Hello all We landed in the Cook islands and in doing so crossed the date line which meant we had an extra Saturday, wooyeah. Downside being that when we woke up it was absolutely pissing it down and we couldn't even leave our self contained cottage thing for fear of being knocked out by the rain, size of a marble! We had been updated to a cottage as they were overbooked but this did not last long as everyone got on the blower to Air New Zealand as fast as pos...

Hello everyone, This is slightly late but as they say "better late than never" so here is the Fiji adventure. We arrived in Fiji in the Pacific at 9:30pm on Thursday the 20th of July. We checked into the Nadi bay resort and hotel where we were sharing a dorm with a Canadian and American couple. On the Friday we headed out in the sunshine into the heart of Nadi which isn't as bad as we were expecting, as everyone was telling us how dirty it is, bu...

Hi guys, Still abit behind but here is the east coast of Americe. Arrived in Philly to stay with Lucy on the monday evening (Simon was away getting mud from mangroves!) It was great to meet Lucy who Ben went to Uni with and to experience Philly. We spent a couple of days seeing the sights and taking it all in and then going to Washington DC for the day where we jam packed loads of sights in. I showed Ben where Pete and Yvonne lived and we visited...

Hello everybody, We arrived in LA last saturday afternoon, and after checking into our hotel we hit the sights with friends Russ and Sarah whom we met in the Cook Islands. We went to Venice beach and Muscle beach and then onto Rodeo drive, the Hollywood sign and the stars in the sidewalk! On the Sunday morning we got picked up by our tour guide Drew and the 13 of us Trekkers hit the open road to the Colorado River where we set up camp in 110 f heat...

Hello everyone, Sorry for the lack of communication but i'm afraid Fiji is slightly behind the times with regards to the internet. 20 to the 29th Fiji. Here we spent 2 nights on the mainland and then headed off to the Octopus resort on Waya island in the Yasawa group - amazing sandy beaches and perfect sunshine. It was then 1 last night on the aminland before we flew off to the Cook Islands. 29th to 6th - Cook Islands Here we arrived to 2 an...