Flew into Bangkok and aside from the slightly dodgy taxi driver trying el scammo we got to our hostel safe and sound with wallet intact. Wandered around the next day trying to get our bearings and went up the tallest hotel in Thailand and looked down from the 87th floor on the hectic city with a beer - always a cool way to start and then went for a bit of walk that knackered us completely with 32'C and pollution (and more beer). Next day we went to the biggest ...

Landed in Sinagapore after a lengthy flight from Auckland. Didn't get on with Singapore at all really. It could have been the presense of a SCREAMING kid in the hostel or it could have been the somewhat soullness nature of the place. A booklet described the top 20 things to do in Sinagpore and 18 of them involved shopping or eating out. We bought a camera and then we (we?) managed to delete all the pictures of things we actually had managed to do - summed out Sin...

Back in Auckland after a couple of weeks dashing around both islands we had a couple of days kipping at Debs & Phil's place like the lazy sods we are. We then had a day trip out to Mount Maunganui in the car with Debs passing through Paeroa on the way (where L&P soft drink is made that is "World Famous in New Zealand" apprently), along with gold mines and gorges on the way. Borrowed Phil's Honda ST1300 for a day's biking around the Coromandel ...

After our skydive at Lake Taupo we drove south over the desert road to New Zealand's capital Wellington. Spent a day wandering around the stunning Te Papa national museum containing among other things the iconic Britten racing motorcycle that a Kiwi built in his back yard and still an inspiration today. Went up the famous cable car and put our toe into its Friday night nightlife. Took the ferry (an ex-P&O Portsmouth to Cherbourg job!) across to the south isl...

Went south from Auckland to see the famous glow-worm caves at Waitomo. Heavy overnight rain however, meant caves were flooded and we had to find something else to do. Not far from the caves was a place that kept Angoran rabbits, these bloody huuuge things need shaving every 12 weeks or they die from overheating. Bunny shaving - we could hardly keep a straight face! We did however buy some fur so we can get a friend to knit Kym a hat. With the lack of action at...