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A wise idea from one more worldly than I, regarding mountaineers but equally as applicable to travelers and wanderers: I seem to have lived for the longest time upon cheap packet noodles telling myself the food sacrifice will pay off once I'm living the dream around the globe. I saved a bundle to fund this trip and I really am living the dream, venturing to exotic locales and once more, staring into a bowl of noodles with the texture of soggy cardboard.

Oh has the noodles have been worth it, I don't suggest otherwise. I started a year ago and the noodle's sleek serpentine form has led from Brisbane -> tokyo -> kyoto -> hiroshima -> nagasaki -> tokyo -> london -> nyc -> miami(ish) -> dayton  -> pittsburg -> minneapolis -> St Paul -> St louis -> nashville -> baltimore -> philly -> buffalo -> philly -> buffalo -> philly -> jersey city -> new bedford -> connecticut(ish) -> jersey -> nyc -> toronto -> hamilton -> niagara -> calgary -> edmonton -> calgary -> Las Vegas -> LA -> Dayton -> Miami -> Niagara -> Toronto -> Detroit -> Calgary-> Vancouver -> victoria -> seattle -> calgary -> panorama -> montana -> toronto -> niagara -> buffalo -> montreal -> nyc -> philly -> jersey -> nyc -> london. Not bad for the first year overseas.

My massive noodle stretches into the distance wreaking havoc with pedestrians and low flying aircraft all chasing their own noodles. Clearly my noodle is thicker and longer, a noodle worthy the greatest Australian explorer since the Leyland Brothers. Wait, who?



On a more serious topic I owe more favours than I could tally with an arsenal of abacii and a cage of child slaves from a Siberian salt mine. I began a list of shoutouts and thank yous though it quickly became unmanageable. I have a comfy couch in London, I am expecting visitors.

• stoop, always sticking your dick in the beehive aren't you bitchnuts? Keep keeping things exciting.
• jondoe, the mediator and peace keeper, looking forward to more adventures. You owe me a Cornetto.
• Siologen, How to cram your influence into a single line... massively inspirational. Haul your ass back to London, next year we're representing in Russia.
• Steve, Moe, Shane, Shawn always welcoming and up for something. Except Steve D, Grumpy Old Drainer.
• Thieving cunts in the hostel, enjoy your tasty laxatives.
• Noah Vale & Morosted, you two are such troublemakers. I approve of your vanishing act. GD 4 life.
• To Baltimore city, die in a fire. Love, ds.
• The oldschool in Philly/NJ come visit me in London, soon.
• Nomeus and DevilC, shame we never met up. I'll make it back one day.
• Micro, Nel, Kowalski & Controleman, the motherland calls you, submit to the redbrick.
• Air33, maam put the keyboard down and step away from the internet.
• Jannx, we'll get you up and down a rope yet!
• Calgary crew. you're in a dying city with a good group, time to roll out.
• Garden City Gardeners, good luck I'm sure there are plenty more secrets of the city waiting for you. Glad I could be there for one of them.
• Junix, Vision. What the rest of your city lacks you both make up for in keenness. Subways?
• Teen Leader, perpetually hyped like a kid with candy store in his pocket. Good times buddy come visit.
• Vagabond, despite the name you're full of honour and integrity. Couple of hundred years ago you'd be a Knight. See you in '08.
• twinky-z, Paris approached and we're living on crepes, croissants and catacombes. Ain't life grand?
• Dozey, you should build a teleporter to make this whole getting around business easier.
• ekweleks, Pizzy, Eli what are you all waiting for? Hurry the fuck up.

Thoughts of afar eventually circle towards home and right now home is a changing concept. So many old friends have dispersed across the globle and my parents are probably selling the family home in secret while I'm gone. Home became tangible recently with the arrival of Bag of Holding like 100gb drive of photos going back to 2001. Amongst the accumulated rubbish are five unposted photos of little Brisbane, an underdog city on the rise. Five views of Brisbane from the statuesque harlot, taken from 2002 to 2006. Where? Shhh it's a secret.



Best of luck with your own journeys wherever they make take you and if I can assist do not hesitate to harass me. Hope you like noodles.

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