Argentina... first stop Mendoza, the famous wine region, and very nice it is too! We headed to Beunos Aries for a few day in the capital where we wandered around the city and had a night out Latin America stye, which does not begin until midnight when you have to go for an evening eal in resturants so busy people queue on the street to get in. Around 2am its time to move on to a club, and generally roll back home around 7am (we didnt quite make it that long a we ...

We finally left New Zealand and began the 11.5hr flight to reach Santiago, Chile 6 hours befoe we actually set off. That said, the jet lag kicked in pretty much instantly, so a few days of wandering round the city in a funny little fuzzy headed sleep state commenced. Unfortunately my severe lack of Spanish (which consists of my name is, were is...? and hello) are completly useless as no one seems to understand me anyway. How many ways are there say HOT DOG - read...

Ok, well, last update from this part of the world! We are leaving New Zealand in less than 48hrs and heading to South America, on an 11.5hr flight, arriving there, before we actually set off. We are probably the furthest away we will be from home right now, and the next flight starts the slow journey back to home. Once again we've been blessed with loads of friends who have made New Zealand another awesome experience, so thanks to Lou and Mike, Nigel and Gill a...

New Zealand, the land of hobbits'zs and and extreme sports (to the max)!!!! A very strange route around the country and some more awesome friends. Where shall we start, Auckland would be a good place, hiking up a volcanic island and camping on the beach on Wahike Island got us off to a good start before we caught up with Lou and Mike. We headed South to attempt the "worlds best one day walk" the Tongariro Alpine Crossing and suddenly realised that the...

Another country down, and we arrived in New Zealand at a very unsociable hour, after a bumpy plane ride to be be met by New Zealnd customs, who decided to test my tent for biosecurity hazards (mud!) and confiscate some seeds which were stuck on Emma's shoe! Since we last wrote, we have had many adventures in Oz, and been looked after by the most amzing people (you know who you all are). We SCUBA dived the Great Barrier Reef, and bumped into a few turtles and a m...