate. I love eating it, I love cooking with it, I love browsing for it in shops, I even love talking about it. Honestly I didn’t have all that much to say about the last election, but I could have earnest, impassioned discussions for hours on which flavour in the Cadbury Snack bar is the most dispensable (coconut … Continue Reading →