So I was back in New Zealand, but this time I would be meeting my sister and her friends and doing it in a campervan. I could write a whole blog about the campervan, it was a love hate relationship! It broke down on us twice - once in the car park of a Burger King whilst we cooked out stir fry and another (more embarrassing) time when we were in the queue for a ferry and all the cars had to drive around us! Nevertheless, it was awesome fun and, if it wasn't for t...

My first impression of Fiji - the heat, it's about 30 degrees :) My second impression of Fiji - going to a fire an knife show at my hostel on my first night and watching one of the guys accidently throw a knife into the crowd, narrowly avoiding decapitating someone!! Most of my trip to Fiji was not actually spent on the mainland. They have about 30 different resort islands off the coast of the main island, the furthest one being 6 hours away. It's a really unusua...

When I stepped out of Auckland airport, my heart sank because it felt as cold as it had done in Wales. It's actually warm here until the wind blows, and the wind blows most of the time! My hostel took a bit of getting used to. It has about 200 people - most of them being drunk 18-21 yr old Germans who come waking us oldies up at 5am after partying in the bar next door, where the music is so loud it makes our beds shake :-s Auckland itself is quite nice. Apparent...

So the time had come to set off on my travels. It was hard saying goodbye to everyone and part of me even wondered if I was doing the right thing. On the plane, I was sat next to a man who was going to work as a security guard in Iraq, which helped me not to be scared anymore and made me realise how lucky I was to have the opportunity to do this. After a 15 hour journey, I finally arrived in Kuala Lumpur. When I eventually arrived in the hostel the lady who owne...