Hello all! So after an early start and a very late bus we officially started our travels on the kiwi Experience bus, heading north to Bay of Islands! The journey was about 4 hours but the scenery was beautiful, unfortunately the weather wasn't and it didn't look like it was getting any better the further north we went. We arrived at our hostel in Paihia midafternoon and decided to use the wet weather as an excuse to sort our bags out and do some washing. We met...

Hello Everyone So the day is finally here, New Zealand here we come! The day started early with a 5.00am alarm and 5.30 taxi to Nadi airport, which turned up late so we jumped in with another girl catching the same flight as us. We got through security and boarded the plane with no problems and before we could finish our breakfast in a box we were seeing New Zealand for the first time with our own eyes. We landed at Auckland airport at 12pm and passed though p...

Bula (Hello/Welcome) Everyone So after a very long flight we made it to Fiji!! We landed at about 5am but customs took ages so it was about 7am by the time we left tiny Nadi airport. We were staying about 12min from the airport on our first night as our trip didn't start until the next day. We sleepily checked into our room and had a nap until about 3pm. Feeling a bit more alive we went for a swim and started on our tanning it was about 35 degrees which was nice...

Hello everyone! Well we made it!! San Francisco!! 22 days camping across America in a van with 12 other people... and it was amazing!!!! We were all dropped outside USA hostel in San Fran (handily where we were staying) we all had our goodbye hugs and made sure that we had everyone's email addresses. Then went our separate ways :( The trip was amazing and we met some great people. I can't believe how much we have seen in such a short time!? Would definitely reco...

Hello Everyone So another early start for us this morning, on the road and going for 7.00 am. The tents packed away easily after the cold but dry night, which was a change from the normal dirty handed fight we normally had to endure. We had a warning from our guide the night before that the main pass to Yosemite national park had encountered heavy snow fall and had been closed for two days. If the pass was still closed it would double our journey time and we c...