HI everyone, As you all know we are now in New Zealand. Arrived around 2 wks ago now but so behind on these entries will start by telling you about our first few days in Auckland. We were all organised on our first day opening a bank account, sorting out our tax numbers, typing up CVs for jobs and arranging to look at some rooms to let. By our 2nd day our plans had already changed. We went on a day trip of Auckland to see all the important sites For a city is...

Hi Everyone, Hope you are all ok. We didnt really spend very long in Santiago only really an afternoon but from what we saw it was a really nice city but thats all it was a city. Plus compared to the rest of South America Chile is expensive so didnt want to spend too long there. We just wandered around the shops, sorted out our plane tickets and had some dinner. We arrived back from Mendoza the same day as our flight to Auckland so we just got a bus straight ...

Hi Everyone, Finally got round to writing about our last few days in S America. After leaving La Serena we bussed it down to Santiago, 1/2 a day there then caught a bus over the Andes which had the most spectacular views to Mendoza in Argentina. Mendoza is a fantastic city with tree lined streets and lots of cafes lining the roads (great for people watching). It was lovely to spend our last views days relaxing and eating and drinking. Eating is what we mainly ...

Hey Everyone!! We are now in Auckland, New Zealand but are a bit behind on the old journal entries that we are still writing about S America. We survived our mammoth journey from Cucso to La Serena in Chile, pretty uneventfully. Took exactly 40 hours and by the end we were just so glad to see a shower and a bed, 2 nights sleeping on a coach is not good. La Serena was a really nice seaside town, very laid back feel to it. For our 2 days here all we are did wa...

Hi everyone!! We made it, it was hard but worth every second, the end result (Machu Picchu) was nothing but fantastic! Below is a day by day account of our Inca trail adventure. Day1 - After getting picked up at 4.30 (yes 4.30) in the morning we drove an hour and 1/2 to Kilometre 82 where we were to begin our 4 days of walking. There were 13 in our group including us, 3 British lads, another British couple, a American lad, a British lad, an Aussie couple and a ...