Hello! I got to New Zealand yesterday afternoon (after going through another fairly rigorous customs and immigration proceedure - although not as bad as Oz). I flew straight down to Christchurch as I need to leave NZ via Auckland to get to South America. It is fairly cold here!! It was ashock to the system - I have had to go out and buy some warmer clothes. I've had a quiet time so far. But have been to see the people who run the hop on hop off bus service...

Hi! Bounty Island was not as beautiful as I thought it would be. It has been spoilt by took many tourists - they cram as many in as possible. This was the place where they filmed the first series of Love Island. But I don't think they have made any investment in the buildings put up by the TV company. The bar area, although used alot every day still looks like the TV set it was i.e. cheap wooden walls, cheap floor etc. And the love shack is now just a dump...

Hi!Since I last updated I have dived with sharks, stayed in Namatakula village and have been diving off the island of Kadavu.I went on a shark feeding dive just off Pacific Harbour. Despite only having my Open Water certificate (where I think you aree only supposed to dive 20m), I went down to about 30m and saw 5 different types of sharks!! Nurse sharks, bull sharks, lemon sharke, black tips and white tips. I even touched the tail of one of the sharks but I can&#...

Hi!I got to Nadi in Fiji last night and had my first night of dorm sharing! The room was nice, but I got bit of a surprise when I went to bed (in the dark, as someone was sleeping) to find that the someone had their top off - it was supposed to be a female dorm. Two minutes later a man came in and went to bed. It turned out I had been put in a mixed dorm and was sharing with two men. This was fine - just not what I expected!!This morning I caught a bus to Kordevu...

Hi! Having a great time in Sydney! But very busy! I arrived on Friday and Don and Joye took me for a drive around the north of the city and to Manly which gave me a good idea of where things were. That night we went to the cinema and out for dinner which was lovely. On Saturday I went exploring around the harbour. I took loads of photos of the bridge and the opera house (only some of which are on the website - I have loads more but didn't want to bore you ...