....and it's been a hectic 5 months since coming back.... feels a bit like a memory now but today might see some plans a foot!! :-)

So this morning Lou turned around and said 'so this is it, it's all over' up to that point the trip home in my head was just flight number 21 of 21 …

Tokyo, in considerable contrast to the varied nature of Kyoto is ALL about bright lights and big city! Particularly at night, the whole place looks …

After the superfast bullet train ride from Tokyo (passing the awesome Mount Fuji in the process) first impressions aren't that great when you arrive …

We arrived last night with high hopes of hitting the town and having our first meal of 'foreign things' (actually I thought I would just stick to noo…

Been blown away these last couple of days. I've been doing a Scuba Diving Course to get my certification. Only a week I was jumping out a plane at …

So it took 3 flights to get here in Fiji from Christchurch, NZ yesterday. the last of which we only landed from the previous flight about 15 mins bef…

So we've been hear just less than 3 weeks. We've seen a lot, particularly of the south island but still leave feeling like we've barely scratched th…

We decided to stay in Queenstown for another day which mean't that we'ed ruled out the possibility of staying in Mount Cook for 1 night. Disappointe…

What an incredible day! This morning we boarded a jet boat and roared down the shotover river and through it's tight and twisty canyons. To be hone…

...as you might guess, we're loving this trip and each day just seems to open up even more amazing landscapes and scenery as we travel around NZ.Toda…

Ok, so the first week has been pretty chilled travel-wise in the South Island but the current few days are pretty intensive. On Saturday morning we …

Just had a great couple of days in Abel Tasman National Park, North of the South Island. We did the short drive up from Nelson yesterday morning, ch…

Had a great day today at our place in the Sound. Waking up late after the long drive the day before we had a lovely walk along the lakeside to the n…

So today we woke up in Hopewell with the sounds of the gentle waves lapping at the shore, popped our lakeside room and had a good stretch in the sunl…

So we landed in Christchurch on a quiet sunday. We had a wander round the ‘garden’ city and very pleasant it was too. Not unlike being back in …

....is not 'all' that great as a 'city' in the traditional sense of the word. There's not much to the town centre or the business district and it ki…

...after planning to for 3 days straight we finally went and checked it out. It was way wilder than Piha and more desolate in atmosphere but still b…

..so we ended up going to the falls rather karekare today. We just thought we'd have a quick walk up before heading off for the day.When we got to t…

..the title of this blog is what our fellow backpacker friend said as we looked out onto the sunset at Piha last night. It was a pretty extraordinar…

The web site for the Piha Beach stay is called 'pihabackpackers.co.nz' before calling it a backpackers is woefully underselling it. With it's own …

so we arrived in Auckland today after the slightly weird experience of leaving Santiago at 12.15am Monday morning, going across a time zone to go bac…

...it's been an awesome month just scratching the surface of this fantastic continent. We leave vowing to come back - probably to really 'do' Argent…

After the longest travelling day and lots of waiting around in airports we made it to our final stop in South America, Santiago de Chile. We arrived…

Iguazu Falls is spectacular. In every way. Taking each side in turn we visited the panoramic vista's or Brazil the first day and got up close and p…

Well it was an ordeal getting here and it's turning out to be an ordeal leaving but I have to say we have absolutely loved spending time in Buenos Ar…

Well we left from Baltra airport today. It's been an amazing week - we've lived with great people, ate great food and seen amazing animals and scene…

Ok, so we're half way through Galapagos. Yesterday was my favourite day so far - clearest water, the most perfect beaches and LOADS of animals. Swu…

Ok, so we got to the Galapagos archipelago yesterday lunch time. We boarded our small-but-perfectly formed boat, met our fellow cabin mates and the …

So we're just here for a quick stop-over before flying to Galapogas. It's bucketing down currently so I don't know how much we're going to see. to …

Ok, so we're leaving Manta tomorrow morning for a stop over in Guayaquil before flying to Galapogas for a week long boat tour around the islands.I th…

...this is what I shouted excitedly to my surf guide this morning. Today was breakthrough day - conditions where relatively small (2-3 ft) but compl…

So today is the start of the second week learning spanish.After a spectacularly unsuccessful weekend that involved me losing not only the watch I lov…

The subject of this blog are some of the keys things I've noticed Ecuadorians love!!for the last two days on the surf wagon we've had absolute quinte…

New Year's eve started with a surf from 7am - 9.30am with 'Ruben' my surf instructor for the fortnight we are spending here. The waves were pretty p…

We arrived in the industrial fishing port of Manta saturday night to find we are staying with a lovely family in a great house just 10mins walk from …

It's been a fantastic couple of days staying at the Secret Garden Hostel. Overlooking a panoramic view of the old city, we've met some really cool p…

simply the best place to stay - cool crew, wifi, great views, right in old city

What an interesting day so far!Today we left our hotel in miami at 5am and caught a flight to Quito, Ecuador. Happily we went via one of my favourit…

So, we go these round the world tickets but couldn't get to Ecuador straight away due to availability so we've ended up leaving earlier than planned …

..today I realised that there's not a single person in the whole of south beach fatter than me!Quite hard to take but sure enough, all of them whethe…

...ok for any one who know's us, you know that simply leaving has been a big deal with various things to overcome, but here we are, on our way. very…