Surfing, black water rafting, zorbing ...Well quite a bit has happened over the past few days but fortunately, nothing quite as bad as what happened on 90 Mile Beach! After the disaster, we headed back to Auckland to watch Snow Patrol which was great fun, really good concert. Friday it was down to Raglan to catch some surf, and wow was it big surf! Bigger than anything we could handle - obviously our Brazil surfing lessons havent really paid off! We bumped into N...

Our Ninety mile disaster...Hello all! Well what have we been up to over the past few days ... what haven't we been up to! We left the Bay of Islands and headed north to Cape Reinga, the northern most part of New Zealand and watched the sunset, really beautiful, and then camped next to the beach and spent the night with 10, 000 mozzies, not nice! Salt was in her element!There is no exaggeration in the story that we are about to share with you, it will be the t...

Kiora from the Bay of Islands!We have had a fantastic time since leaving Auckland. We picked up our Campervan (initially named Tenipher after a Mauri sea dragon but now called Kiora, as its easier to remember!). The van is great fun. We drove around Auckland and up to Millionaires Mile, some fantastic houses up there! We then drove out of Auckland and over the harbour bridge and headed North. The plan was to get to the Bay of Islands that day but we got a little ...

Hello and Good Morning from what is a very hot and sunny Auckland! Im sitting in an internet cafe while Sez and Salt catch up on some more sleep, note that it is 7am here! We arrived safely yesterday morning and jumped into the first taxi into town to find a hostel for the night, dropped our bags and headed straight to the heart of Auckland. What a beautiful place! The harbour is out of this world! We booked a boat ride around the harbour (see pics) which was a ...

bye bye South America.... and so the time has arrived to say `àdios` South America .... sobsob! We`ve had the best three and a half months here, incredible place - so much to see, do, etc. We`d definetly reccomend it to anyone! Probally highlights - Rocinha favela tour, Buenos Aires party, speaking welsh in Gaiman, Moreno Glacier in South Patagonia, Salar de Uyuni, Machu Picchu.... and the list goes on! SO EXITED now about going to New Zealand though - ...