One Hundred, Not Quite Out

For the sake of argument, let's assume that the five rather bloated articles below are actually just one great big, very bloated post. That would make this post the one hundredth entry on this particular blog - small potatoes by the standards of most weblogs you can find online, I appreciate. Those with the stamina to update several times a day, week in, week out.
A modest achievement then, to fill this thing up with at least one-hundred rambling entries. Notices pinned to a virtual wall, gathering virtual dust.
So, with that in mind, here's the virtual pop of a virtual bottle of champagne being opened. Cheaper than the real thing, if not quite as satisfying. Grab a glass, take a swig. Don't blame me if the virtual hangover is more potent than you were expecting.

I would say something like, 'here's to the next one hundred posts' but given that it has taken so long to reach three figures, we'll probably be back home in the UK again before the two-hundred mark is even in sight. So we'll see how things go, and how much more we can add to this thing.

In the meantime, I'll see if I can make a few tweaks to the blog itself. A few improvments could be made here and there if possible. Maybe I could get around to updating the itinerary page, or the links - most of which seem to be pointing to blank sites or error messages these days. The photo-blog too is due an update. This depends on my finances at the moment though from my perspective. I have eleven rolls of film waiting to be developed - you have been warned, as has my bank account.
The guestbook still works though - admittedly, it contains only nine posts or so, most of which are getting on for two years-old at this stage. Every now and then, there is the occasional tenth - anonymously posted and containing only a string of links to such sites as 'Lindsay Lohan's Underwear Drawer' - I deleted them, I'm afraid, but I'm sure a quick search on Google could bring them up - so to speak - if anyone was interested. Feel free to add any messages, either to the guestbook or to the comments link under each post. Talk to us, guys!

Speaking of Google, the new site counter - that little green box at the foot of the page - has turned up a few interesting results since I installed it a few months ago. The hit count is only as modest as you would expect from a website which is only updated intermittently (with long interminable pieces which no-one can really be bothered to read), but there are some interesting results regarding how people have found the site, and where they have come from.
Some, hailing from Canada, America, Eastern Europe and some places that I had to look up on a map, have found the site through Google - including one chap from Milton Keynes who ran a search for the words 'hostel', 'dorm' and 'shagging' and found StillNotHere.co.uk. No surprise that he didn't stay very long either - but it's nice to know that we're not completely invisible on the web, even if the average visiting time is something like two seconds at the moment.

As for the future, well I'm in Christchurch trying to raise money - not an easy task with the current exchange rate if I want it to mean anything when I get home. Gary and Julia are down in Queenstown, working their socks off in a supermarket and a health spa respectively.

What next? I have no idea, to be honest - which is probably why the itinerary section remains so out of date. Here's to more posts on this thing anyway. However many it takes.