Bula Everybody! We arrived in Fiji on Monday evening (4th April) and as soon as we landed we realised it was the tropical season; the rain that surrounded us proved that as well as the immense heat! After booking a place to stay through an agent at the airport we jumped into a taxi and headed for Horizon, when we arrived we were pleasantly surprised as we had a four bed dorm with en suite all to ourselves (one of the beds being a double!) We settled in for the...

Hey Everyone! It's that time again where we're moving on to a new country and rounding up on the one we've just visited. New Zealand; wow. There are so many things we've loved about this country and so many things we've done that we would never be able to do back home. Not only is the country absolutely beautiful but the people are great too. Australia was totally different to Asia and yet, despite only being across the water, New Zealand was totally differen...

Kia Ora! Our last weekend in New Zealand had arrived, a little too quickly for our liking but it had come nonetheless. Luckily the weather was beautiful for us and the sun was shining. Matt and Tash originally had a fancy dress party organised for their touch rugby team on Saturday evening but not everyone could make it so they decided to just have a gathering anyway, and it just so happened that it was our last weekend in New Zealand! On Saturday morning Ma...

Kia Ora! We are nearing the end of our six month trip and, similarly, the end of our funds! We were undecided about whether to spend our last pennies on doing the trip we wanted to do right up to the Northern tip of Cape Reinga and eventually decided it would be a shame to miss it. Talia had said we could borrow her car 'Little Blue Poo' and we had expected something fairly small, old or cranky with a name like that but what we really got was a great surprise;...

Kia Ora! We had heard much about Pyke's Umu's and were dying to try one for ourselves so we were really happy to hear that Pyke was going to cook us an Umu for Sunday lunch and dinner before Kie, Lappin, Matt and Pyke went to the Warriors v. Dragons game at Mount Smart Stadium. We woke up early doors and went straight to Pyke and Jo's house where we found Pyke already in the garden. He had fired up the rocks which were red hot and ready for the food. Kie and...