Hello from sunny San Francisco! It's been a while so go and get a cup of tea and a biscuit and settle down for a (good?) read!! We had a great time in Fiji, it exceeded our expectations and the tour we did was ideal with some great people. The accommodation was really good, we paid backpacker prices but were basically staying in resorts that inculded breakfast and free activities like snorkelling, kayaking and coconut jewellery making! We've been so busy it was ...

Hello everyone, not got loads of onternet time but realised we haven't made contact with anyone in a while and thought we'd let everyone know we're ok. We've been in LA since Tuesday and have had a good time. Spent the day at Universal Studios today blowing the budget and we pick our hire car up tomorrow. Hope everything is ok back home and the weather is improving. Will write a proper blog and add photos in next few days Lots of love Greg and Steph

Well it was almost a tearful parting but the van had been given back! We've made Auckland but are already looking through the exchange and mart website to see how much Toyota Hiace's are going to be. We loved the freedom that the van gave us and, after a sleepness night in Auckland due to a drunk group coming in at 3am, loved the space that it gave us. New Zealand has been the highlight of the trip so far. For sheer natural beauty it is heads and shoulders ...

Hello everyone, Sorry it's been so long between blogs. We've been on the North Island for a week now and have done so much it's going to be difficult ot squeeze it all into one blog! For a start the ferry crossing was nothing like a channel crossing! Choppy doesn't quite do it justice and although neither if us have really been sea sick before we both felt awful by the time we arrived in Wellington. None of the old housewife tales worked, closing eyes, looking ...

Hi folks, Steph 'skydiver' Glanville here! Yep, I went through with it and had an awesome experience jumping out of a plane over the West coast of NZ and I wasn't even nervous...until the door opened at 12,000 feet and felt myself falling into nothing, opening my eyes and seeing the bottom of our tiny plane in a big blue sky!! Once I'd got over the shock of falling through the air it was an unbelievable experience, being able to see the mountains (Mt Cook and Mt...