New Zealand South Island Nelson After leaving the amazing and fun North island it was time to head South. My first stop in the South was going to be Nelson where I would be staying with a friend Greg for a few days. Greg lives about 30k out side Nelson in a place called Wakefield in a beautiful spot in the country all you can see from his house is fields of forest trees and mountains a very nice place to stop and spend a few days while I have man flu. Greg and his family and friends were very welcoming [View Full Entry]

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To day I said good buy to Auckland and hello to my stray bus. Stray is a hop on hop bus service which will take me on a guided tour around nz. Hahel Hahel was my first stop, in Hahel we visited the hot water beach and Cathedral cove. Cathedral cove was really pretty and was a bit disappointed could not spend more time there as it was getting dark. Our Stray drive Nanna cooked us all a BBQ where I was drunk and almost missed the food which is really unlike me but had a really good first night. Raglan [View Full Entry]

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Well here I am in New Zealand all on my little own, after travelling for 5 Months with Ceri. I found my way to the hostel without getting lost so all has started well. I arrived in Auckland early evening, so I thought I would wonder around the city to see what it has to offer and get some food in as I was staving. The nearest supermarket was an 30 min walk away but took me an hour plus to find as I got lost which is pretty hard to do in Auckland but I managed it. Back at the [View Full Entry]

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Ceri and I left Sydney on the long coach trip up to Brisbane, 16 hours. We were recommended by a friend of mine called Danny that used to live in my home town Newbury but now lives in Brisbane to stay at the Bunk hostel. The first night at the bunk they had the Nintendo Wii champions on, being a Wii fan I had to have a go. I got to the final of the bowling but it was running late so me and the guys in the final were awarded a jug of beer each, which is nice but I [View Full Entry]

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Ceri and I said good buy to the exceptional beauty of the Blue Mountains and hello to the fascinating city that is Sydney. Ceri and I had to drop of the camper van then Leah one of Ceri friends kindly offered us a lift, as well as putting Ceri and I up for our stay in Sydney. Leah has a bubbly personally and totally mental as well (in a nice way of cause). Leah deiced to show Ceri and I around the city, and it was a brilliant tour of the city. We saw Harbor Bridge, Opera house, Darling harbor, the [View Full Entry]

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Hello faithful readers, if I have any left? It’s been a while since I last updated my blog but over the last 2 weeks I have had some good, bad and ugly times…….. Bad times start way back at Alice Springs. Ceri and I had a fright when arriving at the airport, we were not booked on the flight WTF? There was 1 hour to our flight was due to leave and Ceri and I were not on it. We had to call the emergency number for our travel agent. To cut this long story short, we call the emergency flight [View Full Entry]

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Alice Springs / Central Australia Arriving at the heart of the central Australia Alice Springs we were greeted by sand fly's, which over the next week hovered around me like s***, to understand how annoying these fly's you will have to visit Alice Springs for your self. Annie's place was the hostel where Ceri and I was staying. This hostel has everything you need good kitchen, swimming pool, big movie screen at night, TV in your room, a nice bar that serves $5 meals. Alice Springs is a tiny town but has everything a tiny town need from shopping centres, Casinos, [View Full Entry]

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After the last month in cold China I was really looking forward to seeing oz & Perth and Western Oz. First Impressions of Perth were not good but like every place I have been to so far my first impressions are always wow this is not much. I'm not quiet sure what I expect when I come to these places maybe a red carpet and a marching band and I will be won over right away. After 2 weeks here now I do like Perth and the laid back attitude not to mention the beaches and the sun of cause. It's [View Full Entry]

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Shanghai Well hear I am at the end of my time in China and what a month it has been. China is an experience some good some bad but have no regrets coming hear to see the amazing things I have seen. There is not really much to tell about the last leg of my China trip. Shanghai is nice enough but there does not seem to be a lot to do here that Ceri and I have not already done. We both have had rotten colds over the last week as well which sort of takes the get up and [View Full Entry]

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Xian Terra Cotta Warriors The first day of Xian was spent going to see the famous terra cotta warriors. It took just under an hour to get to the warriors and the lonely planet book advice to get a tour guide while going around so you can learn more about the warriors. I did not know that all the warriors that were found have been remade as they were all broken when found. Also they are coloured when first found but once the air gets to the paint they just go a clay colour. There are 3 main pits with pit [View Full Entry]

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