OK seems like we´ve done loads since our last blog so just bear with us if this seems like a long one! Left Valparaiso for La Serena which involved a whole day on a bus but we were quite eager to get up through Chile as quickly as possible to cheaper countries. La Serena was a lovely city and it was here that we started to really settle into South American travelling and start to enjoy ourselves. One particular activity which sticks in our minds was the decisio...

Hola! We think everyone will be glad to hear that we have so far survived 4 days in chile without any major setbacks, apart from the obvious one of the language barrier crisis. Anyway back to the last week in New Zealand.We spoke to you last when we were about to board the ferry for the north island, the ferry journey was straight forward and even Becca didn´t get too seasick. We arrived in Wellington to terrential rain and gale force winds so we decided to dr...

Becca's dad, mike arrived on the wednesday evening after driving from Christchurch to Queenstown, where we were waiting in a rugby club car park, where we caught up over a bottle of wine, sat in his mansion on wheels! Not sure this was exactly what he had in mind when he imagined camping in New Zealand. Luckily he awoke early the next day and avoided the 9-O'Clock wake-up call we received by an angry council man banging on our window telling us we'd get fined if ...

We woke up on Monday morning very excited for our flight to New Zealand. We felt like little kids going on holiday - probably because we'd been in Australia for so long it was beginning to feel like home. Arrived in Christchurch and were met by Michael, our friend that we'd worked with in Brisbane and had got on really well with and happened to be home in Christchurch at the same time we were there. He'd offered to show us about and it was great to have local g...

Our last week of work and with Jen and Lochie came around very quickly. Becca has been feeling a lot better and had even had a chance to meet up with Marjorie - her mum's friend from back home. She had a really nice day out with her and Brian and they spoilt her rotten! Which was very much appreciated and it was great to see them! As hard as the job had been and as ready as we were to move on it was still really hard to say goodbye. Our last Saturday at work l...