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...