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Well it has been a little while since we have been in touch, however before I fill you in on what we have been up to and some of you may be aware of this already but Mikes Nana unfortunately suffered a stroke a couple of weeks back and so we have decided to head home to see Nana and spend time with her and the family rather than continue to Europe. For those of you who know Nana she is doing well and was able to return safely to NZ on Tuesday from Canada where her and Grandad Mike were holidaying. Ok so to continue on I think the last you heard of us we were in Arequipa, South Peru. Well after (yet another) 14 hour bus we arrived back in Lima and were out ... read more

Well what a day - Machu Picchu was awesome! We had a wicked day - I wil let the photos speak for themselves! We decided not to do the Inca Trail - one it was bloody cold at night in Cuzco and our sleeping bags wouldnt have been up to it but the other reason was that the trail had suffered several major mudslides. Fortuantely we ran into some kiwis who had told us this and so we decided to flag it as you werent able to walk into the ruins - you had to walk into Agua Calientes (the town nearest Mchu Picchu) and catch the bus up just like everyone else - defeating the purpose really after hammering yourself for 4 days! The tours groups were not telling people this until they had paid ... read more

Well thought i had better put finger to keyboard....so here goes - we arrived in Peru late and got picked up from airport and shuttled to our accomodation.....nice & easy.....nearly arrived when we saw the streets full of people...i mean full and tthere were police in full riot kit standing around with machine guns and shot guns with full length clear shields......what was happening.....of course....elections!!! So we check in and are standing there 10pm ish and Shonelle was a little nervy....(due to spanish speaking gunmen on the street) and the a series of loud explosings rings out....and again & again......without actually s#$ting herself shonL has a terified look on her face....lucky it was only fireworks!!....... anyway woke up in the morning and off north to Trujillo via a 8 hour bus....not a crappy Costa Rician bus....but ... read more

Well after leaving Purto Viejo on the Cariibean coast on Tuesday we made our way by bus, taxi, bus, ferry, bus, taxi to the Pacific Coast and a place called Malpais. 12 hour journey coast to coast althought if the roads were better would be a hell of a lot quicker - most are even worse than our driveway at home after a cyclone has been through! Potholes the size of small craters - some enought to lose half a bus in! All adds to teh adventure I guess - but try telling our butts that after 12 hours! Since we have been here the weather has been the stunning the beaches more like what we were expecting - beautiful, long and white with consistent and better than average surf - good out back for Mike ... read more

Kia Ora everyone, Thought we would send out a quick trial run of our website - hope you enjoy it - just a few photos since we've been back - for the surfers back home check out that surf!!! Mike is stoked! We will be back online again soon - make sure you shoot us any comments to let us know what you think!! LHK ShonL & Mike x ... read more