Blog 83 Well, we sure made exciting plans from an annoying situation! So it seems that India don't really like the idea of Brits coming to their country now a days. Apparently since we made it more difficult for Indians to get visas for the UK too. So after being told by the Indian embassy in Australian we should apply for our visas in KL and rearranging flights to give us more time for it, we were told we can't apply from here either, and that Singapore and...

Blog 82 From extreme to extreme. Down jackets, scarfs, hats and walking boots to immediately into flip-flops, vests, shorts and what else can I take off? We definitely stood out with our pastey white skin, which is never good in a country you should haggle for things. After arriving in KL airport we jumped on a bus, which luckily was running late (back to the waiting game and increasing patience again) and headed to Malacca for a bit of retail therapy. On ou...

Blog 81 So the Kiwi adventure finishes, and what a bang to go out with! Travelling around the south island gave us chance to speak to the locals, and what a friendly bunch they are. From a 70 something jewellery maker, the brewery barman, the numerous i-site ladies, the fat fella in the office and not to forget the New World supermarket check out people, we always walked away saying 'they were nice weren't they!'... One common conservation was of the earth qua...

Blog 80 Reluctant to stay in the earthquake city for more than necessary we decided to spend the day chilling at lake Ellesmere just outside of town. En route to the lake, we stopped off in Geraldine for some sandwiches in the camper and at the local ice creamery come cheesery for a tub of delight. Bryn's choice - honey and fig and mine - nectarine and muscavado. Suitably contented we moseyed onward, ooooing over the longest bridge in new Zealand (2 very contr...

Blog 79 Lake tekapo, should we go? The weather said no. Cloudy skies don't make for great sunsets and stars, and as we were going for the dark sky reserve we ummed and arred... Jo's nagging paid off and we decided to risk it. Well thanks babe!! Best views of the trip. A steep hike up Mount John brought us to the observatory which has a panorama of the cook range, snow peaked rugged mountains straight out of middle earth. Hot chocolate and chai latte in hand we wa...