Just 3 weeks from today I will be sitting on a plane to Auckland. I finish work on Friday then the detailed planning starts. How long to spend on each island? What I want to see? Where to stay? Should I go sky diving? Should I hire a car or camper van? How many vineyards to go to? Lots to think about and book.

I promised my friend Ian I would set up a Travel Blog, otherwise he refused to talk to me. So here it is......... I saw a photo of Machu Picchu several years ago and decided to do the Inca Trial. Buried by jungle until 1911, there was something very spiritual and mysterious about this place. Ever since I have been bitten my the travel bug. Some of the countries I have visited are China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Kenya, Tanzania, USA, Canada, The A...