So New Zealand... Our first impressions of Christchurch were good it seemed a really nice place with lots of character! We stayed at one of the best hostels so far right in the centre of town which was great. It would be a lie to say that we busted a gut in Christchurch seeing as we went to the cinema times in as many days- sometimes a bit of home comfort goes a long way! We had to stay in Christchurch for six days as we had decided to hire a car and there were ...

Sydney!!! First impressions of Sydney were good, we loved it! Though driving around it in the van was a nightmare!!! Bondi also looked really nice though was full to the brim with posers!! We found a place called Rose bay where we called pulled up and to park without hassle. It was a nice area and had loos!! We settled down for the night, only to be rudely disturbed in the early hours by a group of boys. I (Lizzie) was a wake when a flash light came into the van ...

Ok we headed from Townsville to Airlie beach with the hope of doing some sailing around the Whitsundays. We also said that we would give Max- this German guy who was on our dive course a lift as well. Ok, well off we headed in the scorching heat of the mid afternoon only to run out of petrol in the middle of nowhere. Before you call us stupid we would like to point out one fact that to get anywhere is this country you are talking some serious miles- hundreds of m...

Ok so here we are in Australia. We Arrived in Perth and settled into the Aussie way of life which is pretty chilled out. We went down to Fremantle and stayed up there for a few days. We found 'Freo' about as laid back as a place can be. We stayed in a good hostel and met some interesting people and had some good nights out! We had been pretty tight with money so far so decided that we would push the boat out and go out for lunch on our last day in 'Freo'. Now I (...

Ok , so we found ourseleves back in Bangkok. We felt that after only a brief incounter with bangkok the first time around that we should make an active effort to look around the city this time. We headed off to Wat Pho- the largest reclining Buddha- which more than lived up to its name- this thing was emense. Now we didn\'t want to over do things so after a pit stop (an ice cream or two) we headed on to see the Grand Palace. The architecture was something else- ...