After our unfortunate absence of effective internet the blog is back, apologies to all our loyal followers out there, please leave messages and updates as it means a lot.

Here's a slightly shortened summary of the last 2 weeks, condensed for your pleasure into easy to read sections.

WAITOMA - We set out to Waitoma with our young friends; Alex and Jemima using Sarah's car. They followed us in their car with some quite diabolical driving. We camped the first night after visiting the famous glowworm caves. It was a good night for some, not for others.

ROTORUA - Stil with the girls, we arrived here to the nose destroying, mouth burning, ass tightening smell of egg. More cricket was played with Christian and Harry continuing a 4 week debate over who is superior. We stayed at a hostel called 'Cactus Jacks' which was pretty decent except for a certain movie which was on. American Psycho 2; purely the worst piece of movie making in probable history, a diabolical attempt at a film and surely we could of done better. From Rotorua we went to Matamata.

MATAMATA - It was a brilliant day for all involved especially for Boob who almost jizzed in his pants...again. The reason why it was so good was because we went to the set of LOTR in the shire; Hobbiton at its finest ( a marvellous sight ).

Returned to Beachlands, got rid of the girls and their frustratingly posh accents (yarrrrr) Harry was contemplating suicide by the end, he did not look happy but Boob didn't seem to mind.

Last few days in Auckland consisted of little except rest, however the Kevin, Sarah and Dan house was brought to life through the medium of food when Rubery, Smethurst, Chew and Ward produced a sumptuous 3 course meal as a thankyou to Kev and Sarah for their amazing hospitality.

Ward spent a number of days in a frustrating mood due to his laptops inability to upload photos due to fear of his Mother thinking he had passed away, he tried everything including draining McDonalds Wi-fi to a smouldering mess.

TAUPO 3 days later and were off to Taupo. We would be getting the Kiwi bus from here 3 days later but in the mean time we met up again with Dan and Jules ( a very small world ) and the following day the skydive was cancelled due to bad weather and everybody was devastated apart from Chewy who went on a nice scenic route. This allowed Boob to address the pressing matter of a big spider bite on my ankle. It was manifesting into a alien style infection and after much talk the d*** plash of a doctor took $95 and said " Its a spiderbit, haver some eyedrops"..what a complete spanner. Chew went off walking with a Swiss girl to some hot springs, he has become prone to venturing away from time to time, it is just part of the nomadic beauty that makes him who he is.

MOUNT DOOM a.k.a. TONGARIRO CROSSING - Quite frankly a incredible day, full of trials, tribulations, brick walls, panic attacks, rings, blisters and relief. Waking at 5am we were driven to the beginning of the crossing, full of motivation and gay abndon. The basic crossing is considered difficult with the 4 hour Mount Doom excursion adding extremely treacherous terrain up hill at at 45 degree gradient. Boob reached the point to set off for the summit having lost the others due to various speeds of ascent to that point. After waiting for 20 minutes he decided to set off alone expecting the others to pass on the summit opportunity. As it turned out 3 quarters of the way up he climbed a rock to see Chewy and Harry's sweaty bodies and faces clawing their way up the mountain at a decent speed. What followed was an epic test of a mans character as the volcanic crater loomed ahead. Ward meanwhile had disappeared, we feared his knees may have finally succumbed but more in a sec. Chew's fear was clear has the height hit him, he clung to a rock in front of Harry and took a few minutes to find the will to continue. Boob arrived, then Harry and then a ecstatic Chewy to a couple of claps; a great f***ing effort we say so ourselves. We chilled at the top for a bit playing with some rings, before an incredible descent on ass, feet and legs before a grinding 5 hour walk back to the bus. We arrived at 4.29, the last bus was at 4.30...GERRRRRRAAAARRRRRDDDD. And who was there back at Taupo??? Bloody Ward who had conquered the summit sooner, faster and more ably than his colleagues, Ward completed the walk a good 40 minutes before his fellow piers. His knees were most relieved.