Hi all, Last thursday night we had dinner with friends we had met on the islands and met some of their friends too. We ended up sharing their room as our hostel was so disgusting! The next two days (friday and saturday) were spent lazing around the pool in the sun, topping up our tan! Just before we left for the airport we had dinner with 'the suncream natzi' Jane, then shared a taxi along some VERY bumpy roads! This was the beginnning of a very long day, as we would be living it twice! Apart from the medical emergency... our flight was pretty dull! At LA airport the immigration queue was so long that we thought we might miss our flight, however after running the 20minute walk to check-in, we were told our flight was ... read more

Hiya, Thursday we got our first lie-in in what seems like years! After dragging ourselves out of bed we realised we had no milk for our porriage so we had to rush to the shops to buy some and visit an ATM - something that occurs all too regularly on this trip! After booking our bus for tomorrow morning to Nelson and hostels in Wellington and Roturua for next week, we got a shuttle bus to the glacier. We visited ''Peter's Pool" first with amazing reflections of the galcier, then walked uphill for about 20minutes for a slightly disappointing view of the glacier form a distance. We then walked along a rocky, freezing cold path to the face of the glacier, where we could see small pin pricks way above us - which were people climbing ... read more

Hi all! OK so I left you last Monday when we were about to get our overnight bus down to Melbourne. The journey started with a bang as, as the driver was pulling out of the bus station he stooled and we ended up gliding down the road without the engine on, coming to a hault in the middle of a cross roads and holding up all the traffic! However, apart from a few other blips in the drivers driving (we assumed he was new as he didn't do the announcement either when he boarded the bus, telling us his name etc - which is the best bit!) we were soon on our way. I had totally run out of water, but had to wait until 3.15am (our first stop) before I could get any! Spitting ... read more

G'day all! Tuesday was a very chilled day... whihc mainly consisted of watching T.V. in our pyjamas and eating a lot! In the late afternoon we felt that we should go running - considering we had bought running clothes in KL with the intention of starting to exercise on a regular basis once hitting Australia! We went off by ourselves so as not to distract one another... and both returned sweaty and red faced! I managed to jog for 45minutes before almost passing out and vowing never to do this again! However, I know that I have to to counteract all the food we eat! After dinner and more T.V. Sophie decided she didn't want to come out, so Ross and I went to one of his friends houses... by car with me driving!!! Yes thats ... read more

Hello, its so hard to remember last weekend as this has been such an eventful week! We ended saturday by going to the revolving restaurant to celebrate two months of being away. We ate ALOT however, we both started to feel sick as I dont really like heights and it moved very quickly. Although we did get some great views of the city! Sunday was a boring day! EVERYTHING and I mean everything was closed! We attempt to visit the fort and museum, but it wa all closed. We had a late lunch at an Irish pub and attempted to watch a film but they were only showing Malaysian Films so that was a nono aswell! I have to admit we spent most of the day on the internet! However, we did manage to book bus ... read more