Sorry its been a while, been so busy doing things i have not had chance to update this site other than post my photo's but here goes on updating the journal. After Taupo we headed north to Rotorua, the place that smells like rotten eggs all the time due to the volcanic activity. We were there for 3 days and it bounced down every day and most of the activities we had booked go cancel. We did however still manage to visit and natural spa, and the gysers which were...

Hey all. After my last blog we spent a further 5 days in Queenstown. As you have probably seen from my photo's we all did the Nevis Bungy jump. I have never been so nervous in my life as i was that day, and as i am the heavy one of the bunch i had to go first which made me extra nervous, all i kept thinking was what if they haven't got the bungy cord the right length and i am the first to jump. I never look down from when we arrived at the bungy site, whilst on t...

Hey All. Well since my last blog we have managed to pack loads into a few days. On Saturday morning we were up early to go on a full day hike up Franz Josef Glacier. We were hiking for a total of 8 hours with around 5 hours on the actual ice, we managed to get really high up onto the Glacier as we were with a good group who were up for going at a decent pace so our guide took us to some really amazing parts of the Glacier. At one point our guide "Tom" ...

Hey all, hope your all well. My first set of pictures are now up for you to look at. They start in Dubai where we spent a day seeing the sights. We went to the 7 start hotel and the beach right next to it, also we to Dubai Marina. Dubai's a pretty amzing place with new skyscrapers being built all over the place. We also went out to the palm, which is a complex built out into the sea, and from the sky looks like a palm tree, though most of it is still under contru...