Kia Orana folks, A big yodondo from the Cook Islands!!! The sun soaked fun hasnt quite stopped yet as I have just spent the past 10 days in the Cooks. Due to money and time restrictions I only stayed on the main island of Rarotonga but it was still sweet nonetheless. Rarotonga is the largest island in the Cooks and a fringe island so its only 32km all the way around and protected by an outer reef so its bascially a never ending white beach and bath tub clear...

Bula to y'all well, for the first time on my trip I am actually behind on my updates! Not from laziness on my part (I promise!) but because I have just spent the past 10 days living like Robinson Crusoe on remote, deserted islands!! I have just had two of the best weeks of my trip in Fiji, it really was amazing! It didnt start the best after some really rude service at the hotel I stayed at on my first night and also the reality of how expensive it wa...

Yo yo, I know I said that my last update would be my last from NZ but I am at the airport and a little bored so thought I might as well make the most of the free internet. Besides I had a fairly crazy afternoon. After leaving the internet place I had been holed up in for an hour or so I exited to find the streets lined with people. I had no idea what was going, I just thought it must have been a big fire scare or something but as I carried on down the s...

Alright guys, well, Im writing this on yet another low day as it is officially my last day in NZ (for this trip at least!). I cant believe another country is done and dusted! Its been an absolute blast over here though even with the frequent bad weather! So, Ive been in Auckland since Sunday night and its been pretty sweet. I hadnt heard very good things about this city but to be honest with you I have no idea what those people were talking about! I thi...

Alright folks its me again! My time on t'internet was a bit short for the last update so just thought I'd round things up a little. As you probably know, I am in the geothermal capital of NZ - Rotorua. Its a pretty unique place here as it sits within an extremely active thermal valley so no matter where you look you can see steam pouring out of every hole in the ground possible!! The sulpher dioxide evaporating everywhere also means that the whole place smel...