Well here I am in the desert at a place called San Pedro. I had forgotten how bad the internet place was! Back to no letters on the keys, very slow, and a mind of its own. I will not do another blog till I get to a place called Potosi which will be 24th Sept as we cross the desert tomorrow then on to the salt flats. That will take 3 days. For that time we will have no internet,phone nothing.

21st Sept The Desert Crossing We leave San Pedro on a bus that will take us to get our passports stamped, then on to the border with Bolivia which is another hour away.There are 3 4x4 jeeps waiting to take us on our 3 day crossing of the desert, salt flats and climb 300 metres. For 3 days we travel off road. At times I felt like a big wobbly jelly. All my fat bits wobbled like mad. We were covered in dust and so dry. The worst part was there were no showers. Ou...

13th Sept Santiago Chile Qantas did it to me again. They changed my flight time but 1 hour earlier. That's ok as I leave Napier at 12.20pm arrive Auckland 1.20pm then leave Auckland again at 4.40pm. My flight from Napier was 40 mins late. I arrived in Auckland at 2.00pm. Once again I am running from domestic to international. After a long check-in only 15 people in front of me and 4 desks open it took over an hour.I only have time for a quick coffee then I am ...

23rd August South Island Trip I am now on my way to Queenstown, which is in the South Island. We are driving to Wellington first then get the ferry to Picton. Any that has done this crossing will know how beautiful this is. Once we have crossed the Cook Strait we travel though (I think it’s the Tory Channel) then on into The Queen Charlotte Sounds. Its very much like being in the fiords in Norway. We arrived in Kaikoura after dark so we had no idea what th...

16 th Aug Rainnig today so I have decided to do a blog. Sorry for lack of blogs but I have been chilling out a lot. Where do I start. Well Alex arrives in Auckland today, but I wont catch up with him untill Tuesday night looking forward to that. Its a shame that my other son Andrew could not be here as well. Never mind had a good talk to him this morning. Thank goodness for cheap phone calls and the internet. Now where have I been and what have I been up to. ...