Hello readers from the slightly chilly town of Auckland.As you have probably guessed, I've arrived safely in New Zealand and am happily installed in a hostel (the biggest hostel in the city in fact, it is a 12-storey building). I will now relate the tale of my time in Fiji.Contrary to popular assumption Fiji was not at all sunny and did in fact rain every day I was there bar one. It was also extremely windy which is particularly unpleasant when you are essent...

Hi there readers, this is likely to be a short entry as I'm on a computer at the airport where I have to stand up and the keys are very temperamental (some refuse to work at all and the rest are over eager and type 2 or 3 times when pressed!!). this is more a note to let you all know  that I'm still alive and will write a better update when I get to Auckland tomorrow.And just to let you  know that travelling is not all fun I will ...

Hello from tomorrow! I'm very confused right now as there is a 20 hour time difference between here and LA and I failed to sleep on the plane so to me it should be about lunch time on sunday, not 9.45 on monday morning! I've also had to try and arrange something to do for the next week as I didn't have anything planned, this is not something I would suggest when you haven't slept in what would appear to be about 2 and a half days, but is really somethin...

Hello all, you will no doubt all be glad to know that I definitely have a reasonable amount of time on the internet today, so I can write a lengthy entry for your enjoyment! Although these are very noisy keys and they are already starting to annoy me. Anyway, I'm not really sure where to begin. the last time I wrote was before the limo ride on the strip so I'll begin there. First I must say that it was amazing but my camera failed to work so I will have t...

Here I am again on the internet for the second time in three days, unchartered civility! As I've probably already mentioned I have been in the desert for a number of days and therefore been away from the luxuries of flushing toilets and power. Well I'm in america's playground at the moment in a fairly expensive internet cafe, but it was the only place we could find. I am having real trouble typing at the moment due to lack of practice! We just had the m...