John and Jordan

Well its our last day in Christchurch and Jordan has decided to go skydiving is the weather permits. I will tour the air museam. I will add more later. John... read more

We landed in New Zealand yesterday morning. If you are traveling by air in the future I suggest Emirates, that is a great airline, they fly the newest Airbus jets and the seats are very comfortable plus the entertainment for the seatback screen contains 160 channels of movies. We rented a car and drove from Christchurch to Wamarama and stayed at a cute little motel where the rooms were small but comfortable and the toilets and shower were just down the hall. lol It is not very hard driving on the left side of the road but I must admit that Jordan is much better in town than I am. We are staying at a Novatel in Queenstown tonight and the view is spectacular. We are going to ride the SHOTOVER tomorrow. (www.shotoverjet.com) This is where ... read more

Hey All, it's Jordan. It's 1020 pm on Thursday night and me and dad are resting up for the Hunter Valley Winery tour tomorrow. Today was a fun day. We took a bus ride through the Blue Mountains which is about an hour outside of Sydney. It is a gorgeous place. The mountain scenery does give off a blue color, due to the oils in the gum tree leaves. The first stop on this trip was a wildlife park. We got to interact a lot with the animals, as shown by the pictures I uploaded. There was a Tasmanian Devil area, but there was no damn devils in the cage! This is the 2nd wildlife park I've been to with no Tasmian Devils. It's starting to get annoying. I have a feeling I will never get ... read more

Jordan and I went to the Sydney Zoo today. Australia has some of the strangest animals in the world. Koalas, kangaroo's, and 64% or the worlds most venomos snakes. Well the Koalas are very soft but can be nasty if touched. lol We also toured the ship Endevor, a reproduction of Captain Cooks ship. The tour was part of the Maritime Museum and while touring we found out that the united states named a warship after an Australian warship that was sank during a battle against Germany. When the American ship was decommissioned the ships bell was given to Australia and its on display here. This was the only time in history that an American warship was ever named in honor of anothers countries ship. I have included some pictures from today. Tomorrow we are going ... read more

Hey All! Jordan here, typing my first blog entry. Sydney is a spectacular place. It's a mix of most cities I have been to, especially Boston, but it is much nicer and cleaner. Getting to sleep in for the first time in 3 months is probably the greatest thing ever. It is good to have my dad down here with me to, and I expect this trip is going to be one that we will both remember forever. I got to see my buddy Evan last night. I went out with all of his friends last night...damn good time. Well, I will be writing again, but I am really looking forward to Hunter Valley Winery tour which we will be going on in the next couple days. Adios everyone.... read more

Hi Everyone We are back from the cruise and this place is really big. Lots of history and some cool cannons and they fired one. I am posting just a few pics for now, one is of me next to a cannon on Pinchgut Island, one of Jordan on the boat and a sailing ship we passed. Later, John... read more