Well - It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog entry. Carolann and I are now well settled in Queenstown but she leaves for Sydney next Saturday which will be sad. I will not see her for a couple of months until I reach Australia. For the last couple of weeks I have just been snowboarding, working at KFC and chilling with Carolann. We have also decided to name our new car Tommy after Thomas the Tank Engine. We had a big dump of snow about a week ago (3...

Hi again, Been quite busy over the last few days. Yesterday I went snowboarding in the morning at Coronet peak and was working from 5-10.30pm last night (KFC). Had a splitting headache by the time I finished as have a cold and am just constantly sniffing. Just went straight to bed when I got in and headache is gone today so it's all good. Got up this morning and and went to Remarkables Park (retail park) with Carolann so that I could apply for my national in...

Hi Folks, It's been a while but the last thing you want to do after a hard day on the slopes is to come in and write a travel blog. Especially when you haven't had a couple of beers yet. First of all I want to give a big Happy Birthday Shout out to my mum who turned 60 yesterday. Happy Birthday Mum - You don't look a day over 59. So Carolann and I are now pretty much settled in Queenstown. Since my last blog I have pretty much been trying to find a job and w...

I'm getting slack on the blog already - I can't believe it. Anyway, I have been really busy sice my last post. As you can see, I am now in New Zealand with Carolann. In my last couple of Days in Japan I didn't really see anything else that I had not seen before. The one highlight was going to Karaoke in Shibuya. A few of us from the Hostel went to a Karaoke bar. It's a little different to the U.K as you hire your own room and each person pays about £3 an...