And so we reach the final leg of the journey: China.From Hong Kong we travelled across the south to rural Yunnan province in the SW, then flew to Beijing, back to western China and now we are in Tibet for our final 2 weeks. China has been a country of contradictions.There are huge ever expanding cities with ultra modern clean shopping areas where McD and Starbucks rule; yet down the road will be people selling fish on the floor under a motorway flyover!Rural l...

Ahhh …. finally after the cold, wind and rain (it wasn't all that bad) of Patagonia and New Zealand, we were able to relax on the idyllic beaches of Samoa, as we had a lovely rest bite on the island for 10 days. We were greeted at the airport by a group playing classic South Pacific music, police-MEN wearing skirts and beaming smiles, which pretty much set us up for what to expect. We spent most of the time sleeping in open huts on perfect white beaches, wit...

New Zealand was a bit of a change from our trip so far as we hired a car and set off to explore the country. This of course meant that we got to stop off at some of the more unfamiliar and slightly strange sights, and meet some equally "individual" characters. Brendan loved catching up with Sam Lovejoy, the DJ at heritage FM, who was in the middle of playing the Sound of Music soundtrack end-to-end for his afternoon radio show when we dropped in. We bot...

After Central America, arriving into Santiago and Mendoza delivered a dose of European style culture with everyone drinking espressos at sidewalk cafes. Jodie was extremely excited about her first glass of wine and Brendan was just content with the huge amounts of meat on offer. We had some adjusting to do however, as the Argentinians seem to take eating late to a whole new level. Dinner reservations at midnight are a perfectly normal occurance! We struggled to k...

Hi all, I thought I would write a quick update on here to let you know how Jodie and I are getting on in Central America, as we have added on a few more photos to prove that we are having fun!! Before I begin though ... I want to thank people for all the comments regarding the picture of me on the horse ... I am glad you all think that I look as heroic and "Clint Eastwood-esque" as I felt!! I won´t bore you with all of the details of where we have...