Hello! Well first off I am not in Los Angeles I am home! Currently really jetlagged and shocked to actually be somewhere familiar. Anyway explanation; back in Thailand I changed my last 2 flights thinking I'd be really bored in the Cook Islands for two weeks. May of been the case or not but it was fun shocking the family last night as I didn't tell anyone I'd be 6 days earlier. So I actually left Raro on the 14th and four of us from Varas flew to LA. Cheryl wa...

Tom is in Rarotonga!!!! Made it!!!! Despite a fair few times when it didn't look to be the case. This is such a good place to (almost) end this trip. Basically paradise, with awesome people and such a relaxed feeling island. I've had an excellent week here (was so good to leave cold, rainy Auckland behind). Arrived at Rarotonga's shed of an airport with a guy playing ukele and instantly loved the island. THere is a big (extinct luckily) volcano in the middle, a...

In New Zealand there are many good things and it sucked a lot that I only had a week to try and see them. I left Bangkok on a hugely long flight to Sydney and arrived at 6 in the morning when it was freezing cold. I instantly caught a cold and spent that day sleeping and feeling crap. Oh and I went on the monorail to a museum and felt bored. It was raining loads and the hostel was not great. :( But the next day it was bright and sunny and so I went to the harbo...

I'm in Bangkok again (for about the third time) and actually did some sightseeing here for a change. And I lived inside the MBK mall for a day and bought many shiny things. Anyways in Ko Tao I passed my open water course and had two amazing dives on the last day!! Saw stingrays and puffer fish and a very lost lionfish and I have a great DVD for the whole thing as an underwater cameralady came and filmed us. Went out that night and celebrated and then spent the w...

Hey again I'm in Ko Tao; which be a tiny island paradise where water does not go much below 30c and many coconuts grow. So it's fantastic and scenic and little and friendly with coral reefs and nice beaches and you should all go. I've been scuba diving as well which is incredible - you get a huge rush and feel relaxed at the same time. Since Khao Sok our group took an insane amount of buses and a ferry to Ko Samui which I for some reason really didn't like. Do...