PaulTina

We left Vegas in the early hours with our unwelcome souvenirs in tow – hangovers! It was a rough trip for us as our bodies adapted to life outside Sin City and we were grateful when we finally landed in our next destination – Washington D.C!! Washington was only going to be a flying visit of 2 nights for us – but it didn’t seem right to travel across the States and not take in the seat of power. When we arrived at our hotel hoping for a quiet night to continue recovering we were just thrilled to find our floor totally over-run by a kids group charging up and down the corridor, smashing! The next morning and a couple of coffee’s later we were ready to hit DC like a pair of proper tourists. It ... read more

After leaving San Fran we hit the California coast in search of some stars . . . our next port of call – LA baby!! Before we made it to the ‘City of Angels’ we had a couple of days drive ahead of us; down the scenic pacific highway. The day started off well with the view of the pacific on our side all the way. We had it in our heads that we would check into a random motel off the highway that night, just like you see in the movies. Unfortunately though we probably chose the worst part of the coast to do this – as it got dark we had hit the famous Big Sur (which we couldn’t really see by this time!!) which snakes along high cliffs for hours with no motels ... read more

On our journey back to Auckland we had a couple of days driving through rainy weather to catch the ferry back across to the North Island. It was all to be worth it though as we were headed back to Taupo where we had arranged to do a sky-dive!! It would be a crime to come to New Zealand, the home of adrenaline junkies, and not do something a bit crazy! On the way to Taupo we were pretty excited about doing a jump, none of us had done one before and this country is the perfect place to launch yourself out of a plane so it was a must. Once we woke up on the morning of our jump though reality kicked in bad! After a fairly sleepless night, Tina woke up with the realization ... read more

Surprisingly we woke up the next morning feeling fresh as a daisy looking forward to continuing our Kiwi experience down to the South island. The freshness didn’t last too long though as our hangovers decided to creep up on us once we were onboard the ferry! We’d planned to start the south adventure by travelling down the east-coast – first stop was Kaikoura. Already the scenery was starting to hit us more, the drive down the Marlborough coast was really stunning, with rugged rocky cliffs and stretches of beautiful beaches being pretty easy on the eye!! We had heard that Kaikoura was famous for the masses of sea-life that live on its coast and in particular the seals that make this place their home. Sure enough on the drive there we noticed a pair of eyes ... read more

Well the last couple of months we have lived the simple life cut-off from civilization on a remote farm in Denmark, on the south west coast. We really didn’t know what to expect when we headed into the wilderness but it was a totally different experience to anything we have done! There were bugs a plenty, farm animals and laughs as well as many testing times!! After our 7 hour journey to Denmark we were picked up in a rickety van by 3 of the workers already on the farm, the van felt like it might crumble at any point so we were amazed to even reach the farm. We were greeted by 6 fellow workers who we were to share accommodation with – a German couple, 2 South Korean guys and a couple of guys ... read more