Firstly let us apologise for our previous blog entry, we have received feedback advising this wasn't the easiest to understand so we will endeavour to make better use of our literacy skills from now on. We have enjoyed our final week in New Zealand and this blog was written whilst sitting in Christchurch Airport (unaffected by the recent earthquake). We have handed Timo the Campervan back to the rental company - our cleaning skills were questioned but we manag...

Welcome to our 2nd blog installment - yes we are as surprised by this as you are! After waking in Rotorua it was discovered that the Northerners had followed us bareing gifts of bread and cheese. Whilst Kate hid, Siobhan and the guy from Bolton spoke northern for a while. Next we ventured to the Maori settlement of Te Puia and had a hot day watching various displays and hot water volcanoes. Kate particularly enjoyed the plopping mud and has vast quantities of ph...

Kia Ora from NZ. Brace yourselves for our first semi-publishable blog... So we finally made it after 2 legs of a very very long flight. Siobhan found inflight Tetris which was played guilt free for hours and hours and hours! Highly enjoyed LAX (NAAAAAAT) and then we didn't appreciate the Maori lady sitting next to us who kept nudging Siobhan every time she dropped off to sleep - accidently of course! Oh and by the way the couple were returning home to participat...