Hello everyone, sorry we havent written for so long the internet was ridiculously expensive in Hong Kong so we didnt bother going online. We had a great week, staying in a really nice hotel in Jordan which is really close to Mongkok and all the markets. On a first day we went round just about every market in Hong Kong, including temple street market, the flower market, the bird market and ladies market. The bird market was interesting to see but very mean, with t...

Hey everyone, another quick update to let you know how we got on at our friends farm and what we have been upto at Lake Taupo so far. We set off at about 10.30 for the farm and stopped off at a few places Nigel had recommended on the way, tris decided to buy a fishing rod, it was killing him driving past all the fishing spots and not being able to do any, we fished at the beach in Gisbourne but didnt catch anything. We got to our friends place at about 5.30 and w...

Hey everyone, well we have had a fun couple of days in Queenstown and arrived today in Rotorua. On the way to Queenstown we stopped off for the night at a place called Lake Wanaka which would have been really pretty but it was pouring with rain and freezing cold so we didnt get to see much of it. Our bus driver told us that the lake is the only lake in the world to have fresh water dolphins! After our night in Wanaka we set off early the next morning for Queensto...

Well we have finally arrived in New Zealand!! We flew into Christchurch at about 11 at night so we went straight to the hostel, we went to get some chips for tea before going top bed. the next day we were up early and met up with 4 other people from our hostel to get on the kiwi experience bus. It was quite a long drive across the alps to our first stop Westport, the scenery along the way was absolutely beautiful with blue lakes and rivers and huge mountains, the...

After a nightmare flight feeling very tired from the night before we arrived in Melbourne. We stayed in the holiday inn on dads points which was really really nice, the staff thought we were Mr and Mrs Perry which was quite funny and went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed, including a free bottle of wine and late check out. We had a sightseeing trip for the day we got there, so after a quick nap at the hotel we got straight on the coach to...