KAMAKAZI is not my middle name. To fill the void left by the end of Beijing, The Advertiser staged the Wally Olympics yesterday so media identities could kick-start their London 2012 campaign.
Death Race promises to accelerate the thrills for adrenalin junkies. Film director Paul W.S. Anderson loves making ultra-violent movies, doesn’t he? His first big hit was Mortal Kombat, based on the video game where characters ripped each others’ spines out.
Who goes there? Whether you’re an eco-adventurer looking for a low impact challenge, a water baby in search of an island paradise or a city dweller looking for a bit of excitement, South-east Asia offers it all in a neat, low-cost package.
I am seriously outnumbered up here in the Canadian "wilderness" (I'm four miles from the nearest latte, so suck on that, Bear Grylls). It's not bears or beavers or moose that have the numbers – it's women. My four-year-old son, Jackson, and I are the only men in a lakeside cottage rammed to the pine beams with the opposite sex. There are cousins, aunts and grandmothers – a formidable group when