ok guys sooo we left auckland, oh but not before charlene (with bag on back) bent over to pick something up couldnt take the weight of her own clothes and toppled backwards onto the floor SO funny, her little arms were flailing about and laura laughed so hard she fell off the bed. Anywho next funny thing, the cab company sent a huge cab coz the order had gone in as 'jess x3' and they thought that i was going to be really fat... which is always nice! so off we set...

hello chums!! i know we havnt wirtten a blog in a while (and we are very sorry about that- seems some you have had to do revision instead?? we had no idea things had got so bad). But we are back!!landed in sydney today and its so cool, nice to be in a city but of course it has been 3 weeks since last update so i will talk you through the rest (prepare yourslef... this may be LONG!!)ok... from rotorua we headed to auckland HUGE city in the north of kiwiland, about...

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...