So on the Friday Rich was due to land at about 5pm but was delayed until 9pm! We went to meet him at the airport and he was already cheesed off when he got here! This was partley due to being stuck in the airport all day and partly due to being harrassed at Aucklands immigration. As he we had booked him into our hostel he didnt know what his address was going to be they first pulled him up on that (or so he says - we think its because he looks like a paedophile) ...

Hello All! We are so so so sorry for not updating this sooner we've just been having way to much fun in New Zealand so far! At the moment i'm writing this on my own as Turlough has gone out for a run (i'll tell you why another day!) I'm sure he'll be back soon to correct my errors though! I can't believe the last time we wrote was South America! it already seems like such a long time ago! Anyhoo, when we landed in Auckland it was about 4am and the first thing ...

So we awoke at about 2:30am we woke up to catch our 3am bus. Lukily we only had a short walk around the corner and then I saw it. The massive cue of pure Bolivians. This was 100% a local bus, no other tourists or whiteys to be seen anywhere! Everything they tell you not to do, catching a bus with local pickpockets and rapists and also getting it at night. Brilliant. When it pulled up it was obiouvly nothing like the previous coahces we were used to, no toilet and...

Sooooo when we last wrote we were in La Paz! We planned to leave La Paz on the firday night, even though we had been warned against, getting a night bus in Bolivia we had little choice as there was only night buses leaving La Paz. We booked out tickets with Flo and Chrissy through the hostel and got royally ripped off. However at least we were getting ripped off in the cheapest place on earth so it didnt seem so bad. Unfortunatley the Americans Tim and Charl...

Firsty just some random thought that i feel we have missed out of previous blogs. If anyone is thinking about travelling themeselves ever, a couple of things that we could absolutley not live without. Firstly the fact that our bags open sideways like a suitcase is brilliant. I didn´t realise until i saw that Flo and Chrissy had to empty there bags out everytime they got to a hostel and re pack because theres only loaded from the top! Secondly the boots we got f...