Singapore to Malaysia After an amazing calm flight to Singapore Changi airport on an A380 air bus (seriously, the plane was amazing, comfy and so spacious) our first impressions of Singapore were that it was so clean and so pretty - the buildings reminded us of Las Vegas, all lit up and huuuge! We got a taxi to our hostel ‘The five stones’ which was a brand new hostel, really nice and modern.. Once we had checked in, we went to our 6 bed dorm to see who we would be sharing with and were chuffed when we realised that we had the entire room to ourselves, yes! We went for a little walk around the boat quay and decided to go for a drink in one of the bars behind the boat quay.. We later ... read more

The morning we left Queenstown we were partly relieved and partly gutted. Relieved to not spend as much money as it is expensive there, but gutted as it was like having a holiday within a holiday. The Stray bus picked us up at 9am and we met our 4th Stray driver of the tour - Seagull. They all have funny names, so we had originally Gollum, then Scratch, then sideshow Rob, and now Seagull. On the bus was our German friend Felix again, who had caught up with us on the trip so we chatted away all morning. Once we left Queenstown we headed towards Mount Cook, doing our usual stop offs for toilet breaks and scenery pics. Once we arrived, we were informed that due to the freak winds we experienced in Queenstown, the roof ... read more

Stray Second week adventures! Another day, another road trip.. this time leaving Taupo and making our way over to the Blue Duck Station in Whakahoro (pronounced f***-a-whore.. much to everyones amusement!). We stopped off at Taupo Bungy as some of our group wanted the morning adrenaline fix. Always fun watching them, especially the big guys who are most scared! We then took a leisurely cruise up to the farm, which is the most remote area of the North Island.. Nice drive up there, and we were assured the scenery is spectacular, although the rain was so bad we couldn’t see much! Upon arrival, Wendy who helps run the lodge gave us a rundown on the history and all the conservation stuff they get up to. The place was stunning - we had 9000 acres to explore! ... read more

First time in the Southern Hemisphere for me - Jen had been to NZ before. First impressions were that it was exactly like England, cold and grey clouds. Ha-ha. The weirdest part about flying to NZ was that we set off at 11.30pm for Los Angeles on Sunday night, for a 13 hr flight, and arrived in Auckland NZ at 9.05am Tuesday morning. Due to the time difference etc we completely missed Monday. The flight wasn’t too bad this time, a little turbulence but I even managed to sleep for about 2 hrs, Jen slept or about 8 hrs! Once we arrived in Auckland airport, we got the blue bus to Auckland city centre, only costing $16 each for a 30min trip. The currency was better in NZ, it was half to the pound e.g.£1 was ... read more

After an amazing time in San Francisco, we head off on the BART to the airport for our flight to Los Angeles, and this is where it all started. First of all, we checked the board to see that our flight had been cancelled, so they put us on stand by for another flight, which happens to be a delayed flight from before ours, so we rushed through security, and legged it to the gate just in time. When we arrived at LAX, Jen was a little disappointed as still cloudy everywhere and no sunshine again. As we were waiting for our luggage, Jens didn’t arrive, so we had to go to the info desk, only to be told that it was put on the flight after ours, so we had to wait another 20mins. Once ... read more