http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Gaz24/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Gaz24 en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:53:17 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:53:17 +0000 Kia Ora Hello and welcome to QueenstownQueenstown is without doubt the adreneline capital of the world there is so many amazing thing to do here. I didnt do them all but I did a few and they were awesome but more about that later first we had to get there as we left Wanaka we went to a crazy place called Puzzle World that has a massive maze with four towers. The aim is to visit the four tower http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-122587.html Hello Everyone after leaving Franz Joesf we headed to Wanaka which was a fairly long drive down the west coast. We stopped off at a place called Roaring Billy Falls which was a waterfall which went into a river. When we got there our driver LJ drove the Kiwi bus right down next to the river which was sourounded by lots and lots of stones. LJ said that someone must have turned the tap off for the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Wanaka/blog-122327.html Hello After Kaikoura we went to Nelson to drop off the people on our tour bus who were going to the North Island Our tour driver was also going to the north island so we got a new driver called LJ Little Jon. After making our way through Nelson we headed for Westport which was a really sleepy little town that had a few bars and its own brewery. I sampled the local beer called Miners Draught and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Franz-Josef/blog-118322.html Hello Everyone we got on the Kiwi Experience bus today and werent too sure what we would be doing but not to long into our journey we knew that we would have fun. Our bus driver was called Bods and had been driving Kiwi Experience tours for quite a few years He was really funny and kept pointing out stuff as we drove through from Christchurch to a place called Kaikoura. While driving through Bo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Kaikoura/blog-113972.html Hello Everyone and Welcome to Christchurch We landed in New Zealand in Christchurch not really having a clue what it would be like and from having only the warm clothes that we had in Asia we had a bit of a shock as the weather was much like England. We went into the Centre of Christchurch to see what New Zealands second biggest city had to offer and it was really cool. We went out for a few drin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Christchurch/blog-112728.html The Philippines is an amazing and beutifull place I landed in Manilla on the 1st of December and it was so hot the ride from the airport was a real eye opener on the outskirts of Manilla there were lots of shanty house's and the streets were very busy the centre of Manilla could not look more different with high rise buildings and lots of banks and shopping centers. There are security gaurds at http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-111430.html Hi everyone I have been In Thailand for 2 days and already I love the place. My first night here was crazy as I didnt know what to do or where to go. It was lucky that my girlfriend Jo had recomended to stay at the Viengtai hotel just off Khao San Road otherwise I would really have not know what to do. As the Viengtai was just round the corner from Khao San Road I started there. It was crazy wal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-109248.html