Kia Ora! Its been an eventful 5 days since we picked up the car in Auckland. We headed north to one of the most beautiful little campsites, right on the beach yet again clear blue seas and pink sand, cooked our first camp meal of pasta and had the worlds coldest shower. Spent the evening reading on the beach as the sun went down. On to Paihia in the Bay of Islands, a backpackers haven with lots of elderly Brits. We camped out again and went into town for a few ...

Our last blog from Auckland as we pick up our the juce box tomorrow our speedy Daihatsu and get on the road to explore the rest of New Zealand. Today we got up and got going early for the ferry to Waiheke Island. It promised and delivered in every way! They have a saying on the island, "if you're not bare foot, you're overdressed", and we could definately get on board with that. The island is completely beautiful, blue seas, dense forest and white san...

Kia Ora from Auckland! After a 13 and a half hour flight from LAX we arrived on the other side of the world. Quantas is our new fav airline. After getting through customs and getting our tent back form the Bio security lab (they said it was dirty) we checked in at our hostel on the outskirts of Auckland city centre, which is an old Tongan Royal house. Had a well needed nap and set off to explore, we strolled along the harbour which has the bluest water we've eve...

This is our last blog from USA. For our last night we went into town and had a few beers after a long day of touring LA. We went on a touristy bus tour of the sights and sounds of Los Angeles, including visiting the houses of the rich and famous. We were taken to Belair, Rodeo Drive, Hollywood and Downtown LA. The highlight was seeing the house used in the show Fresh Prince of Belair, priceless memories! We saw the Playboy Mansion, Leo Di Caprios and Ice T's hous...

Our first proper blog entry!! Get comfortable this could be a while! Where to begin...... We flew into Los Angeles 2 weeks ago, spent our first night strolling along Venice Beach and Santa Monica Pier, dodging hobos hunting money for vaesectomies and watching the sun set. We picked up our trusty steed on Thursday morning, blue ford focus SE no less! 8 hours of driving inland across country, we chose a motel in Seligmann on historic Route 66 to hole up in for t...