Rad or Dad

Hi, welcome back! :) Yay!!! xox

There's been a hell of a lot of traffic concerning whether or not the hat purchased by Colaster is "Rad" or in fact "Red" - I'll just take a moment to clear this one up once and for all.

The hat in question is actually rad and not red - ah ha ha [cough cough] hmmm...

Okay, the phone lines are now closed on that one but keep your eyes open for more possible typos in future posts - should be fun

Traveller's Tips #1

When you finish listening to your mp3 player while your plane is landing then put it in your bag saying "i dont need any music for a while, life will be my music, so play on world, I'm ready to listen" try to make sure that you forget to actually switch it off thereby making it easier to remove the mp3 player from the bag to find it still playing, though without enough battery power to get you through a full Stephen Fry podcast, two days later once you have realised you are spending most of your time in your hostel bed getting over serious jet lag.

On a plus note, this is a good technique for realising that your mp3 player battery life is longer than you expected.

Also, as a nervous flyer I would not recommend the usually carefree and uplifting tune 'Freefalling' by Tom Petty - especially on takeoff or landing

NEXT TIME on Traveller's Tips:

How to erase your entire collection of music by plugging your iPod into someone elses computer

This morning I woke up feeling shitty cause I think I got some kind of mini-cold from the plane. The air on those things is well dry, plus my immune system was probably slightly compromised because of all the anti-anxiety meds I was driving into my belly just to remain unterrified for 25 hours. Actually the flight was pretty good, there was very little in the way of turbulence.

Doha is beautiful from the sky at night - cities that aren't based on a grid system look like impossibly intricate jewelry made for some high king and laid out on a black velvet display cloth when viewed from in the sky.

First thing I did today after brekkie (which was Rice Krispies derivative, I was expecting the Full English) was take a wander round the centre of town - the object being to purchase a hat. The mission was sucessful and I now have a rad hat - there is no photographing equipment in Australia so you will have to wait until I come back or draw a picture of it on Photoshop or something - for now you will have to take my word for it that it is an awesome hat (P.S. you are not ready for the awesome hat)

The first street I turned on after leaving the hostel was called William Street and the first store I noticed was called "Quest on William" - this is an adequate explanation of the blog name and I will not expand on it at this stage.

Right, I'm going to annoy you by having lunch at McDonalds