Hello from Tokyo and what an amazing place it is. Absolutely love it, there is so much to see and do and you spend all your time wandering around the city just sightseeing and taking photos you feel like a Japanese tourist. The trains are so efficient, always on time and clean and civilised. I have now navigated the underground several times succesfully, despite it looking twelve time bigger and more complicated than the London Underground map. The toilets are ...

Hello All!! We are currently in Byron Bay and as I speak the rain is storming down outside. Again. We seem to be followed by bad weather where ever we go, so my tan is not as impresssive as i want it to be!! We spent a few days in Melbourne with our old Rugby Manager, Claire Rimmer, who lovingly put up with our mess and drunken antics and Christie certainly fell in love with the place, with its cafe culture and bars. It is a lovely town, the beach is beautiful ...

Hello all, We have travelled around New Zealand on a big green bus, stopping at various locations for walks, hikes, treks, kayaking, rafting, rubber ring caving and the odd horse ride. Life is simple and lovely here, the scenery amazing, the people pleasant and the pubs and bars full of English youngsters and the occasional local. It has been a relaxing journey after the craziness of South America, but very gentle. I have yet to see any hobbits, elves or Orcs,...

So here we are in New Zealand, and South America is a distant memory!! Uploaded photos at last so have a look and let me know what you think of our miserable faces!! We spent a few days in Auckland, wasn't too impressed by the city, but we set off on our big green kiwi experience tour bus and the landscape is amazing. The people are lovely here, spent a large amount of time last night in a little pub getting to know the older locals and of course talk about Rugb...

Hello all from Chile!!We flew from Argentina four days ago and what a lovely set of people we left behind. The Argentinians are the friendliest in the world. You hold a map in a street and 3 people will come up to you and ask where you want to go. If you do not understand they will take you. Crazy.So Stella went off to the Igazua falls and Christie and myself, the poor folk, go off to a ranch. Ahh we think, a few days of horse riding and you hot men doing gaucho ...