- 01.06.2002 -

Up late, had a nice hot shower and then in reception I ran into Claire whom I had met in New Orleans. We hugged and said our hellos. We decided to go to Starbucks around the corner for coffee and a danish and to catch up. Claire has been to Florida since New Orleans and she didn't want to leave. She mentioned that the hostel here has been confiscating sleeping bags as they are not allowed so I dragged her back so I could stash mine in my bag before they could grab it. I conned the guy into giving me free sheets in reception too.

I needed a haircut badly and the local barbers wanted 14 bucks just to shave off my hair! Claire said she was in Chinatown yesterday and it was only 6 bucks so we walked there talking all the way. You know you are getting a good cut when you are reduced to sign language to tell the hairdresser that you want a 3 on top and 2 on the back and sides. Still, I got what I wanted for 6 bucks! (2.70ukp).

We went to Eatons mall and shopped for hours. She called Ian who was waiting at the hostel for her and he met us. We shopped some more and took a break so Claire could have a cig outside as there is no smoking inside public buildings here. We watched some street cops arrest some kid for loitering. Oeer another master criminal caught! They actually cuffed the poor kid too.

Claire shopped and shopped for clothes like there was no tomorrow. Ian and I chatted and discovered a neat invention. In a clothes store there are some seats for the womens male companions with headphones and CD selectors next to them. You can sit down and listenj to music while she shops! When they come up to you and say something, holding clothes, you know they are asking if you think they'd look good in this so you just nod and carry on listening to your music. You are happy and so are they. Man, if only they had these back home eh Cat? he he.

Me and Ian had the same crazy tastes in clothes so when we saw a shop selling 'Japanimations' shirts we just went mad. Basically they are big hawaiian shirts with anime (manga) prints on them. Claire thought they were kitsh but we thought they were cool. I bought a dark one with a samurai on it. Back at the hostel I threw away my old warn out ellesse canvas shoes to make room for my new purchase.

Later we went to a few bars and ended up in an Irish/Canadian bar with live music.

- 02.06.2002 -

Niagara Falls

Starbucks for my morning breakfast again. I'm also addicted to Blueberry muffins. Back at the hostel we boarded the 'Magic bus' and drove to Niagara falls stopping along the way for lunch. I sat near a guy from the UK in his mid-forties that I swear was a dead-ringer for my Uncle David. Weird.

At the falls Mike (China) started talking to me and we went on the 'Maid of the Mist' boat trip. To be at the foot of the Niagara falls watching as 40,000 gallons of water comes roaring over the falls way above you every second is just.. a unique experience. A couple who asked me to take their picture got engaged there and then.

We went back up top and Mike told me that he was from mid-China and is training in Calgary in Engineering. He has a wife and kid back home whom he misses. He was a cool guy. He had some Chinese money on me which he showed me because I'd never seen it before. It was similar to Thai.

We met Megan and Annalise (Australia) and walked back to the bar where the others were. The ride back involved a few stops at some tourist sites along the way. Me, Megan, Annalise and Amy (Mexico City) went to Tim Hortons for the famous chilli in a bun meal deal. They were book and movie nuts so we talked for ages.

- 03.06.2002 -

I'm due to check out today. I'm in Starbucks again (I'm not addicted godamnit!). I'm not sure how this day will play out but thats part of the charm of travelling. You never know whats coming next. A Cuban guy sits down and sets up a chess set then starts babbling in his own language to no one in particular. I think he is waiting for a challenger.

I went to Chapters and bought some birthday cards and wrote them while I had another er.. Starbucks coffee. I left a phone message for Leah then bought a ticket to see 'About a boy' which Megan had recommended last night. I'd wound her up by saying that Hugh Grant can only play Hugh Grant. She promised me that he was different in this and I should go see it. It was either that or 'The New Guy' which looked pants.

I read some more in Chapters, saw the film and left more messages for Leah. Back at the hostel I called Matt in New York whom I'd met in New Zealand. We were all set for my visit. We caught up on stuff.

I walked around and on Youge street I found a second had book store that had all 3 of the books Wes had recommended (Dragons of Autumn/Winter/Spring Twilight). I said I wanted them but I didn't want to pay tax. The guy said fine and did not ring up the sale. Cool.

I read some more and went for a walk. In the street behind the hostel I found loads of TV trucks. I talked to a guy who says they are filming a TV series called 'Monk: The series' and I should come back during the day to see them in action. Cool. Still no word from Leah.

I decided to call other hostels as mine was fully booked. They were too. Leah's work said she was not there, she'd gone home. I remembered a place around the corner that was a student dorm building but during May to August they rented out rooms at hostel rates. I managed to reserve a room and headed over there.

It was a hotel come hostel. You get your own private bedroom with a bed, desk and chair and a view of the city for a few dollars more than the hostel I was in. Why had I not known about this place the moment I arrived in Toronto? I paid for the night.

- 04.06.2002 -

I called Leah and managed to get her at work. She said she was busy and things had changed. She had to leave town. Sigh. I said ok, take care and left it at that. My instincts told me that I'd been messed about. I've learned to trust my instincts lately. I just hate being messed about like this. I went to reception and paid for the rest of my time here. I like this place. Its cosy, has a hostel atmosphere but I have my own space as well. And its cheap.

I was feeling down though. I nipped around the corner and bought a phone card and came back to my room as I have a phone in my room that charges 25c a call to connect. Nice. I called home. Talking with my family always cheers me up.

I started to plan out the rest of my time here. There's still a lot I want to see. Plus I have access to a kitchen so I think a trip to the supermarket is in order. Not just to save money but I've been dreaming about mashed potatoes, baked beans and sausages. Yeah, bangers and mash is my sort of comfort food.

I realized it would be boring on my own so I called the other hostel that Claire and Ian had checked into and left a message for them on how to contact me.

With a spring in my step I headed out. I got 10 yards. Two doors down is an internet cafe. 3 bucks an hour or 10 bucks for the day. Cool. I have no reason not to update this web journal now. So here I am. I was let down by a buddy but I'm not going to let it spoil the rest of my journey.

I got chatting to the Korean couple that own the internet cafe. They did me an deal on coffee and a cookie (which I would continue to get every day from now on). I ended up updating this journal, catching up on all my emails, reading my favourite on-line cartoons and generally surfing until I was feeling tired and the counter let me know that I had been on-line for 7 hours and 25 minutes. Time to log off I think.

I'd seen this mouse running around the floor and so I left the Korean guy hunting for it as I hit the street. Too much coffee and surfing left me in a wired state. I did some shopping at the supermarket and back at the hotel I discovered that the 23rd floor is the roof. I have an almost 360degree view of Toronto at night. Beautiful.

- 05.06.2002 -

The phone rang awaking me from my slumber. It was my Grandma. How cool is that? We chatted for a while then I got up and headed out to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Upon arrival I discovered that the entrance fees had gone up but the small print stated that it was free later this evening so I decided to save my money and to come back later.

I went a few blocks south to the cinema and bought a ticket to see UNDERCOVER BROTHER. My original instincts when seeing the trailer was that it looked pants but Harry Knowles and the local tabloids were raving on about it so I decided to give it a chance. I should of stuck with my instincts. It was pants.

I bought some postcards on the way home and got to my room when the fire alarm went off. The signs say in the event of a fire, do not use the lifts. I'm on the 18th floor and its a long walk down and I'm wondering why I see no one else in the stairwells until I run into a couple round about the 6th floor. Outside there are 30 of us including staff as the firemen come in. They declare it a false alarm moments later and we can go back in. I then learn why no one else was in the stairwell. They figured it was a false alarm so stayed in their rooms. One day the 'cry wolf' scenario is gunna bite them in the ass.

I later went back to the Art Gallery. There were a couple of good pictures and an interesting room that made you think people were in there with you, spooky! But it wasn't worth the entrance fee so I'm glad I got in for free.

Cheap night tonight. A bottle of red wine, a good book and a warm breeze on the rooftop as I gazed out at the neon and city lights.

- 06.06.2002 -

I slept in today and was generally lazy until I remembered that I was going to a book sale. On the way there I kept passing these souvenier shops and kept seeing something and thinking 'that would be cool for so-and-so' and so my bag was full before I even reached the book sale!

The local libraries and book stores sell books here every so often at 25c (11p) a book no matter how big or new it looks. I could of bought a box full but it would cost me to ship it home and I didn't want to carry them so I umm'd and ahh'd and settled on a few I really wanted to read.

I grabbed a coffee on the way back, made a few phone calls then just generally lazed about with my new purchases.

Suitable relaxed I went out for a walk and ended up at a Zen garden in the middle of the city. It seemed out of place. Water poured out of a boulder into a pool that birds were wading through. Further on up the street, people were playing chess on concrete tables and chairs with chess sets embeded into the table tops. They brought their own pieces and clocks. It was interesting to watch other people play. I even saw the Cuban guy from Starbucks playing some guy. Streey bums were playing against guys in suits. One black guy in a fancy suit was playing a Chinese business type. The Chinese guy lost and under the table slipped his opponent a five. Hmm.. not just for fun. Beers were in brown paper bags and were lowered to the floor behind bags as cops did slow drive buys.

I headed back and found the TV room behind the laundry room where I chatted to a guy from Liverpool for a while.

- 07.06.2002 -

Slept through my alarm clock so by the time I'd woken up, gotten showered and gotten to the TV room, the footie match was over. The room was full of British lads though that were happy to tell me that ENGLAND beat ARGENTINA 1-0.

I had to check into another room today on a lower floor as they had booked this one out before I got here but they'd informed me that I'd have to do a room change when I checked in so I was ready. My new room was crap and so I got moved to another, more comfortable room.

I grabbed my morning coffee and cookie from the Korean internet cafe where I stop every morning and chat with them for a bit about this and that. Today I'm going to Casa Loma and I'm walking.

Casa Loma is the former estate of Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, the guy who came up with the idea of using Niagara Falls to generate electricity for the surrounding towns. His dream was to build a medieval castle on a hill overlooking Toronto and this dream was realised in 1911. Sadly it was reposessed when he failed to pay his taxes and was auctioned off.

I advise anyone going to Toronto to include Casa Loma in their itinerary. Its a great day out. You walk around a medieval castle following an audio tour through amazing rooms. In Sir Henry's studio is two fake wall panels either side of his fireplace. The right hand side leads to his wine cellar and the left, to another false panel in the hallway of the floor above. Just press against the panel and find the small switch to the right. The walkways are built into the thick walls. Cool.

You can go into the towers, onto the roof, in all the castle rooms, down to the basement where a 800ft long walkway 8ft underground leads you out to the stables. The grounds themselves are magnificent. Walk around the rock pools, waterfall and secret garden.

A bit of trivia that I obtained from a tour guide: Casa Loma was used as Prof Xaviers HQ in the recent movie 'X-Men'. The walkway was where Hugh Jackman as Wolverine came down a (fake) lift and heard voices. The conservatory is where some of the students showed off their skills.

On my walk back into town I noticed a large crowd gathering outside the MUCH MORE MUSIC cable tv building. I walked up and saw that a group was giving an interview. It ws BLINK 182. I stood 2 meters from them and snapped a few piccies then walked off. I'm not a big fan, I only liked 'All the small things' to be honest.

Back at the cinema I bought tickets to the preimere of BAD COMPANY starring Chis Rock and Anthony Hopkins. It was on the huge IMAX screen and turned out to be pretty good.

- 08.06.2002 -

I walked along the harbour front and sat down and watched the ships sail by and read a bit more of my DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT book. I ended up at the CN TOWER and used my discount card from the Niagara trip to get a 33% discount. The CN Tower is the tallest free-standing structure in the world.

The ride to the top took about 50 seconds at 15mph. I walked around both inside and out and gazed at the city and lake below. It was weird but I swear the horizon appeared to bend so the earth appeared round. It was a breathtaking view. There are glass floors inside so you can stand on the glass and look down through the floor at the baseball stadium below your feet. I watched a game being played and the players looked like ants.

Back at the hotel I met Ryan and his girlfriend (Glasgow), a guy from Oz, a guy from Canada and 2 girls from Oz. We drank and talked for a while then headed to a local bar to watch the TYSON v LEWIS boxing match on pay-per-view. The place was packed and had an equal amount of Tyson and Lewis supporters so the atmosphere was buzzing but friendly. I cheered when Lewis KO'd Tyson.

- 09.06.2002 -

I went souvenier shopping but got pissed off when I discovered something was cheaper further on down the road than where I'd just bought it. So I walked around all the shops making mental notes of who was selling what and where the best bargains was so I can come back tomorrow.

For some reason my pocket travel diary said it was fathers day today so I phoned my Dad only to be told its next week. Bugger. Oh well, had a long chat anyway then met the guys from last night for more drinks.

Man, I'm exhausted. Not phsically but mentally. I'm so looking forward to being back home in a little over a weeks time and just taking it easy. No having to check out early and catch a plane, train or bus to the next destination. No handing money over every day and no more spending in general! Its gunna be cool.

- 10.06.2002 -

Finished my DRAGON book and traded all my other books for a few I want to read. Sorted out my gear and called Matt to make sure everything is on for tomorrow. I'm off to New York! Just taking it easy today.

- 11.06.2002 -

Brooklyn, New York

I woke up before my alarm as I sometimes do on a travel day. Shower, shave and breakfast in that order then I used up the last of my Canadian phone card to call home and talk to my family for a bit.

I checked out and headed along the street to the Korean internet cafe. The guy was working today and we stood around chatting for a while. He let me use a computer for 10 minutes to check flights from Heathrow to Teesside. Too expensive. Damn. I finished my coffee, we shook hands and I left. Cool guy.

I caught the metro and took the route and transfers I'd taken to get downtown, back to the airport.

I arrived early at the airport. Immigration grilled me about my unusual itinerary and the amount of time I had so far spent travelling. How come you are only travelling for 7 months? That is an unusual amount of time is it not? How are you supporting yourself? Do you intend to work here in Canada? Do you have a friend or family member to stay with while here?

I grabbed lunch at TGI fridays to use up the last of my currency. My plane was a small F-100 Fokker with maybe 40 people on board. The flight only took an hour so we arrived early and I took a bus to the subway then rode the famous NYC metro to 14th Street and 7th Avenue in midtown Manhatten.

A block east was the Vermeer building where Matt is working. We shook hands and said our greetings. He finishes work in a little over an hour so I left my bags there and headed out for a walk around lower Manhatten (Manhatten is known as New York, New York).

Land is expensive on Manhatten island so everything tends to be built upwards. Any available space is utilised. Where two buildings do not exactly join and there is a 2ft wide alley between them, it is used as a shop. It was the smallest shop I have ever been in. There are shelves of junk and souveniers from around the world and junk at the back. There is only enough room for 1 person at a time. The shopkeeper sits outside.

There are carparks with rows of forklift machines in them. You drive your car onto one and it raises you up so that a car can park underneath you. I saw this in New Orleans too.

After walking around I saw a Guinness sign but the bar was closed. Further on I found another bar so I went in and ordered a Guinness from the most beautiful barmaid I've ever seen. There was free literature on the world cup and a paper called 'The Onion' which American's love but I just don't get.

Two pints later and no toothache and I'm on my way back to meet Matt from work. We rode the subway to Brooklyn (Bedford Ave neighbourhood). Matt has a cosy apartment in the Ghetto. Complete with three cats. He says they are picky and it took him ages before they started to like him (they belong to his ex). By that night all three (Henry, Raqueem, Leda) were on my knee. I guess cats like me.

We grabbed some essentials from the local supermarket and Matt cooked up Garlic pasta with seasoned salad and grated cheese. It tasted pretty good. We had the apartment door open and all the windows because it was so hot. A neighbour popped by. She's an architect and wanted to tell Matt that his name may appear in the newspaper for a contract he did on one of her buildings. Cool.

Later we went around the block to fetch his Toyota landcruiser then headed into downtown Manhatten via the midtown bridge (I forget its name but the acronym is BMW to remember them. Brooklyn-M?-Williamsburg bridges). We drove to Times Square. A large street where every building has huge TV screens on the side showing trailers and adverts for various products.

Manhatten is just like in the movies. Tall buildings tightly packed, gridlocked traffic, hundreds of yellow cabs, steam pouring out of manhole covers and beautiful women walking around in designer gear (the latter was pointed out by Matt as I sure wasn't looking at eye candy).

We drove down broadway and ended up in Greenwich village where we parked the car and walked around the village on foot. People were playing chess and guitars in Washington Square Park. It was kinda weird just sitting there and talking in the park at night with all these people after all the TV programs I'd seen about how violent New York is.

After returning the car we chatted for a bit and Matt suggested places I should visit and sights to see while in New York. I slept on the pull-out couch.

- 12.06.2002 -

Matt headed out to work. I woke up with a cat blanket. I guess they figured this was new territory and they'd all decided to sleep on it and on me. Hmm. Henry was curled up in my fleece. After getting him off I discovered the flaw in owning a cat.

I finally forced myself to get up and in the shower. It would be so easy to do nothing today but hey, I'm in New York!

I bought a metro pass and tried to get to the Guggenhiem but it wasn't where Lonely Planet said it was so I just walked around Broadway and 5th Ave until I saw the Empire State building in the distance and decided to make for it stopping for camera film and postcards on route.

I bought a citypass ticket book and waited for ages to go up to the top. You took the elevevator to the 80th floor then you can wait for another elevator or walk the last 6 floors to the observation deck. Once there I went outside where I discovered the sunny weather that had been present when I went into the building was now heavy rain at the top. Still I could see most of Manhatten and took a few snaps. When the lightening started however they brought us all back inside as the building becomes one giant lightening conductor.

I headed over to the Vermeer to meet Matt and we drove back to his place. He grabbed some kip and I grabbed a book and went to the local bagel store and grabbed a coffee and read for a bit before returning. When I got back his ex, Leslie was there. We helped move more of her stuff to her new apartment and grabbed some food at an Italian joint. I had the meatloaf.

Later the three of us went for a drive and ended up at a viewing point of lower manhatten and the Brooklyn bridge.

- 13.06.2002 -

I took the subway to the American museum of Natural History. It took me a while as although I had a subway map, there a certain rules such as Express v Local and trains that double back etc but I got there in the end.

The museum had 5 floors. I ended up spending another day in a museum! Its displays featured the Universe and big bang theory with amazing graphical displays in a walk-in sphere that gave the impression that the universe was unfolding beneath you and spreading outwards. I was impressed.

It also featured meteorites, gemstones, evolution, anthropology (utilising holograms), peoples of the world, orniphology, paeleontology, bugs and animals.

I took the subway back to Brooklyn and grabbed a cooked breakfast at the bagel shop. Back at Matt's crib I watched 'the history of english', a collection of videos he had.

- 14.06.2002 -

The day of the four museums.. not!

I headed to the Guggenhiem museum only to discover that it was undergoing renovations so only 2 floors were open. Pah!

On the way down to the Whitney museum I went into the 'Met' (Metropolitan museum of art). It was huge. I spent hours in here checking out the exhibits like modern art, musical instruments, sculptures, arms and armour, Asia (Astor courts Zen Garden is worth a visit), Japanese buddhist pieces, ancient egypt (complete with temple), historic rooms. It was great fun.

I grabbed a burger (real Angus beef) at a famous SOUP BURG place then went to the Whitney musem. This was also undergoing renovations and only 1 floor was open. Sigh.

It was still too early to meet Matt so I headed to the MoMa (Museum of Modern art) but it was closed and not due to be re-opened until 2005.

Matt was feeling down when I met up with him later. He has to fire an employee so I take the subway back to his place. When he turned up later we waited for Leslie than the three of us headed out to grab some dinner. Leslie wanted Yemen but it was closed so we went to a Moroccan place which turned out to be pretty bland food for the money.

- 15.06.2002 -

In Manhatten again. I went to the main post office to post some postcards and passed Walter, the guy Matt had to fire on the way out but he didn't recognise me.

I headed to the pier and got my cruise ticket for later and headed over to the intrepid museum. I took a tour of the U.S.S Growler submarine and the U.S.S Edson Destroyer and the U.S.S Intrepid aircraft carrier. Afterwards I grabbed a bite to eat before boarding the circle line boat for my sightseeing trip around Manhatten island.

The cruise was pretty pleasant and the guy doing the narration was pretty funny. We passed Ellis island and I saw the Statue of Liberty. It wasn't as big as I thought it would be but it was still impressive.

Ground Zero was pointed out to us. This is where the twin towers once stood. I was sad to hear that you have to pay 6 bucks to look at it now. Six bucks to look at a hole in the ground? No thanks. Instead I went to the nearest fire dept and bought souveniers from them as the proceeds go to the families of those that never made it out.

Back at Matt's we headed out, caught the subway to Union Square and grabbed dinner in a pretty fancy restaurant. Then we headed downtown to a pool hall where the hustlers play as opposed to the trendy pool halls. Matt taught me the rules for 9-ball pool.

- 16.06.2002 -

Up and out in the Toyota to Coney Island today. Its hot. About 36 degrees celcius. We parked up and walked the boardwalk and then onto the pier to watch the locals fish. One fisherman caught a stingray and a flounder on the same line. A Chinese guy helped him with the stingray and then walked off with it. The fisherman figured he was going to toss it back in for him but he was bagging it. He dropped it in a carrier bag with no intention of putting it out of its misery. A black guy then handed over some money and bought it off the Chinese guy. This pissed off our fisherman friend. The black guy tipped the fish back into the water. It transends that his little girl who was with him wanted him to save the fish from the Chinese guy so he did. He'd already saved a pregnant seahorse so far. Well it is fathers day and he's her hero.

We went back to feed the parking meter and Matt bought some clams to eat. Yuck! We then went wandering around bric-a-brac shops for a table for Matt's place seeing as how Leslie had taken just about everything when she moved out. Still he's happy he has his own space again even if she still expects him to do stuff for her. Tsk, women, heh.

Back at Matt's I packed up my stuff and said goodbye. I promised to stay in touch. There I was back on the road again, another travel day. This time however, it'll be the last one for a while.

I rode the subway to JFK and then caught the shuttle bus. I chatted to a cute Polish girl carying a 3ft teddy bar on the bus. I got through customs with very little problems other than being taken to one side and having my bag wiped and the tested for explosives. The X-ray had shown that I was carrying an electronics device (walkman) a pack of batteries and a bottle (wine).

I bought dad a bottle of something in duty free and then grabbed something to eat using up the last of my American money. I read for a bit then boarded my plane with no extra search this time! I was peaved that there appeared to be no TV's on board. A seven hour flight with no movies? The steward asked if he could help. I mentioned a TV screen and he pressed a button on the arm of my chair and swiveled up and across my knees an LCD screen. Cool. I can watch our progress via a map with flight details, listen to radio or choose from 11 movies. I chose KATE AND LEOPOLD and HIGH CRIMES. I ordered Johnnie Walker red label with my lunch. Now this is flying.

- 17.06.2002 -

London, England

The meals and flight were pretty good. This is my first time flying with British Airways and I have to admit to being impressed. As we were landing the stewardess was running around like crazy trying to stow everything away seconds before touchdown. There hadn't been enough standard breakfast meals so I got upgraded and had a first class breakfast.

We were ferried to the terminal by bus and I was through customs in the blink of an eye thanks to having a UK passport. Its a pity that I had to wait an hour for my luggage. I found the information desk and discovered that I would have to take a bus to terminal 1 just to find out if I could get a cheaper BMI flight to Teesside. I just walked outside and bought a National Express ticket for 23ukp. It was 8:30am and the bus leaves at 9:30am. The girl who sold me the ticket insisted it was more than enough time to get there.

It wasn't. After getting my subway ticket and taking two transfers and running half a mile carrying 25kilos, I was told that the bus had just left. The next one was at 1pm or I could take the 10:30am to Leeds and wait for my transfer to Middlesbrough there. The transfer option got into the Boro an hour earlier than the other so I took it.

The first bus ride was not too bad. An old lady got on at Golders Green and started talking to me. She's originally from New Zealand so we had something to talk about. She'd just been to some religious event. She's Christian. Am I? No? Damn I hate talking about religion as those with faith insist on trying to make you think how they do. I changed the subject to something else after several tries. At some point I fell asleep for half an hour. My body was exhausted and had not slept since the 15th.

I had to wait at Leeds and that was mind-numbingly boring. I'm more aware of accents now and the Leeds/Bradford accent is so easy to spot. It reminded me of my old pal, Mark. A woman was complaining to security about being hassled by a junkie trying to sell her heroin and some drunk kids don't have enough change for a pasty and are begging the cashier to let them off with the 2p that they are short.

I got on my transfer eventually and just tuned out with my walkman as we went through York and Thirsk. At the bus station I had no change to phone home and everywhere was closed so I just found my bus stop. The bus station has changed since I've been away. A woman in the bus stop took to informing me about the buses that no longer run. I feined interest and got on mine. On the ride home I noticed a new building that had been built and that they've painted the speed cameras yellow. Nothing much else had changed.

Well I'm finally home. Back with my family, dog and immortal goldfish. I grabbed a hot shower and paused before my wardrobe. I have a choice of clothes to wear today. Sometimes its the simple things in life that you miss.

David Kei

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