Hello from the United States of America! Having a great time here in the US - the people are crazy but they're also good fun and entertaining! Our first stop here was in LA and 2 nights there was enough for both of us. The place was pretty rough, dirty and full of wacko's, particularly along Hollywood Boulevard! There were wanabees everwhere and the place felt like one big X-Factor show. On our second day there we walked up to the Hollywood sign, walking through...

Bula Bula! We're back in Nadi after spending a couple of weeks hopping around the various islands. The weather has been baking and life on the islands has been very relaxing with most of our time spent on the beaches soaking up the sun or asleep in a hammock! The people on the islands are really friendly and accommodating and everything is done in Fiji time - i.e. not on time! The islands are really quiet and very picturesque, paradise isn't a description far fr...

Hola from Queenstown! Arrived here yesterday after a fairly long drive. Our trip has seen us visit several places since the last blog post and we've also acquired some additional road trip buddies in the shape of Kiefer (AKA - Gav/Bro) and Gem. After Rotorua we stayed at Taupo for a few nights which was a nice place and enjoyed some of the baking weather there beside Lake Taupo. We also took a drive around the lake one day and almost ran dry of petrol - not good ...

Hello from Rotorua! Arrived here last week and had a couple of nights in Auckland, which wasn't the greatest of places. The highlight of our time there was probably the half an hour we spent in an ice bar where, not suprisingly, everything was made from ice... not the bar staff mind! After Auckland we drove north to the Bay of Islands and spent some time there in a place called Paihia, after stopping off at a couple of places on the way. Paihia was a nice place ...

It's been a while since the last blog update so thought I'd add one before we depart for New Zealand next Monday. Melbourne has been good fun and it's been great staying at Benzo's and not having to share dorms/facilities with any old jonny foreigner! The weather here has been indifferent for us but generally pretty hot most days, just not Speedo weather! This is a place where you really can have 4 seasons in a day. Christmas day here was very different to back ...