now while charlie bean did very well of the blog front she forgot to tell you about the maori experience so i'll fill you in! the night we got to rottenrua we hopped on a waka (bus) and were driven to a maori village outside of town to learn all about the culture, see the haka (war chant) and eat hungi (food cooked in the ground- was delicious!!). on the way there we had to chose a chief to represent our 'tribe!' and chris was picked- turned out he does a bit o...

A big howdy to you all!First of all, i thought it might be wise to mention that I, Charlene am writing this blog entry today so if it's not up to the 'usual' comical standard, please be patient and false a few laughs out as what i'm about to tell you guys is rather funny!(Well we certainly had a few chuckles or two!)Anyway.............We have reached Rotorua or more commonly known as 'Rottenrua' as i'm not going to lie, the place prett...

Hi guys! guess who? so since we last left you there has been a certain amount of drama- all good and character buliding but still! after christchurch we moved on to kaikoura (again) in the rain- not fun. we didnt stay at the lazy shag (which im sure charlene was very upset about) but stayed at top spot- which to be honest doesnt really live up to its name! we basically faffed all we could- went out for beans and hash browns, got food in for dinner (soup!) and chi...

Hi guys jess again, for 2 reasons. 1) i reckon im basically a better blogger than the other 2 and 2) they unfortunatley didnt survive their latest adventure which was doing a bungy from 134m, called the Nevis- too scary for my liking. Of course they did survive, in fact they may have found a new love for life. So basically we are bac in christchurch again having to sadly leave queenstown- the best place we have been so far. Also left behind were most of the p...

Helloo all you little spring chickens! Hope you are all well and good, and just to say this is Laura and Charlene with you here today taking you on our journey, we thought we'd give Jess a rest. Soo... WE SURVIVED! We fell out of a tiny plane 12,000ft in the air with grown men strapped to our backs, and we made it to the ground (the parachutes opened and everything!). We thought it was absulutely bloody fantastic, we have DVDs to document the occasion, so...