'Bula' from Fiji... Purely by luck we were told at the last minute about a resort in the Yasawa Islands, north of Viti Levu (the main island). The island was Waya and the resort Octopus. When we got booked in I thought great, play some tennis, eat in one of the few restaurants they're bound to have, walk round the resort, maybe use the gym and obviously the pool....oh no, no.. the boat rounded a corner and in front stood the tiny beach resort of about half a mile long by 60 yards deep at the base of some hills. The [View Full Entry]

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Hi Folks... As you will have guessed there's been a break in the Travel Blog..this is due to various reasons, none of which are very interesting, so apologies, and here we go again.. We left the beautiful town of Queenstown and headed off to The Millford Sounds - a quick geological lesson - a 'Sound' is an area carved out by a river and a 'Fjord' is an area carved out by a moving glacier. Hence the name The Millford Sounds - although just to confuse you (and us) this region was actually carved by a glacier and therefore a Fjord, [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! We are back to fill you in on the past week or so's adventures exploring this breathtaking island .. so kick back relax and enjoy! We left you in Wellington or rather we left 'us' in Wellington.. from there we took the 3 hour crossing to the ferry port of Picton. From here it was straight on to the bus, and after a quick stop to pick up the bags that fell out of the open boot onto the carpark, we resumed our journey to the Abel Tasman region (NW tip) via our fist stop - Wine Tasting time! [View Full Entry]

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Hi Bloggees.. how are you all? Apologies for the lack of blogs in the last couple of weeks but read on and you'll soon see that time has been of the essence - the opportunity literally hasn't arisen. We had our first lie-in this morning since Auckland on the 23rd of last month and that was only till 9!! Just to let you know it has been raining hard on us for 2 days now with more planned for tomorrow - so after that information and hopefully the subsequent smiles on your faces, we'll begin to make you hate us once [View Full Entry]

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G'Day all.. Sorry, but i promise that's the first and last stereotypical Aussie reference... So, two weeks in the land of funny bouncy things and small furry animals - and the wildlife's great too!! Promise that's the second and last bad reference... Seriously, a great place though.. you can see the attraction for upping sticks and heading down under - as some of you have already considered.. Unfortunately we will be heading home, so don't start the fireworks just yet....apparently there's something in August that we're needed for.. Luckily some of you have decided to call this p [View Full Entry]

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Hi there...! Been a slight delay since the last blog due to lack of time and access to PC's (and to give you all a break!!) We left Hue and moved down the coast 4 hours to an old provincial capital called Hoi An.. another 'quaint' and relatively small coastal town. This was a nice 3 days and we deliberately didn't book any trips or tours to give us the opportunity to just chill for a minute - things had been a little hectic to say the least up till then.. Hoi An's main asset is its 'tailoring' facilities on every [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! Sorry to bombard you with emails but following our visit to A'Loui, home of Fueng, our sponsored child, we just had to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard if you will.. We were picked up in Hue at 8 by World Vision, a driver and Huang, the female interpreter and Social Development Leader. The drive was 5 hours until a year ago when completion of 2 bridges reduced it to 2 (thank goodness - done enough 'bums on seats' already). A'Loui is a town based in the foothills of the Loas/Vietnam boarder, site of the infamous Hamburger [View Full Entry]

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Hi All.. Everyone OK? Hope So.. So here we are...we thought Bangkok was crazy for traffic but this place tops it by a long stretch.. Never have we seen so many bikes in such a small place, and somebody decided to do away with traffic lights and road markings just to up the stakes.. You literally took your life into your own hands when crossing the road, but it was this or just being satisfied with seeing one side of Hanoi! Somehow though we saw only one small bump in a city where there is no wrong side of the road [View Full Entry]

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HI Guys! OK where did we leave you last? Oh yes, Chid was about to take me on a romantic evening to Thai boxing .... much to his dissapointment the place was closed .. much to my delight it was right next door to the night markets which were very much open!! We spent a couple of hours there until Chid could stand no more shopping and decided to venture to 'Pat Phong' (!?!) Our last site seeing stop was The Grand Palace and well worth it too even though most of it was shut off as the Singapore President was [View Full Entry]

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