At last I've got a few photos on! I'm having to use a very slow uplifter and it took 45 mins to get those on! Next time I'll head to an internet cafe. The photo to accompany this small update is taken from the plane as we dropped into Nelson. It's Rabbit Island and the peninsula where the Crusty Crab is located. Today we went to the market and had warm cheese scones and coffee sitting in the sun watching the world go by. Then we went swimming off the sea wall wh...

I am in Nelson. I still can't get a file of photos uploaded but have managed this one of Debbie (on the right), Ailsa and me up the canopy walkway. Will try again later. Had a great say out in the Southern Highlands on Thursday. We did a tree top canopy walk and a hike along the rim of a valley; no cake though! I'd really enjoyed my few days in a truly beautiful part of the country but it was time to leave for NZ. Poor Debbie had to drive me to the airport at 5...

Hello all! I am safely at Debbie (my sister) and Ailsa's home in the lovely Southern Highlands, an hour south of the city. I am, however, pretty tired and will find a time tomorrow to load a few photos with Debbie's help! So, just words today. The flight with Air Asia was brilliant and I would use them again any day. I slept quite well and it was smooth. The sunset I witnessed as we turned across the sea at Kuala Lumpur took my breath away. The clouds seemed to ...

Hi everybody. I can't believe I'm back on this site again but I want to use it when I head off to NZ and OZ on 8th January. I've had a request or two to finish off the photos from Vietnam and Laos, which I have now done. It's not long before I'm off-this somebody who has never been further than Cork on my own. Paul wants to staple my passport to me in some way but even that wouldn't guarantee its safety. Check back after 9th and see if I made it to Sydney where t...

Farewell…………..Spit! We had booked to stay on Golden Bay in mid February but brought it forward because the weather looked set fair for the previous week and wet for the time we'd planned to go. It meant giving up the idea of walking the top section of the Abel Tasman because of the tides but as I was only just feeling over the worst of the shingles, a long walk seemed unlikely anyway. We set off in glorious weather and it stayed like that for 5 days. Th...