So... from where we left off; George was sitting on a rock, like a hobbit in the middle of a river and we'd been to visit the incredible moeraki boulders and taken a walk along the beach. Then, after a day of chilling out in the sun, we had dinner and drinks by the river and brought the duvet outside to do some stargazing - we saw tons of shooting stars!! There didn't seem to be a huge amount going on in Christchurch, the city center still seems to be sufferi...

Rain, rain and more rain - it's fair to say that New Zealand's been a bit of a wash out (at times). The ferry ride from the north to the south, via the Cook Straight ferry, was horrendous due the the violent thunderstorm and after about 4 hours we were both feeling quite queasy from the stench of other peoples sick (the sea was so rough that the boat would rise out of the water, fall back down again then the waves would crash ferociously against the windows...

The last time Kel wrote was the night before my third scuba dive and Kel's first on Mantaray Island, Fiji. On the first day of my scuba course, it was the basics where Joe our instructor did everything for me. It was an unbelievable experience to be 6/7 meters under crystal clear water, breathing naturally, where I was lucky enough to see moray eels, lion fish, an octopus, giant clams and a whole heap of other beautiful coral and fish. I felt extremely comfo...

We're in Fiji and it's amazing, beautiful, spectacular, paradise (apart from the current thunderstorm)!! I'd heard that Fiji was known as 'The Isle of Smiles' and it definitely is. There was a traditional Fijian band singing a welcome song as we walked through customs! We arrived in Nadi having misjudged the time difference resulting in losing a night's accommodation due to our stupidity! It turns out that when you fly from Hawaii to Fiji, a day somehow dis...

We're back in Honolulu after an eventful 7 days in Maui. It was our first proper hostel experience (even though we still had a private room) and it's fair to say that by the end of the week we were both enjoying it. When we arrived in Maui we happily phoned to get our free shuttle only to find that they close between 2pm and 5pm - we phoned at 2.05. We were then told that we had to wait for the 6pm shuttle. We tried to get the bus and were told that our lu...