Hello from the South Island. We are now the proud owners of an absolutely brilliant little campervan and we'd now like to be known as Max and Paddy. After an unbelievably slow but scenic ferry crossing from the north island we picked up our van and headed to Nelson which is a pretty little town on the coast, nothing very exciting happened there except for Phil being driven into by a FEMALE learner driver whilst walking on the PAVEMENT to the Post Office, fort...

Hello everybody. Have we had a fun packed week or what! We spent Sunday in a glider taking in all the sights that Auckland had to offer, well Gem did anyway. Phils glider didnt want to stay in the air for very long so he got the shortened sightseeing tour, still it was a great experience and Neville (my dads godfather and 'one of' New Zealands top gliding instructors) and Maureen (Nevilles wife) made us feel so welcome that we really enjoyed ourselves. On Monda...

Hellloooo. We're back at Hotel kehoe after a great little trip up north to the Bay of Islands. We went up on Thursday to a place on the Bay called Pahoi which was very pretty. Its where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed which is the thing gave Britain control of New Zealand. Anyway, we didnt go all the way there to soak up the culture and learn about the evolution of New Zealand, we went for some highly commercialised, touristy fun. And thats exactly what we got....

Hiya everybody, we're in New Zealand!!! We arrived on Saturday and the last few days have been amazing, and thats thanks entirely to the Kehoes! (for those that dont know, the Kehoes are family friends of Gems who emigrated to NZ a few months ago). Steve and Steph met us at the airport and after a mini guided tour of Auckland took us back to their house in Puhoi, what a name! Since that point me and Gem have been treated like royalty. We&#...

Hiya once again. We're flying over to New Zealand tomorrow morning (Saturday) so this will be our last Fiji update. As we've already mentioned we've spent the last week island hopping around the Yasawa Islands which are a little group of islands situated north of Viti Levu which is the mainland, as if you didnt already know that! Its fair to say it was an experience. Our first destination was on the most northerly island which was a 5 hour catamaran trip away fro...