In 1998, as a naive kiwi boy, I left my beloved hometown intent on seeing the 
   world.  Since then, I have been lucky enough to experience a small part of
        this remarkably interesting and diverse planet we live on.

          Although I could never dream of feeling, seeing, smelling, hearing or  
          tasting all on offer from the 7 continents, I hope to enjoy a good part of it.

         I haven't yet witnessed a flock of elegant flamingos on the salt flats 
       of Bonaire, smelt the sweet aroma of fresh sheep droppings on the cold misty 
   hillsides of the highlands or heeded the sounds of a sprawling city market in Madras, but here's a brief memoir of some of things I have done and places I have lived...

I was dubious about what it would be like to get back to Wellington having left in 1998, but since coming home, there hasn't been a day I would have rather been somewhere else.

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At the confluence of the Blue & White Niles on the southern edge of the Sahara lies the bustling Sudanese capital of Khartoum.  The city oozes exotic charms, celebrating a marriage of colonial Africa with the mystery of Arabia.  More than 5 million people make their home in the clay and mud brick edifices that clutter the city’s mishmash of dirt lanes.  During my time here, I was teaching the English idiom at the University of Khartoum and drinking too much tea.

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                  January 2003 A Gamble in Kuala Lumpur    

On the eastern coast of the last misty isle before the new world of the Americas, is a city with a history that spans over 1,000 years. As times have past the Fair City has seen everything from famines to uprisings, but in recent years has become one of the booming and liveliest cities in Europe, supporting a culture that is famous for good music and pubs.  My time there saw me working for Vodafone trying to get people to use their mobiles more.

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Amongst an idyllic setting of a glistening harbour bordered by beaches and parks with a backdrop of spectacular mountains and an equally impressive skyline, it is no wonder Vancouver wins the hearts of the many tourists that visit this metropolis every year and why it is consistently rated the most liveable city in the world. I was fortunate enough to be one of the 1.8 million residents living in the greater Vancouver area, living by the beach and working downtown in a marketing job for Net Nanny, a company selling software designed to keep children out of the naughty stuff on the Internet.

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