South America We flew to Santiago as our first destination of the trip. The flight was a bit crammed and long and neither Steven nor I got a wink of sleep. We took a bus from the airport to Santiago city centre where we checked into a hostel for the night. We suffered from really bad jet-lag for the first few days but still managed to get out into the city to explore. We went to al the local markets with really weird and wonderful clothes and crafts. We also s...

South Island After a night in Wellington we took the interisland ferry across to Picton on the South Island of New Zealand. The ferry ride was cold and wet so we didn't really go on deck much. It took 3 hours to arrive at Picton where we were met by the big green kiwi bus. The bus took us from Picton to Nelson where we stayed for a night. When we arrived we took a walk up a nearby hill to the geographical centre of New Zealand. That night I was sick so I went...

Aotearoa- The land of the long white cloud… The North Island Steven and I decided that with so little time in New Zealand we would pay someone else to do all the organizing for us. We booked onto a 'tour' called the Kiwi Experience. It is a bus ticket that takes you round both the North and South Islands of New Zealand and you get to see as much as you can in a short space of time. Its is perfect for us…it is so much more than a bus ticket. The driver; 'Bod...

Steven worked away in Toowoomba for 4 weeks. It was difficult to be apart after so long together but we had no choice. We needed the money for the rest of the trip. I continued to work until a week after he came back (12th June). That evening we went out for a meal with my sister and her husband to celebrate Andrews 30th Birthday and the fact that we had no more work! After we had both finished working it was all 'go' again. We spent time with my sister and th...

We lived with my sister for our first month in Melbourne. She was a god send. I literally had $20 left in my bank account to survive on. Ste had more but we couldn't have stayed in Australia for very long or been able to get jobs without her. She did everything for us, a roof over our heads, food to eat and even lent me clothes to go to interviews in. She has been a star in every way and I have loved spending so much time with her after so long living at opposite...