New Year the other side of the world. Maybe we're getting complacent after four months of travel so I'll make my excuses for the photos now before we start. Firstly Sydney Opera House is just very photogenic (if a building can be??) and secondly it really is very hot so lots of pictures of water..... OK..we landed in Australia early in the morning(0800) found a suitable bus to take us into the city and fortunately the hotel were happy to look after our bags unt...

Awesome And so to New Zealand....arriving in Auckland from a crazy city like Ho Chi Minh was a bit of a culture shock - all so quiet, calm and ordered. Even the weather was very English summer - after a beautiful first evening the next day it was raining so unfortunately we didn't see Auckland at it's best but did enjoy the Museum where we started our education on New Zealand's 'short' history, people and beautiful landscapes! Also enjoyed a great evening and di...