Santiago the city of stray dogs and pashing couple (They really are not shy about showing affection here!!) for us was not really about lots of sight seeing but more to do with soaking up the local café culture, people watching, trying to learn Spanish very quickly and taking it all in!! We had been warned before we left for South America that if we didn´t speak Spanish we would struggle but we just thought they were bluffing and that most people would speak a...

HI guys and welcome back to Fiji, this time for part 2, our 8 days of paradise with Dad and Mel!!! So when we left you on part 1 we had just arrived back at Denarau Marina, Nadi on the 24th February set for 5 nights with Dad and Mel. Now for those of you that know Dad, you will also know that he is a great big softy at heart and so therefore the 5 nights he had originally booked for us to stay with him turned into 8 nights! Thank you Dad! He couldn´t bare to sa...

Hi to you all and firstly let me apologise for the serious delay in blogging!!!! Were now actually in Bolivia but as we are trying to catch up so this entry is to tell you all about our fantastic 2 weeks in Fiji!! Because we treated Fiji like a holiday there will be no day by day entry, as I think you may all get a little bored of "well today we sunbathed!". We arrived in Nadi (capital of Fiji) on the 18th February after leaving Auckland that morning....

Tuesday 16th February 2010 Straight through journey to Auckland from Paihia except for a quick toilet break on the way. We arrived back into Auckland at 18.45pm and got checked into our hostel Auckland Central Backpackers where we stayed last time. After we had checked in we popped to the shop to get tea chicken risotto tonight which looked really nice but tasted disgusting (That was my opinion Suz didn't think it was too bad but she wouldn't buy it again) the s...

There is just a bit of information here for you before I start this blog entry about the Bay of Islands: The Bay of Islands region has the finest maritime park in New Zealand with the 144 Islands and secluded bays. The Bay has an abundance of marine life, including the big marlin, whales, penguins, dolphins, gannets and many other species. The maritime and historic park is the original cradle of European civilization and has fine examples of Maori culture. ...