Pictures soon (maybe)

Took the pictures off my camera the other day. Sadly, they're all pretty bad because my camera's a cheap piece of crap (sorry mum, but it is) and they all look really blurry. Even the one of me with the lovely Miranda Kerr (ok it was a waxwork model of her) is pretty poor. I'll have a look through them again and maybe post some on here. Here's a far better one of Ms Kerr from the internet



Unless I find out there's some secret button that enables decent pics to be taken - which of course is no good now I've been back for about 3 weeks - I think it's time I got myself a new camera.

In other news, there's not been much you've missed regarding me. Apart from cutting free of a pretty poor relationship, internet dating escapades (I went on a date, doesn't look as if there'll be a second. Boo.), losing half a tooth, slowly getting reacquainted with exercise and making a fairly belated decision to grow up. So not much.

Oh and Twitter (Twittor if you're American). I bloody love Twitter.

Back in Britain

Hi!

So, so sorry I've not updated in ages, but I am back from Australia now. Have been for nearly a fortnight. It's an amazing country, I loved it. Did a lot there and a fair bit has happened since. Will update properly and add pictures soon.

For now, please add me on Twitter if you're on it @ashleyking1985

Speak soon
x

Sydney y'dig

So umm yeah I'm in Sydney now. Have been for about a week and a half now, go home on Friday (boooooooo). Sorry I've not updated until now/before I went but it's alright here. Seen a tonne of stuff including the Opera House, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bondi Beach (its aight but nowt special). I've also seen Miranda Kerr admittelly only on the telly and a waxwork model in Madame Tassauds but still.

Anyhoo, i'll update proper style when I return to dreary England.

Laters potaters!

One month to go innit

I'm steadily getting more and more stoked about going on holiday to Sydney. I've not had a day off work (bank holidays not included) since early May, so I'm in major need of some time off from many, many other things (not all of which I should mention).

Here's another pic of Sydney, looks alright doesn't it?



I'll post again soon.

Next destination...

Bloody hell I'm never going to tell anyone about Cardiff am I? Needless to say, it was quite nice.

Anyway, I have a passport, booked a flight for about six weeks time and heading to this little place for a fortnight...





That's Sydney, Australia. Believe that. I can't wait, I've not had a day off work since early May (the week I went to Cardiff) and won't be off until the second Saturday of October by which point I'll be on a plane down under. My first mission when I get there? Find Miranda Kerr.




Oh yes.

More details to follow

Still alive

Yeah still not updated about Cardiff, which was over a month ago now, whoops. It's not like I've not had the time to do it, I just haven't. God I miss that jubikend now (I've been trying to get 'jubikend' - a condensed form of 'jubilee weekend' - on to Google, turns out it's not a real word and have actually succeeded). That set of brackets was way too long. I will write about Cardiff and my next big travel destination soon, shall we say the weekend? Good.

I am alive

Cardiff did not take me kidnap and despite my lack of updates I am actually alive.

I will update about my time there soon.

Oh yeah I also have a Twitter = bandwagon jumped - Twitter.com/ashleyking1985

I'm going to somewhere beginning with C...

OK, it's not Chicago. Or Coney Island. It's...

Cardiff

Maybe not the most thrilling destination in the world, but it has been one place that I've always wanted to go to. I've never been to Wales properly before - a daytrip to Rhyl and Llandudno when I was 10 doesn't count - which is a bit of a shame seeing as I'm now 27 (eurgh). I haven't been to Scotland either but we'll ignore that for now.

Anyways I've got a week off work next so thought I'd do something useful with my time and go somewhere. Last time I really went anywhere was in 2010 when I went to New York, God that's seems a long time ago now. OK its not as if I've not left the north of England since then (at least I can't remember anywhere else I've been since then), but still think it'd be good to somewhere now.

More to come!

Where are you going?

Greetings infrequent readers and a Happy New Year to one and all (yes we're about 40 days into 2012, but this is my first entry of the year).

2011 was an odd one namely as for the first time in a good few years I didn't go abroad. At all. Feck.

2012 will be different. Not that I'm sure where/when/how long I will go for just yet. More then likely the US and by extension almost certainly back to New York. There's so many places in the Five Boroughs that I didn't go to and things I didn't do there the first time - on the list is having a stupid-ass size burger, going to the top of a really tall skyscraper and seeing a band (it can be anyone really, it doesn't matter it's the fact its in New York that counts), among others.

But there's so many other places in that country I want to go to there - Chicago, Portland (in Oregon, not the one in Maine), Chapel Hill, North Carolina - home to my favourite college basketball team the UNC Tar Heels, Boston, LA. I could go on. I'm not sure if the prospect of travelling across coast to coast via Greyhound is a little too much though. It's hardly akin to getting the National Express from Manchester to London.

Other countries I'd love to go to include New Zealand, India and maybe Australia (everyone else seems to be there).

Recently the idea of going to a random temple or monastery in somewhere like China or Vietnam to learn about meditation and ancient eastern philosophy for a few weeks really appeals to me. That's probably a better idea in my head then how it could actually turn out.

I'm not sure what this entry was really supposed to be about. I could end up doing all, some or neither of these things or doing something totally different. I think I suffer from indecision a tad.

One thing is for certain though, I need to go somewhere different at some point this year, even if it is just Cardiff or Edinburgh (despite being British I am yet to properly visit two-thirds of the main parts of the British Isles) for 3 days or so.

Wherever and whenever it is I know not to count too much on other people to make my travel aspirations a reality. As tough as it sounds, sometimes you can only rely on yourself.

Until next time good sirs and madams.

This time last year...

I was in New York. More than likely in Bed-stuy Post Office or on the subway or sat in my great aunt's house. Now I'm in Failsworth. Fail indeed. This time next year who knows where I'll be. Hopefully not sat at home watching the TV series of Batman from the 1960s...