HannahOli

We stayed up until the middle of the night, and went to the airport. It only has 2 buildings, baggage collection and the ticket place - and a man playing the ukulele (Oliver: coconut on a stick!). The most amazing thing happened in Rarotonga Airport. We were just discussing how cool it would be to drive an airoplane - and the pilot walked past us at security, and invited me and Oliver to visit the cockpit! There were so many buttons it would take a whole day to count them all. It takes 18months to complete the course to become a pilot, and then it takes a bit longer to learn about the plane you would like to drive. It was Freezing! Only 18 degrees...but I reckon mum and dad were lying and it was really ... read more

Olivers bit: My wobbly tooth is so wobbly, that if we were flying, and we put our window open at 9000 miles an hour, it would fall out. It is my first wobbly tooth. Every time I go past mum she wants to wobble it. Hannah thinks there is a lucky tooth fairy with lots of hair, and I don't know if she can fly to Rarotonga. We met somebody called Conrad, he was 6. His mum had made him a brilliant boat out of a coconut husk. Conrad was really good at catching fish, and I saw a baby sword fish in the water. It was grey and yellow with a nose that was kind of curved. In Rarotonga, you can catch fish on the beach. You have to chase them up to the shore, ... read more

Hi again bloggers!!! This is probably our best blog yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Tongariro Crossing: This morning we woke up at 5:30AM!!!!!!! We drove past lake Taupo to get to the starting point of the Tongariro Crossing. There was this lovely lady there waiting for us, she gave us advice on coats, hats and food, (Mum and Dad had already sorted this!) then we got the bus to the actual start. And then we walked....and walked....and walked.....and walked....until we got to the first stopping point where we had breakfast. Marmite and chocolate spread sandwiches. We had people walking past us with eyes glued to our sandwiches. After that we walked.... and walked....and walked.....and walked. Then we reached the first volcano Mt. Nangaroe. It was a perfect cartoon shaped volcano with steam coming out of the top - which ... read more

This will be our last entry about Bali (Waaaaaaaa) I'll just tell you about the hotel well-some of the other hotels had their own turtle/elephant 's but this one had it's own beach with white sand and the clearest sea I've ever seen. The night before we left, we went to see a Kechak dance at a temple in Puta Wasu, it was about Rama and Sita. The evil monster Ravana had kidnapped Sita, and Rama and the magic King, and Monkey god Hanuman were trying to save her. At one point - Hanuman got caught, and the giants (bad guys) tried to burn him to death.....but as soon as they put him on the fire Hanuman started doing a funny little dance on top of the fire! (coconut husks, set on fire by the dancers) ... read more

On the way to Bali (Indonesia) we stopped at Singapore. It was like a city from the 22 century ,all chrome glass and air conditioning. We stayed in a Massive beautiful hotel called Crowne plaza , It was awesome we were only staying 1 night but the room was good enough to live in, with a flat screen TV 2 big comfy double beds a giant bathroom with a bath and a shower warm towels and a dressing gown for every one, plus a huge pool. We went on a sky train, which really goes in the sky, without taking off. They were absolutely immaculate, there wasn't a single piece of chewing gum or rubbish on the floor anywhere in Singapore. Bali....One word to describe Bali is HOT. Another way to describe Bali is HUMID. ... read more