Today we did loads of packing, washing and sorting in preperation for tomorrow (we're going to Fiji). Our time in New Zealand is finally drawing to a close but we are leaving on a high, and would love to come back here and see it all again, perhaps in the Summer. Everything here has been brilliant, the country is just simply like no other when it comes to scenery, it has everything! The culture of the Maori people is still strong and present especially in the No...

Nice weather today, so Dave has made sure that he has kept his new sunglasses on pretty much non stop. We went into the city centre (Auckland) for some lunch and to get some more stuff for Fiji (2 days to go). We then found a new campsite near the airport in a town called Manakau to spend the night.

Fiji countdown has now well and truly started (3 days to go) as we wind down the kiwi leg of our trip. We spent another day here in Takapuna doing nothing - that's about 6 in a row now!It's nice to have a long break like this and not be on the go permanantly. Takapuna is actually a really cool district, it has loads of restaurants, shops and bars and is a stone throw from the city. We have decided that if we were to do anything drastic and ever move here this s...

In hindsight, it may not have been the best idea to update this blog with a daily entry! As we are sure you are aware it can be hard to write anything remotley interesting about days like we've been having recently when we don't do anything! It all seemed such a good idea when we were starting out back in Thailand all those months ago...well, a good idea to at one of us who said he will remain nameless anyway... Well today's 'highlight' was spending a good few h...

A beautifu sunny day! And another day just idly passing the time hanging round the beach and the campsite. It may appear pretty boring to those of you that still read the blog, but even it is, we're quite enjoying doing nothing! We went on a short walk round the bay which was made more entertaining by the conversation we were earwigging from in front of us. 2 Americans talking about how, like, their party was like so totally awesome and that like so many people ...