Despite much trying I have so far failed to get rid of my shorts tan lines from yesterday's ferry ride out here! Gosh darn it! Thankfully I have another 6 days to fix it. Tuesday afternoon I flew to Nadi from Auckland. They failed to give me an immigration card on the plane, starting the first of many questions asking where I'm from. Apparently I could pass for Maori or Fijian. I hope I don't look Maori, those women are built big and are quite honestly pretty u...

I know I've said this before, so clearly my idea of perfect is incredibly complex but Sunday was pretty darn close! Most people's ideas of a perfect day would most definitely not involve spending 12hours driving but I did it and it was fab. Claire kindly let me borrow her car and I made the decision that I was going to go on a bit if an adventure. I wanted to head up to the bay of islands and see how pretty it actually was. So I did. I set off just after 6am ...

So, what did I do with my weekend?Well.....I ventured to Auckland, had a brief catch up with Tom in the England players' hotel lounge (dotted with other players doing similar things) before checking into our s***ty hostel and head to the England vs France quater final at Eden Park.How bloody lucky am I, for my first international rugby game to be a world cup quarter final, England game!Not only that but I had awesome seats and was lucky enough to get them for fre...

Did you know that New Zealand is rugby obssessed?But to the point where the aeroplanes I flew on this weekend were painted, All Black and some of the players actually feature in the safety video!There was an old lady streaking at then end of th vid too!This country is crazySo anyway, I'm back in Hamilton now.Spent ages waiting at Auckland airport for a massive family and all their luggage, to get on the minibus.The dad, who said he was from Egypt but was living i...

Today I spent 8 hours on a coach and 2 hours on a boat, just to see a bigger, colder version of Halong Bay!MentalIt was pretty and I did see a penguin and lots of seals, but my god was it a long day. Especially with a bit of a hangover. Damn Bundy!Kinda wish I'd done the glaziers Ho humGot some good pictures though. I forgot how happy I am when I've got a camera in my hand. I bloody love it. I wish I could just spend my life travelling and taking photos. Not for ...