M&D in Oamaru We said goodbye to CC and Kiwi and after some careful rearranging of luggage we eventually managed to cram it all in the tiny car. We were bound for Dunedin but had a few points of interest to see along the way. The main roads made us laugh as they are all single lanes and are not much bigger than most of our 'B' roads! The towns on the map that we expected to be the size of Colchester or Darlington were actually populated with about 300 peo...

M&D in Christchurch Kiwi met us at the airport went for lunch and a few drinks then sat like bogans drinking in the garden. The next five days we spent relaxing at Kiwi's, catching up/getting to know him and while he was at work we took our time viewing some of Christchurch sights. We visited the cinema twice and I was delighted to be able to cook in a kitchen all to myself. My highlight was seeing Kune Kune pigs for the first time, they are so ugly but ...

Got back to Bamboo the following day and booked for two nights on Bounty Island which is one of the yasawas and where they filmed love island. James was really ill on the first night but we had a nice room so he could relax while I ate dinner with some Australian girls. I had an embarrassing moment when I was happily snorkelling as a boat came in and I got very told off as I was in the 'boat zone'. The next day James was feeling better for our scuba dive, wher...

James, Raph and I left Maqai early to go for two dives in the world famous Fiji waters. We said fond farewells to the Maqai staff, in particular Gaby and were off to Jewel dive on Tuveuni. Joc and Dan were originally joining us but are off to spend time with Kat in the Fijian village, if only we had more time we would have loved to join them. We booked to do two dives and a very experienced American diver joined us. Our first dive was on the famous White...

Nanuku The next day we had to make a quick decision. Did we want to go on a two day trip to Nanuka, a private island two hour boat journey away. We decided, at the last minute that we would go, I mean how often do you get the chance to stay on a deserted island. They only run the trip when the sea is calm so when James chose to lay at the front of the small boat with the lifejackets thinking he would enjoy a relaxing journey. How wrong he was! When we got p...