Just a few pictures of a weekend away with Fabrice down south to Tongariro National Park and Waitomo caves. We saw tonnes of gloworms lining the top of the caves as we black water rafted through the labyrinth of tunnels - lots of fun! Black water rafting is basically tubing or sitting in a black rubber ring floating through the inside of the caves occasionally jumping a waterfall or 2! It's pretty tame but lots of fun! Tongariro National Park was the setting for Mt. Doom in Lord of the Rings. It's a 7 hour walk traversing volcanic landscape and was pretty hard work but definately worth it! The walk i did was the Alpine Crossing and is one of the best walks in the north island.... read more

I haven't written in ages and my time in New South Wales seems so long ago so i'm only going to put up some photo's of our time in this region of Oz. Most of the time was spent in Sydney and then a quick stop over in Melbourne for our flight to NZ. However, we literally only spent 2 hours in Melbourne so will definately have to go back one day. We also spent a few days in Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay. Surfers Paradise was a holiday-goers town with a good party scene but not much else while Byron Bay was a party town with a hippyish scene. The beach was pretty nice and i ended up having some surf lessons where i spent most of my time NOT on the board but it ... read more

The gleaming streets of Singapore awaited us as we drove through the Malaysian mainland to reach the island at it's southernmost tip. After some lengthy queue at immigration and cursing the complex nature of the process compared to other less developed countries, we managed to find our way to our hostel before being informed it was fully booked. The Singapore Grand Prix and the end of the Muslim festival, Ramadam, meant that accommodation was hard to find so we agreed to check out some apartments that were, appearantly, in 'one of the most expensive places in Singapore.' We perhaps expected it to be a little more plush but the apartment was fairly nice in a good location and, for the first time in 4 months, we had a kitchen to fend for ourselves. Pesto pasta with ... read more

Cambodia Cambodia Cambodia, what can i say about a country that's been through hell and back? Well, to start things off it's totally different to it's neighboring country, Laos. I suppose this is unsurprising considering the history of this small country wedged between Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. In fact, words cannot describe what these people have been through. Most young westerners don't know much about the atrocities the Khmer Rouge caused and the effect they had on the country (or at least, i didn't know much before i came here) and that's because it's one of those things that has been kept fairly quiet in the history books. Also, it was something that the west turned a blind eye on during the mass genocide that occurred. The Kumar Rouge totally destroyed the country 30 years ago ... read more

Hello from Thailand! I'm currently writing from an internet cafe in a place called Nong Kai which is in the north bordering Laos. We're off to Laos and regretfully saying goodbye to Thailand in a couple of days. We've had lots of fun here and travelled around a fair amount although we haven't seen alot still! Our first few days were spent in Bangkok, mainly around the touristic hot spots of Khao San Road and Pat Pong where we saw a Ping Pong show. Now, because my grandma reads this blog i am not going to describe in detail what a ping pong show is in Bangkok but lets just say it doesn't involve rackets and a table. If you're curious, google it. Anyway, we also hit quite a few bars with a wicked couple we ... read more