Hi all! Quick update as we are going to get takeaway soon! We are back on the North island for a few more days before we leave for Fiji. We are sad to be leaving because we love this country and have met so many great people here but also looking forward to some relaxation on the beach. you may have gathered from the new pics that Rachel did Skydive on Monday, lots of fun! After we left Queenstown we arrived in Dunedin, which is supposed to be the Edinbu...

Hello Everyone, I hope you are well! We have had a very busy and active week. We got the ferry over to the South Island on Monday morning. We stayed for one night in Nelson and one night in Greymouth enroute to Franz Joesph. On the way we saw sea lions and the famous Pancake Rocks and we went panning for gold in a small town called Ross. We both had a fantastic time in Franz Joesph and experienced different activities! It was snowing when we arrived and w...

Hello Everyone, Happy Halloween!! Well after our extremel relaxing day on Wednesday in Rotorua we headed back on the Magic bus to Taupo. We had a couple of stops on the way to Taupo, we went to a Thermal Park (Mr Forsyth I hope you are impressed with all our Geography research we are carrying out for you!! You better book your ticket to OZ now!!) We got lots of good pictures of the pools of mud, and craters! Lots of beautiful colours, greens, blues, yellows ...

Hi! A little update on our New Zealand experience so far (although you will have seen some pics!). We spent a few days in Auckland where the main activity was catching up on sleep from all our plane journeys! We got a little tour of the surrounding area from a friend of Rachel's Grandma, so that was really interesting and we had a lovely afternoon with her and her family. We also managed to squeeze in a bus trip up to the Bay of Islands for one night. We...

Hello Everyone, Sorry about the lack of blog entries lately we have been having technical difficulties and have been flying for the last 3 days!!! Well, we arrived in Rio on Thursday afternoon and we headed to a little cafe beside Copacabana beach for a spot of lunch! In the evening we had our final group meal at our hostel with Team Scotland and Anne and Jamie and Rich, the BBQ was delicious! Later that evening we went to a massive Samba Party which was a reh...