We flew into Chile last wednesday, managing to arrive 3 hours before we left New Zealand, despite an 11 hour flight, after crossing the international date line! Since then we have stayed 9 nights in Santiago, with trips out of the cty to see a little more of Chile. We've had a few days sightseeing in Santiago itself. Walking the streets we've seen the Catedral de Santiago, which was very beautiful inside, climbed up Santa Lucia Hill, taken a funicular ride up to...

Our final entry from New Zealand on the day that we fly to Santiago for the last leg of our trip... The second half of our trip around New Zealand was in a camper van that we rented from 'Jucy', which turned out to be a great company, easy to get hold of and pretty good value for money. We picked up the van in Christchurch and from there drove straight up the coast to Kaikoura, to do a whale-watching trip in the afternoon. It was a fantastic few hours out on th...

This is a quick summary of our fantastic time in South Island, New Zealand, aboard the Magic Bus with a great group of travelling buddies! We flew into Christchurch and spent two days seeing the sights of strangely English city... Another tram ride took us around the major sights, including the Canterbury Museum, Botanical Gardens, Art Gallery, parliament buildings, Arts centre and to see some traditional Cambridge-style punters on the river. We stayed at Base B...

Firstly, apoplogies for the slightly delayed and probably rather brief entry! We'll try and bring you up to date... But memories of Australia might be a little hazy! Back in May we enjoyed the last of our time on the beach at Bondi, near Sydney, spending a few very relaxing days watching the surfers and meeting up with a couple of guys we had met up in Cairns. Then we moved to central Sydney and stayed in Wake Up hostel, where we bumped into a few people from ...

We had a quick stop at Magnetic Island on the way down the coast, hired a car and explored the deserted beaches. Had a walk up to some WWII forts to see the spectacular view and hunt (unsuccessfully!) for koalas up gum trees... Then a night in Townsville to do a little shopping and rest before heading down to Airlie Beach, from where we started our three-day Whitsunday sailing trip.  We had a fantastic time aboard the Anaconda II, an 85ft Maxi Yacht, which ha...