Well this is the final few days of my trip and how relaxing they have been. Hawaii is soooo hot so am completely frying in the sun but the sea is so gorgeous and clear here and v inviting to take a dip. So I had a mammoth journey to get here via Auckland and Fiji with a very long wait in Fiji airport, but I arrived in Hawaii last thursday. It was a weird experience to fly across the time zone and so arrive before I had set off from NZ so to speak and thus giving...

Well this is my last night in Christchurch for what really is a drop in call to NZ. It's a shame as I would have liked to have toured NZ properly but I am a little weary from being constantly on the go so the beaches in Hawaii are a far more attractive prospect. The weather in NZ is v changeable and quite like the UK, though it is at least summer time here and after Melbourne and Sydney both being pretty off, I am really keen for some tropical sun. So, with m...

Sydney at New Year We arrived in Sydney just a day before NYE with little clue as to what we were going to do about accommodation. Fortunately Sam's friend Jamie from law school is paralegaling out here for a few months so we managed to crash on his floor for a couple of nights. He lives in Bondi so it was great to check out this hallowed place. Rumour had it that Paris Hilton was in town and soon enough the main street was packed with people and police as it...

Christmas in Melbourne!For once we have time to stop and breath and not care about checking out the next day as we are staying a whole week in Melbourne for Christmas and general merriment. It has been a mixed bag of fortune though. firstly the weather has been ghastly and is only just starting to improve now, which is typical since we depart for Sydney tomorrow! Chrismtas day was the coldest on record which was unbelievable, so all of you who had the image of me...

Just checked into a 30 bed dorm! Reuntied with Al too after 3 weeks! No time to do much here as we have to be up at 4am to fly to Melbourne. Seems like it could be bar o'clock though especially with it being ladies night and killer pool competition. Sadly none of the trio were successful in that area so an early night was called for as we had to be up at 4am to catch our flight to melbourne.