raratonga - GORGEOUS. raratonga is the only cook island of any significant size/population, and look pretty much identical to the island in lost, ie big jagged mountains and dense jungle surrounded by white sandy beaches. mmm. lonely planet even listed the black rock as the main sightseeing destination, although unlike in lost it was actually just a big, black, rock. the other main tourist hotspot was 7 palm trees growing, as if by magic, in a circle. although we...

IN. finally got a bit of free time so thought i should probably try and write down what we've been up to before i forget. currently in christchurch in new zealand, but im gonna try and backdate these entries roughly so u can get an idea of where we were when and stuff. right anyway, fiji. fiji was good. everyone in fiji says bula at you all the time, seems to be some sort of general greeting, although sometimes they say it quite aggressively so we weren't entirle...

bula bula! got into fiji this morning, and despite it being 6am there were 4 men in skirts with guitars waiting to sing to us and shouting bula. stormer. then we noticed a big sign next to them saying BEWARE THE GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL, which was slightly less reassuring! hadn't booked anywhere to stay but almost immediately found a friendly gay fijian who gave us a hostel that was very suitable for us. its right on the beach and has hammocks (which tpo hilariously k...

hellooooooooooooooo! hows everyone doing? having an awesome time so far, currently staying at hermosa beach which is a small town just down the coast from LA, its got a really good beach, lots of places that give us beer and not much else, so pretty much in our element! stayed awake for 36 hours on thursday and our hostel is conveniently situated above a noisy pub/club that blares the music till 3am, so havn't been getting an awful lot of sleep, still feeling re...