The ferry crossing to the South Island went smoothly and we were soon back on the road heading towards Motueka on the windiest road I've ever seen! We were up early in the morning to take a day trip to the Abel Tasman National Park which started with a bus ride. Next we got onto a boat which took us on a 2 hour tour of the coastline before dropping us at Bark Bay to start our walk. The walk was really fun and gave some amazing views. We also had to cross a swing bridge which was cool. We arrived in Torrent Bay with loads of time to spare so we decided to carry on walking to the next pick up in Anchorage so we walked about 10km in total. It was a really good ... read more

This one's being written a bit late seeing as we have now been in New Zealand for over a week but anyway here it is. We stayed in West Hollywood in a really good hostel called Banana Bungalow and had a pretty busy week. On the day of our arrival we met two sisters from Kent who were in our room and spent the week with them. It was raining when we arrived so Rhi and I decided to go to Madame Tussauds to take silly photos with the wax works. On our first whole day we walked up to Hollywood Boulevard to see the Walk of Fame and Graumann's Chinese Theatre. We then walked all the way down Sunset strip and saw The Viper Rooms and House of Blues. We walked right to Beverly Hills ... read more

We fly out to Vegas tomorrow afternoon so I thought now would be a good time for an update. We arrived safely at JFK after an awesome flight. To start with it was a double decker plane which I'd been hoping for, we each had a cocktail, the food was nice and watching Friends with Benefits, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Johnny English made the 7 or so hours fly by. The first two days here were spent taking in the sites, I coud probably go on about them but here's a list instead! World Trade Centre site (though we didn't go in but could see the massive gap that's been left and the construction of the Freedom Tower), the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New York Stock Exchange, Brooklyn Bridge, Rockafeller Center, ... read more

I'm having another day where I'm really excited about travelling, even though it's still a while away. I thought I'd start a blog on here to keep things separate from my general blog and because on here I can use the map features and more importantly, add a countdown! I've just been looking at visas and trying to work out what we'll need so getting those sorted and getting jabs are next on my list of things to do. That's all for now!... read more