When I woke up feeling a little bit better after my cold I decided to try and sort my life out a little. I paid a visit to the mall in Chiang Mai and got a replacement battery for my phone as well as buying a new camera as I couldn't live without one. Then I went to see our pharmacist friends in the 5 Les Meridien that they'd got for their final night as a treat. They went out to the night marke

Well all packed up and stuffed in Louise's little car named Madge and we were off to Nelson. We had to drive through the beautiful Lewis Pass to get there. Took us about 6 hours to drive from Christchurch to Nelson. As it was good friday when we arrived there wasn't much open and the town was a ghost town. We found our hostel and found out that they made a mistake with our booking but using my am

Our final island in French Polynesias saw us call at Raiatea for what was too short a time as we had to be off on our final leg to Honolulu. As the time was so short we didnrsquot book anything so had a lazy day all round. However thanks to the local ferry we couldnrsquot leave by the normal route and so we actually had some spectacular views departing the port steering in a vey narrow channe

It's been a long time coming but finally it is hereSince my last blog I have been through Vietnam into Cambodia back in Thailand a short trip to Burma spent time in Malaysia and am now sat in Indonesia. After North Vietnam I travelled south to a town called Da Nang. It was Chinese New Year at th time and everywhere was closed all the Vietnamese were with their families eating and drinking

I woke up again after Doug had already been up reading for a while. I left him in charge of booking Busch Garden tickets and the hotel for the next night and I went for another run down the boardwalk of Virginia Beach. Everyone was out running on the boardwalk but it was really nice anyways. We stopped for a quick bite at the continental breakfast it was ok printed our Busch Garden tickets and

I just got back from the Grand Canyon as well as the museum and lots of other places such as shops that were there. It wasn't exactly what i had imaged completely but it was similar because I saw some picture of it before. Although it wasn't what I completely thought it was going to be like it was still really amazing kind to think of it it was so awesome that i took to many picture and my memor

We left at about 8am. Not quite the 6am start I joked about but not a bad start at all. We drove down Hwy 33 through Rock Creek and then through Grand Forks then Hwy 395 to the border crossing. Not far from the border we stopped for lunch at Colville where we saw a giant C on the hillside with a giant cross as well.Once through Spokane we started journeying East on the I90. Along the wa

Days 12 13 14 15 and all there is to see is sea plus the occasional bird and the odd flying fish. Someone said they saw a ship the other day by we think they we hallucinating. The last couple of days have been a bit rocky as the wind has got up and you know itrsquos going to get a bit bumpy when they start leaving strategically placed sick bags on the staircases But when yoursquove becom

Good morning Vietnam On Saturday I made my way to Ho Chi Minh via bus. The entry into Vietnam was smooth enough and I found a backpackers without any fuss. It was a strange feeling to be in another country and for the first time since I arrived I felt that sinking feeling I realised that my bubble had burst. I was now in a country where everything was again unfamiliar and it was now all up to me

The amazing Rob Roy glacier and our encouter with the kea bird...L'etonnant glacier Rob Roy et notre rencontre avec le kea oiseau...

Hi allThis is going to be a poor excuse for a blog entry but I promise much more tomorrow. We have the afternoon free. We've taken gobs of photos. We were up at 530 and on the road at 615 this morning. Tomorrow we're up at 500 am and on the boat at 530 for 2 hours in the Tortuguero canals.It has to be 150 degrees in our rooms with no air and I can run faster than the fan turns. The humidity is

Thursday April 22ndThe day dawned overcast and rainy in Orewa. We spent most of the morning in the van making use of the good internet connection to do a few online duties before having a late but very delicious breakfast. Before leaving Orewa we stopped to pick up a few supplies then headed north a few kilometers to the Wenderholm Regional Park.As we drove down the access road to the park we w

The road trip started at the revised hour of 9am. The route we were taking was called 'Ruta Puuc' which is a circuit of Mayan sites in the Puuc region close to Merida where we were staying.As we were picking up the car another traveller was dropping his back who had visited similar ruins. He highly recommended one which was not on our original agenda Mayapan. With the journey changed we headed

No you are not in a western Look at the lovely autumn colours...Non vous n'etes pas dans un western Jettez un oeil aux jolies couleurs d'automne...

This past weekend we spent it with great friends in Yantian and enjoyed fun activities. Friday we arrived in Yantian around 530pm we haven't been to Yantian since Christmas. Once we arrived to Kris and Kelly's apartment the other 3 couples were all waiting for us. We decided we were all hungry and went to a new restaurant and enjoyed the food and drinks for about 2 hours. Then we went back to Kr

HeyWell we went for one night to Suzhou and it wasn't quite what I was expecting. I thought that it would be a peacefull place with lots of orginal buildings showing china's archeticture. However it turns out that its full of KFC McDonalds and all the places which you try and get away from. We did manage to find a nice area by the river which did try and retain a bit of culture however this ag

Fancy a tippleUn petit verre

Distance Traveled 410 milesArizona Gila Bend Buckeye Phoenix Mesa Florence Tucson Benson Tombstone Bisbee DouglasNew Mexico Rodeo LordsburgWe elected not to eat breakfast at the Space Age Restaurant imagine that and decided instead to take a couple of pictures in front of the plate metal dinosaur sculpture at the local gas station. Then we headed off to Phoenix. In keeping wit

Have you ever seen some big fishAvez vous deja vu des gros poissons

i just came back from the grand canyon and the museum and where the americans used to live here before the mayflower came it was a fun trip from bailey