Drove on from Milford Sound to Queenstown. A really great town, lots going on, the busiest town we've been to in a long time. The first day we went...

Leaving Dunedin we drove on to Te Anau where we spent the night before heading to Milford Sound the next day. The drive was really scenic, huge she...

Decided to drive down to Dunedin as too snowy to really cross Arther's pass. Turned about to be a great call. Checked into a place called Hogwarts ...

After the whales we drove to a palce called Akaroa on Banks Peninsula. Supposed to be beautiful but got there when it was dark and nothing was open...

Went Whale watching and really enjoyed it. We saw 3 Sperm whales 9the only type really around at this time of year). We saw them on the surface for...

Drove to Hanmer springs this morning. Beautiful drive through snowy mountains. Arrived in Hanmer springs which looks like a little ski resort, so p...

Arrived in Greymouth in the evening. The next day we had a lzy morning before driving up to Punakaiki (pancake rocks) and also a seal colony. Prett...

Stayed at a nice place called the barn but a little chilly in our room, someone needs to bring central heating to hostels in NZ- you will make a fo...

An early rise for our ferry to the south island. Not much to report from the trip, went on the deck for a minute but rushed back down from fear of ...

Left Taupo earlyish adn drove down to Wellington. A really long drive but really scenic as drove around the lake which was nice. In Wellington in t...

Arrived to our hostel in taupo to find they were having a Christmas party whichw e embraced. After cooking a bog dinner we realised that we could h...

Arrived in Rotorua and its true what they say, it really does smell of egg from all the sulpher from the hot springs. The day we arrived we just ha...

Arrived at Waitomo caves and managed to get on the Rap, Raft and Rock trip that afternoon. Was relaly good. Just the 3 of us and a guide. First we ...

Spent a night in Hamilton and managed to catch up with a friend I met on Camp America, Steph. Was great to see her, just a shame I don't have longe...

Picked up our car today which was exciting. Was white rather than red as I hoped but I'll get over it. Our first destination was Paihia. On the way...

So, got up at 2.30am to get ready for taxi to airport. Had a while to wait at the airport but eventually flew to Brisbane and waited for connection...

Had a good few days in Cairns. Met up with Dave and Adam from school who were working here which was nice. Had a while wandering the city and ...

Just had a 2 night, 2 day sailing trip on the boat SV Whitehaven. There were 19 of us in total. On the first day we sailed (or rather motored as no...

A one night, one day stop in Bundaberg, you definately don't need any longer! Visited the Rum distillary which was quite interesting and then redee...

Just got back from 3 days, 2 nights camping, 4wd adventure on Fraser Island. It was absolutely stunning! The whole island is made from sand, lots o...

Arrived in Noosa and found a great hostel. Is almost on an island and you get your own apartment with bathrooms, kitchen, lounge, tv etc..., very n...

Arrived this afternoon. Staying at really nice hostel. Just explored the town a bit today as pretty tired after party last night! Nice and warm at ...

18/05 Explored the city today. Is very very touristy, lots of highrises all along the coast which is a shame as the beach is so nice. 19/05 Hire...

Arrived yesterday and have sunshine again! Spent the last 2 days at the beach which has been nice, the sea is warm but calm at the moment. Went out...

Arrived in Newcastle last night to rain, I think its following us! Wandered around the town today and along the beach. Working up the courage to go...

So arrived in Melbourne and if I thought Sydney was cold compared with Thailand I was wrong, its nothing compared with Melbourne which is absolutel...

Ok, so left Thailand and much as I have enjoyed the food I announced to the people next to me on the plane that I was very much looking forward to ...

Arrived back in Nongkhai in time for the 60th birthday party of the founder of T2T. Was fun. Had traditional thai orchestra and dancers, the music ...

This week I am doing a week long English camp in a tiny Thai village called Ban Thai near Si Saket which is near the Cambodian border. It is a real...

This week I'm helping to renovate a school again- cue me being covered in paint all the time! Also still going to the orphanage and teaching at eve...

Left Chiang Rai after a lazy morning looking at few temples and eating ice cream by the river. Arrived in Chiang Mai in the evening and found a gue...

Ok, have been in Laos for about a week and would universally recommend it. It is absolutely beautiful. I left Nongkhai last saturday with Conn...

08/02/06 Arrived at Nong Khai about 9am and were met my Meow who took us back to the T2T dorm. After a much needed shower (the thai kind, you have...

Arrived in Bangkok at 5.30am (everyone's favourite time to arrive in a new city). Tried to find a place to stay but nothing really open so had some...

Arrived at 6am this morning and got taxi truck to the place we wanted to stay. Obviously as it was 6am nowhere was open so we sat on the beach near...

28/01/06 Spent all day today travelling to Krabbi. First a taxi, then boat, then a random trailer bus thing, thena  local bus which was boili...

Got the boat over to Langkawi (Malaysian island near thai border) in the morning. Pretty fast and rocky. Met some Aussies who were celebr...

Got the bus from Cameron Highlands to Penang in the afternoon, arrived about 11pm. Found a hostel which seemed ok, less pleased with it when saw th...

Got the bus to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands today. Much cooler up here. Staying at Daniel's Lodge which is a nice hostel, bonfire out the ba...

We arrived in KL and Nick picked us up. So much traffic, really busy for a sunday. Loads of cars and bikes. We went for some lunch and then went to...

After Singapore we got the bus to Malacca. It's an old style town. When we arrived off the coach we got on a local bus to the hostel, it was defina...

Have arrived in Singapore. Flight was good, went really quickly and not too turbulent! Clive picked us up from the airport and we are back at his. ...

2 days until we go! Packing going surprisingly well and I have resisted my usual urge to take 5 paris of shoes.