Guy and Liffy

Queenstown - Home of the Perg... read more

Exploring the Fiordlands... read more

Golden Bay & The West Coast... read more

Friends Reunited - Exploring the Coromandel Peninsula Arriving in Auckland after a long flight via KL was tiring enough for us seasoned travellers...what we weren't expecting was the two hour mission through security and passport control. We were scanned, searched, x-rayed til we nearly couldn't take anymore. They were checking for drugs, seeds, biohazards, including mud on your shoes, and probably the dirt under our finger nails too!!! Luckily, as arranged our good friend Perg was there to meet us,with his mate Libby, what a relief to see friendly faces after all the official nonsense we'd just gone through. We went to Libby's house for a much needed coffee and to collect 'BigHorn'..our home/transport for the next few weeks...Perg had organised everything, tents, stoves, pots and pans the works.Not wasting any time I jumped in behind ... read more

Back To Koh Lanta On our way back to Lanta, I got chatting to some South African ladies who were sharing our minibus, and were heading to lanta for just one night away from their travel buddies. We chatted about Oasis Sunset and suggested they come for a drink...which they did, and so our first night back on lanta saw us drinking cocktails with our new friends, and Graeme's mum Ann. It was soon to be the grand opening party, and once again we lent a hand with preparations for bands, fire shows, music etc Graeme made it back from his job on the oil rigs with only a day to spare...just enough time to help with the outside lighting. Ae's family turned up en mass from their village up north, and we enjoyed several very ... read more