Goodbye New Zealand, it was good times. As a testament to how much we enjoyed our time there, back in 2006 our original plan was to spend a short four months working and saving, we would arrive in late August and be out by Christmas. However, in the end we arrived early in June 2007 and didn't leave for nearly a year, till April 2008. We were talking with our flat mates about the country the other day and summarizing it into a nutshell, here is some of what w...

Here is a list of our flights and their dates. Come and visit us! Auckland to Singapore - 21 April Kuala Lumpar to Kathmandu - 27 April, return 27 May. Overland into South East Asia (Thailand,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam,Myanmai r) for three months. Singapore to Chennai, India - 23 August Mumbai to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - 26 September Overland to Malawi for Lake of Stars - 10th - 12th October Travel South through Africa (route unknown) Travel in South Africa - 23 Nove...

A couple of days ago we were hanging out in our room when, like turning on the light, the whole room was bathed in a very bright orange glow. Either we had just been tango'd, or there was a mean sunset to check out from the bathroom window. The red and orange colours are caused by Rayleigh scattering, the same mechanism that causes the sky to be blue. As light travels through the atmosphere, some of it is scattered at large angles by small particles. This type of...

February in New Zealand was the "hottest month" and was dominated by hot sunny days and random heavy showers over Auckland. The sports news became dominated with the arrival of the barmy army (the English cricked supporter's) and the England cricket team, for a six week tour, to play local teams and the kiwi national team, the Black Caps. Eden Park is New Zealand largest sports stadium, and England was playing an evening 20/20 game against the black caps s...

OK, so apologies its now mid March and there has been no blog news. Lets play a little catch up with our January news. Our original plan was to leave New Zealand after Christmas but we are chuffed we decided to stay for the southern hemisphere summer as it has been muchos muchos fun. If you ever visit New Zealand make sure it's during their summer time. Lets start with the classic English conversation starter and mention the weather. To give an idea of ...