hi all, we have made it to Fiji and are staying on plantation island. it's just as you would expect from a tropical island-white sandy beach. there are canoes lined up along the beach for all to use also wind surfing and fishing. The food is also lovely, pig spits and barbeques. the weather is perfect. and we will be spending our time here lazing and nothing more! also the room we booked was a normal hotel room and somehow we got a bure which is about 10 paces ...

Hello People! We are now in Auckland and coming to the end of New Zealand. It has been brilliant here. Last week we went to a Maori concert which was really interesting especially the haka! Really looking forward to Fiji and some hot weather but mostly a hotel room with our own bathroom, yeah! Just to let you all know that our plans have changed slightly and we are now going straight from Fiji to LA. We really wanted to go to Tahiti but it was just wor...

Hello people! We are in Wellington now, just been to the museum which was massive and really good. There was an exhibition on the lord of the rings, it had all the props and info on the making of it. We have also been to whakapaka village which is in the national park were they filmed lots of the lord of the rings. We went on a tour in which we were the only people so had a personal guided tour of the mountains including Mt Doom! we could see the mou...

Hello! We have to be quick so this is just a brief note to let you know what we are up to. We spent 3 days in Sydney and saw the opera house, harbour bridge, etc... We are now in New Zealand and have been here for almost a week. We started in Auckland and picked up our campervan which has a dvd player, yeah! We went down to Hamilton and through to the Waitomo Caves where we went on a trip to see the glowworms and saw some of the most beautiful scenery, pictu...

Hello! Since we have last spoken we have been snorkelling in the great barrier reef. It was brilliant and would do it again . We saw loads of fishy's, but the best part was firstly seeing a fish which is over 2m, swim passed Brendan without him even noticing until I pointed it out! Secondly I almost wet myself when a shark went underneath me, no joke. It actually swam straight underneath and I have never moved so quickly. I actually pushed Brendan into it! B...