Up very early Sun 26th Feb to experience a sunrise balloon ride over Bagan which has 1000's of Temples and Pagodas, we did the flight with Nancy (Canadian) and Ella (Brit), we've never seen so many hot air balloons (more than the Bristol Ballon Festival) the pilot Robert had very good knowledge of the area and pointed out all the Temples and Pagodas. He was also pretty good at flying the balloon (thank God) on landing the local village people gathered around tryi...

We're in a third world country with wifi to suit so sorry about the delay. Two nights and one day in Bangkok was not enough, we hope to see more of this city on the Indochina trip (Thailand,Vietnam,Loas & Cambodia) 29 days four countries phew I'm knackered thinking about it. Flew to Yangon the capital city of Myanmar this evening (Saturday)we met the Tour group three other Brits,eight Canadian's and a Swiss lady. Sunday on a coach to visit the Golden stupa of...

Had a couple of days in Whitianga, first afternoon we walked by the Harbour and beach and talked to a guy fishing he was hoping to catch red snapper (he was unlucky that day) Teatime my sister Jan and hubby Mick turned up (they're touring NZ in a motor home) had a nice meal out together that evening at a restaurant called Salt. Next day the four of us went to Cathedral Cove then onto Hot water water Bay where you dig a hole at low tide and it fills with hot sprin...

Thanks for the messages, we were at Waitomo for one night (good job the Motel was crap) we did the Glow worm Cave which was very interesting, a once in a lifetime experience. Then onto Rotorua, which smells like rotten eggs it's on a big geothermal fault there are mud and water pools bubbling emitting the smell, the first afternoon we walked around the town, park (with smelly pools) and along side the lake, some of which also has sulphur springs (smelly). Next mo...

Ferry docked in Wellington Sunday afternoon and we dropped our stuff at the hotel, then after a nice wander around had a very nice oriental meal. Mon morning drove to Napier and we loved it, it was completely rebuilt after a massive earthquake in 1931 in Art Deco style (had a nice feel to the place) and because of the Bank holiday there were old cars from that period on display and driving around the streets. Next day on our way to Taupo we stopped at Mission Est...