Bonjour Well I am here in Papeete and in polite society they would say glowing - I personnaly would describe it as a major melt down.... Air Tahiti Nui promised Polynesia from the moment you stepped on the plane. Flowers to put behind your ear, cheery turquoise seats with bright yellow pillows decorated with hibiscus. It felt strange to hear Polynesian and French announcements but luckily they were translated into English. But if I don't know the emerg...

Hi All I am writing this from another airport lounge awaiting my flight to Tahiti! I am flying Air Tahiti Nui - do this should be a new and hopefully enjoyable experience. I will not say goodbye to New Zealand because again my list of things to do is greater than when I arrived. The travel books warn you about this but you can't fully understand the beauty that is NZ until you are here. So who will come back here with me? and ...

Dear All I wrote to you last from the shores of Lake Wanaka still breathless from the flight over the Glaciers, well I pitched my van in Wanaka for a few days and enjoyed beautiful blue skies and amazing sunsets. I did the 6km round trip into town on foot a few times to earn bonus points to allow me to enjoy a strawberries and cream ice cream whilst watching the world go by. From Wanaka I drove over the Crown Pass, Australasia highest tarmac road, and...

Well I survived the famous InterIslander crossing... mainly by catching up on the sleep I had missed the night before worrying I would not hear the alarm and about the crossing itself. The morning was foggy and the water much calmer than the day before. The Kaitaki Ferry was huge, I think there were 10 levels, I chose the highest level for a passenger without a cabin - level 8. Might thought process went something like this, if the waves cover the windows on leve...

Welcome (Kia Ora) I have swapped the wallabies for the all blacks and headed across the Tasman to Aotearoa - Land of the Long White Cloud', or New Zealand to you and me. I have also swapped the kangaroo for a kiwi my thongs for jangles my esky for a chillie bin football is now Rugby Union not Aussie Rules, (but still not soccer as it should be) the boonies for the wopwops! (means middle of nowhere.) Yes I am well and truly in NZ. Aft...