Hello boys, Nat and I have been looking at your sight and you seem to be doing everything that we wanted to do and don't have enough time to do. Very impressed with your skydive photos by the way, must say you all look very manly and butch and not a bit scared at all - take it you left those ones off the sight. There seems to be a lot of girls in all these photos, hope you boys are being good - and Steve don't let Rob rib you too much about the rotters you pull, I've seen some of the shotputters he tried and failed with during the first year of uni. Anyway about Fiji, you can book things through travel agents in NZ for the same price as booking in Fiji but some of the packages arent all they're cracked up to be. The company that most people book through is awesome adventures, you can book a package with them but its just as easy to decide exactly what you want to do and book things separately - don't book their Full Monty packages cos you'll probably find you'll still have to pay extras and wont want to do some of the things they include! As a general rule the further away from the mainland you go, the more 'basic' the facilities, some of the nicer backpacker places are South Sea Island, Mantaray Island, and the Wanataki cruise. Investing in a couple of bottles of duty free spirits on your way over will save you some dosh and take a deck of cards and a couple of good books cos there is a lot of relaxing to be done. Finally boys, there are a lot of bikini clad lovelies over there so be nice to steve and point him in the right direction! Love Becks and Nat xxx

Hey there Rob, don't know if you received any e-mails from me, buckers or dave! I have sent a few and I know buckers has e-mailed at least once! Is there a problem with Hotmail abroad?? Neway I have just replied to your e-mail so if you dont get it let me know!! Looks like you lot are having a gr8 time!! But Mclaren England Manager!? Isn't he just a coach?? LIVERPOOL for the cup!! and come on Rooney, your country needs you!! Neway keep having fun mate, take it easy! Pete

Heya Vick and Joe...great to hear from ya. Hope you're having a wicked time in NZ so far..we are!! I'm guessing you havent been getting my emails? and i take it you have one of those "spaceship" camper vans? They look pretty kool, a couple of our other friends who we have met up with, have one of those too. Susan is ace though...loads of room n stuff....its not just about looks ya know ;-) hehe. I dunno where ya got the idea that i had pulled in wellington?? There were, indeed, lots of nice young ladies there but, alas i pulled none! I did in Santiago though.....a lovely young lady from our tour (hi cesc), hehe!! Anyway, yeah we are on the west coast of the south island now at the fox glacier. Went to see the Franz Josef glacier yesterday which was pretty kool but only saw it from a little distance. Today, on the other hand we are taking a helicopter flight to the top of the Fox one and doing a big ice treck across the top of it. Its about 3 and a half hours but looks crackin' from the pictures. Were not leaving for that until 1pm but its a gorgeous this morning so looks like someone is on our side on the weather front!! NZ is definately far too expensive if you ask me, although the activities are ace, it is draining me money rapidly!! We've been trying to save money by making up our own games which is kool. We bought FHM the other week which had a pack of playing cards attached. They have pictures of fit chicks on, so all came up with the "fit chick top trumps" game. Its ace and we play it....errrrm......alot!!! Also me and gray came up with the "throw the rock at the bigger rock" game, which is genius!!! Gray seems to be kicking arse at every sporting event though (he beat me 35 - 18)!!! He also won mini golf for the 2nd time in a row....i came 2nd by just 2 shots so wasnt as rubbish as last time!!! b***** me time is running out so gotta go chaps...speak soon though. PEACE!!

where are you guys? we will track you down,fear not!! our orange beast (jar jar) looks like it might shift a little faster than susan, which i have to say looks a little like a granny wagon, no wonder girls have been few and far between. Although congratulations steve as it sounds you may have got some in wellington, get in! see you soon

would post our last two match reports but we got hammered in both games, 7-1 and 6-1, not a good finish for the boys plus it looks as though Sean is leaving us next year so we need a big recruitment drive for Holtwood, if you know anyone then let us know mate, hope you're well. Speak soon.

Thanks Steve - that's much better!! Gray - I can't believe cars are cheap in NZ - things must have changed since we lived out there. It was full of old bangers (expensive bangers at that!) and clothes were so expensive I took to making my own!! The only thing that was cheap was food and maybe booze (but being female, I don't remember actually paying for many drinks - aah, those were the days!!).

Nice to see you did actually listen to me Steve!!!!! Hope you boys are having fun, keep the emails coming as it is definately not fun being home (have already bought a pair of shoes though despite not having any money and only being back a day!!!!). Am definatley going to put off looking for a job as long as possible!!! Take care and keep in touch, Cesc xx

Hellooo!
just a quick one as i havnt been on here for a while! i still think everything here is pretty cheap here tho steve and rod are used to a lot lower prices than me as the have been in south america! i have to keep dragging myself away from car showrooms! they are sooooooo cheap! must resist! went to see V for vendetta at the cinema yesterday! was ace! would recomend it, and natalie portmans in it! ;-) word of warning tho, whatever you do dont go to see scarey movie 4, its the second worst film i hav ever seen, watching jools holland on loop would be more fun! anyway got to go have got to try and stop rob and koalaboy sleeping for the rest of the day!!! byeeeee

gray

HOORAY FOR GIRLS!!!! Yes weve finally found where they are all hiding.....WELLINGTON!! Which has quickly become my favourite place in the entire world!!! YAY! Anyway, moving swiftly on!! Glad you all liked the sky diving pics...theyre ace aint they!! Bloody should be, the amount they cost us!! My funds seem to be rapidly decreasing as of late....bit too close to home prices for my liking. Last night we were gonna go out into town for a big night, as it seems to be alot more "happening" around here. We ended up just buying a bottle of vodka, a load of red bull (yes cesc i know its bad for me) and a big case of beers. We didnt even get away from the camper.....just ended up getting battered with a load of people from Japan, Belgium, Germany, Chile and would you bloody believe it...TWO GIRLS FROM ROCHESTER!!! We just cant get away from 'em. Dad, glad to hear you had a great time on your holiday...send me and email and tell me all about it!! Mumma dont worry i wont break anything, hehehe.....sorry we havent been able to chat on msn for a while, were 11 hours ahead over here so by the time we manage to get onto the internet youre in bed fast akip :-( Sandra, you may notice that, just for you, i have fixed the "current location = chile" problem.......i didnt like it there either!!

oh my god how on earth did u let ur selves jump ???? poo ur pants or what ...... no way could i do that...... steve i dont think u should be playing silly games like that.............. remember steve ........... *ur break it*............ giggles didnt we always say that to u, however looks like you came down safe and sound *phew* excuse me but i dont think my boy should be put in these dangerous situations, i did say last time u climbed that mountain " just watch from the bottom and pretend you did it, no one will know heheheheh"

only joking so glad ur all having a great time

MESSAGE TO STEVE - THE COMPUTER WIZZKID!! You're still saying you are in Santiago on your site and I don't like that place!!!

Hello boy well done on the jump you can stick your bunjie, waiste of time if you ask me, and you could end up with a back injury. We leave for england today and then back to work on Monday boooooooo. Oh well EVERYTHING comes to an end one day even if you dont expect it to. Have had a brilliant time, the hotel was first class everyone here is so friendly. Stay safe my boy see you sooner than you think love you miss you son.