Bula! We've now arrived in Auckland New Zealand after spending a week in Fiji which was amazing!! We spent the first and last of our 7 day in Fiji on the mainland at Nadi, but spend 5 days on Waya Island at a resort called Octopus, which was heavenly!! It was more like a five star resort than a back packer place - there were even a few couples on honeymoon so I was very happy!! Whilst we were on Waya Island we stayed in a bure which is an authentic Fijian wood...

Aloha and welcome to Hawaii. Quick note on that it's Hawa-ee not Ha-why-ee. Turns out i've been saying it wrong all my life and now it's totally confusing me as to where i am. I've tried saying Hawa-ee and end up getting funny looks from everyone so have given up and am calling it Oahu instead. Well the backpacking is really difficult and we are struggling to be honest. The huge, air conditioned, 5th floor bedroom overlooking a beautiful golf course and canal, v...

Hi all, Second update from LA.... After a really early night, we got up early on day two to brillant sunshine and so drove to Universal Studios which was fantastic. We literally walked through the gates to get in with no queuing at all (for those of you who know Matt - he hates queuing so this was a real result!!) The first thing we did was the studio tour which was amazing, we saw the sets from loads of films like War of the World, Jurassic Park and Jaws. We al...

Hi all, We finally arrived in LA after a three hour delay sat on the tarmac at Heathrow with a faulty plane! Once we picked up our car at the airport we set off for our hostel, only problem was, we weren't really sure where it was and didn't have a map at all! So, after a fairly stressful drive, the purchasing of a map and probably some illegal driving from Matt, we arrived at our hostel at what felt like the middle of the night - jet lag had set in!! We woke ...

Packing is truly a nightmare. Evaluating all possible clothing combinations is like a game from the Krypton factor and one that i don't feel i will succeed at. Have decided to go for Noah's "two of everything" principle, plus a handful of pants. I've got enough mosquito spray to clean up the Amazon and enough Immodium to block the channel tunnel. Attempting to cram it all in to a bag we then have to carry is another feat we've yet to master. Safe to say...