okay! we are back in Auckland for the night and we leave for singapore tomorrow at 12:50 on Malaysia Airlines. its a really long flight andwe cant wait to get to Asia!!!

its Friday and we only have 3 more nights here. This week has been perfect. the weather has improved and its been great! We went snorkeling at an awesome spot the other day and then chilled out on the beach. John got soooo incredibly sunburned, there will be photos soon! oh my gad was he red! we did the Cross-Island Trek up to this high point on the island. it was amazing. very very steep. so Taylor made it the whole way without falling and then as we were walk...

hello! its the start of our second week in rarotonga. the weather has been a little tempermental but i (taylor) now have my Cook Island license. well i can drive a scooter, so now we can ride around to where its sunny. we went on a few dives when john was finished his course. it was really nice!but no whales! so we are planning on doing a Jungle Buggy tour, which takes you through the jungle (inland) in some dune buggies. should be fun. so today at lunch th...

hey all, its tuesday night and we just finished dinner. rarotonga is great. we are staying at varas beach house on the Muri Lagoon. we had a fancy dinner our first night here and today was the first day of full sun. we rented a kayak and went snorkeling out by the motus(little island) across from our place. Tried to book a few days in Aitutaki, but way too expensive. So we are staying in Raro the whole time, but moving around the island. John starts his Open W...

We are in auckland for the night. John has gone to the Warriors rugby league game today and then we are meeting back up with our friend Bridie tonight. We leave for Rarotonga, Cook islands tomorrow!!! So excited to get to the beach!!! NZ has been a blast and what a year!!!