Well well well... Seven days of rain in Queenstown and a cold left me doing pretty much nothing except sleeping. And playing a round of mini golf. And I'm no mini Tiger Woods, so it was a bit rubbish. If only I had the urge to do a bungy eh?.... Next trip, the bottom bus. Lots of animals promised... Left Queenstown and headed to Dunedin. Driver not too happy as All Blacks had just lost to France... Speights Brewery and Cadbury were both shut, what with it being...

What with the two days solid rain there wasn't much to see in Wellington. Wandered around the local museum for half an hour, bought a sewing kit, went to the only Welsh pub in the southern hemisphere and highlight of highlights, ate a crocodile pizza (somewhat spoiled by the mango though, boo mango). Up early to catch the 3 hour ferry ride across to the south island, rather choppy for an hour, think I may have been the only person on the ship enjoying my fry up,...

Well made it to Wellington.. Its cold and wet. To summarise the last week on the bus... Left Auckland, can't wait to go back.. Honest... Drove across country till we hit Mercury Bay, where a few of us went for a couple of hours of sea kayaking with a pit stop for coffee at Cathedral Cove.. A nice easy introduction to New Zealand sports... We also spent some time at Hot Water Beach, where unsuprisingly the water is bloody hot. Some chaps had dug us a jolly pit to...

After a brief bus journey back to LA and a nights kip, I said cheerio to MJ and got on a flight to Fiji (2.5 hours delayed harrummphh), and finally onto Auckland. Turns out its a doddle to get into this country, even when requesting a visa. Then followed an afternoon and evening of sleep to get over the jetlag. Now, time to explore, though its raining, so I might just have a lie down instead... 18th Sep - Saw an advert on a side of a bus yesterday for beer and...

Well, almost the end of the American tour. Four days in Sunny San Diego. Not much happened for the first 3, just a bit of chilling on the beach, a bit of sunburn and a few beers. Fourth day we went to the zoo and to be honest out of the 3 zoo's visited in the USA, well, its in the top three.... Highlights were the growling Galapagos Tortoises (bloody big), and a couple of Polar Bears fighting. Then followed a trip downtown for some splendid Italian fare and a f...