Webby

As I have mentioned many times you need to be pretty motivated to be a working nomad and to make websites for yourself. Some days over the last three years I have actually wondered why I bothered to get up (especially when I have wifi access from my bed). However things have changed this week… Read More »Having something to get out of bed for

You know you’re somewhere hot when you see an advert on TV selling a product to cool down your swimming pool! I am currently in Palm Springs with just a short trip back to LA to go. I have packed in an awful lot over the last two and a bit weeks in Cali and… Read More »It ain’t half hot mum (or should that be mom)

So I left San Francisco today after a memorable three day visit. Certainly a cool place, quite literally at night! So I headed out in my Korean hire car along US 101 through Silicon Valley and decided to pull off the freeway and visit my old friend Google. It took me 30 minutes to find… Read More »Google, the Big Sur and the hitchiker

They let me in! In fact despite what was said by the air stewards on Qantas it was painless and straight forward to get through US immigration and customs. Qantas by the way continues to slide down my league table of favourite airlines. Their planes inside are now as tired looking as their staff. The… Read More »Getting my kicks on Route 66

Tomorrow will be the longest Monday imaginable for me and a day I’ll probably never forget. The day will start at 3.30 am when my taxi picks me up for the ride to Sydney airport. I then fly back to Auckland and have a 5 hour wait at the airport before boarding my flight at… Read More »Bob Geldof’s worst nightmare