Hello White water rafting was brilliant! We had so much fun, and I jumped off a small waterfall which I'm very proud of! We have some good pictures on CD from the company so we'll try to put them up if we find a CD thing somewhere. Chris has decided that he wants to take up rafting as his new hobby! This picture is where we were today, boiling mud pools in a thermal area. Very smelly (because of the sulphur they give off that smells like rotten eggs!) but quite...

Hello! We are back in New Zealand, down in Mervyn's timeshare by the lake Taupo which is very nice. We had a trip around the mountains/ volcanoes yesterday in the national park and Chris went up the ski lift to the top of what was Mordor in the Lord of the Rings films. We had cream tea in the Chateau, which I think Grandad might have done as well? White water rafting on the river this afternoon! We've been wall climbing as welll here which was fun, Chris made ...

Hi, We've finally got some more photos up, although it is painfully slow! SAmoa photos will have to wait for now! On Monday we went snorkelling which was great fun. We couldn't go scuba diving because there was a cruise ship in the way so we'll have to wait until the great barrier reef! Yesterday we visited a rainforest preserve and a waterfall and natural pool. Runninbg out of time now but we need to write more about this particular adventure later! Today we ...

Hi all, Thanks for the messages. We had a bit of a scare on Friday night but we are fine. The family we are staying with are taking good care of us. Don't have much time now but hope to upload more photos and answer some questions soon! Very sad to read about Japan after having such an amazing time there. Mum- yep we are about 2 mins walk away from the Fuel station in Manase, our fale is to the right and sticks out because its closer to the sea than most!...

Hi, Where to start! We are having trouble finding a suitable computer to upload photos but hopefully when we're back in NZ we'll be able to as we have lots of great photos - still some from Japan - that we want to put up. I'm typing this from the most westerly internet cafe in the world! At the minute we are in Samoa on the West island, Savaii, staying in a fale (fa-lay) on the beach. After Jenni and Mervin's hospitality this is a far cry but it is very specia...