Beunos Dias from Brisbane Australia.  We had a wonderful trip to South America, but like all good holidays, they come to an end, and likewise as is usually the case, it is great to be home.   So the

Morning all from Sunny Cusco, the gateway to the Inca Trail and former capital of the Inca Empire.  Tomottow we head to the Sacred Valley before kicking off our 4 day trek to Machu Picchu.  My prepara

Firstly, sorry for my slackness in getting this blog out. We´ve pretty much just been having too much fun to find a decent internet cafe, but have finally found one in our Hotel at Lima, where we´ll b

I am an accountant and I am in the process of moving to Australia because of a job offer in a major furniture cleaning Brisbane company. I believe it is the right choice for me as I am single and I a

I started blogging six years ago when blogging was a hobby of the nerds. I am a self-confessed nerd who is obsessed in traveling and new experiences that include dining out, coffee, and the best chees

What a great race the Melbourne Cup was yesterday, even if I had 3 bets and a trifecta, plus a mystery trifecta and still collected nothing.   I did manage to get 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the Trifecta (if

Melbourne Cup Preview   As always in the Melbourne Cup, the Race that Stops a Nation brings many different horses with many different form lines, making it nigh impossible to line them up and compar

A question for everyone - do elite sports people have it hard?   I know most people are going to chip in very quickly here and think - "NO WAY!"   Yes many of them get paid quite handsomely, and in

World Number 1 and reigning Australian Open Champion is on her way to doing what Novak Djokovic did last year.   Following her win yeserday in the final of the WTA Qatar Open where she defeated Austra

Two megastars of the NRL have lkeft Rugby League for Australian Rules Football in the last 3 years.    The first to defect, Karmichael Hunt had a less than stellar first season with the Gold Coast S