Hey Everyone, Had a fantastic 5 days in Los Angeles. Suprisingly managed to fit a lot in. Thursday 4th February Arrived at our hostel and we're impressed. It had everything we needed and was more like an apartment. We were sharing with 7 others, had a tv with cable (lots of sports channels for Tim) a couple of bedrooms and a kitchen. We also had a basketball net outside, free internet and breakfast included. Met some pretty interesting people the first night. ...

Hey guys, Got to 'Nandi' on last Thursday. Wasn't the best start. Tim and my suitcases were broken at the airport, only the pull out bit, but now it's really awkward to try and drag them long distances. We went straight from the airport to our hostel, Drift In, by taxi. Outside the hostel, we were immediately met by some of the family, who gave us a tour of the place. In the evening we learnt the customary way to drink in Fiji. The guys here drink Fiji bitter l...

Hey everyone! We are back in Auckland for a few days after heading down to the South Island and checking out Queenstown for the week. Had heard so much hype about the place, we thought we should check it out. Firstly, I can understand where the hype comes from. They call Queenstown the Adventure Capital of The World... and that it is. You can do everything there from rafting, bungy jumping, canyon swing, sky dive etc and the list goes on. However, for those...

Hello Again, Just got back to Auckland from our week of touring the North Island with Contiki. What a hectic week it has been. Three hospitalisations, 1 airpocket in a parachute while someone was skydiving, 1 near arrest, 1 police escort home, lots of money spent on Jagerbombs and lots of other madness. Everthing started Tuesday night. We found out the group were due to come to our hostel to have dinner, so decided to meet them their. Chatted to a lot of them a...

Hello and greetings from Wellington, New Zealand First of all we would both like to apologise for the lack of blogging since arrival. We have arrived here in the Land of Smiles and have been out exploring this lovely city and trying to spot ourselves some hobbits! Staying in a cool Nomads hostel right in the centre of city. Great hostel - known as a flashpackers. Nice size kitchen and all that jazz, they even provide free (snack size) meals ( can upgrade for ...