Hi all We've been back in Luddenden Foot for a few days now getting ready for Christmas. The journey home was quite tiring, but it's exciting to be home particularly with the snow! We enjoyed our short time in America although it was mainly cold and wet - it even rained when we were in Las Vegas - the first rain there since July. Vegas was as mad as you'd expect, but disappointingly un-Christmassy. We didn't win our fortune, but did see a fantastic Cirque du So...

Hello all We are now back in Auckland having finished our driving tour of New Zealand. Our good fortune with the weather has deserted us this last week. It has gone from clear sunny skies to gloomy rainy days. However it has not stopped us from having a good time. We spent some time on the west coast of the South Island in the glacial region. It's quite a strange area because it is covered in rain forests giving you no sense that there there are any glaciers at...

Hi. We have now been on the South Island for just over a week and it is spectacular! The scenery is stunning and although we are spending a lot of time on the road it has been really enjoyable watching the changing views of mountains and lakes. We really liked the Malborough area of the island, and not just because of the wine! The area in and around Nelson and Blenheim is particularly beautiful with it's vineyards backed by snowcapped mountains. We went furthe...

Kia Ora! (as in the Maori greeting not the drink!) We have just arrived in the South Island having been around the North Island since our last update. We started in Auckland for a couple of days and caught up on our washing as we had a washer dryer in the apartment! The harbour is a nice area but the city is mostly just like many in Britain. We then travelled north to Pahia in the Bay of Islands, aptly named as it is literally full of tiny islands - very pictu...

Bula everyone! We've got to Auckland but wanted to put Fiji on the blog map! We ended our time in Australia with sight seeing in Sydney. As you can see from the photos we spent quite a lot of time around the Harbour Bridge and Opera House! We walked across the bridge the conventional way this time instead of over the top. We took a ferry to Watson's Bay to sample the world famous Doyle's fish and chips (well recommended!) and to see out to the Pacific. There we...