mONDAY 17TH aPRIL-didnt have this day!!! Tuesday 18th- arrived at the airport at 4.30 am, expecting to be picked up by a pre paid private taxi- nope! Had to pay for my own shuttle bus, Got to the hostel expecting to be met, no sat outside for an hour waiting for the guy to open the door. Finally got in, feeling quite cold!!My first impression of NZ was interesting!!Went to the supermarket and kept trying to speak Portuguese!!Think i have more culture shock comi...

Sunday 16th April- left for the airport at 9- feeling very tired!!Tried to pay my airport taxes with a fake 50 pessos note- only about 12 quid but still annoying taxi driver in BA must have given it to me!Once in Chile i had my apple conviscated by customs- doh!!I then got bombarded by taxi drivers as i treid to get to Santiago city for a quick tour of the city before catching my next plane to New Zealand. Checked out e.g. Cathedral, museum, then a random guy sta...

Tuesday 9th May: had to unpackage some quilts today for a quilt display at the next NZSO concert. Then Lady Joan Giles called; a rather exentric old lady friend of my grandparents in London. She told me she was taking me out for lunch! Had a very chatty lunch with Lady Joan- she is very well travelled and continues to travel on her own round the world- go her!Had a nice meal when i got back home but was glad i was leaving for a hostel tomorrow! Wednesday 10th M...

Sunday 9th April- ok so i arrived in BA at about 11 and caught an expensive taxi to the hostel! It was such a cool hostel- i could tell the party scene was going to be good!!Checked in, and even though i ahd not slept for 30 hours i headed out to an awesome football match in BA. The atmosphere was so cool! Monday 10th- met up with my travelling/project partners from Brazil again- was cool!Took a walk around the city adn admired the amazing architecture- i still...

Friday 7th April- got up at 10 and decided to spend a day going round the parks and museums, including the Villa Lobos museum. I then walked, and walked, and walked for ages to get to the Botanical gardens. The place was amazing, so many photo opportunities!!Got a text from Leandro`s friend Kieran who lives in Rio' we met up for a drink and then headed to Lapa!All the people from our hostel went, and i also met up with Helen, Katy and Caroline- 3 girls who had do...