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Summertime - Sail Croatia and Rock Werchter

4 days of sunshine and partying to some amazing bands, see some in lineup below. Coolest festival ever and we saw a bit of Brussels too. Day 1: THE PRODIGY OASIS PLACEBO DAVE MATTHEWS BAND LILY ALLEN EAGLES OF DEATH METAL TIGA PENDULUM L

Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 10, 2009

Peru - Surf and Snow

Jools arrived in Lima and we had plans to head to the beach. It is about 20 or 24 hrs by bus to where we wanted to go so we decided to stage it. However things didnt really work out and we ended up heading the first 9 hrs and staying in a little town

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, May 28, 2009

Winter Warmers and the Marathon

After 3 months of training through the english winter the effort all came to a head with a return to Rome for the big event. The feeling in the camp had been a little negative in weeks leading up to the event due to a dodgy knee injury but nevertheles

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, March 22, 2009

British Summer Time

So where we left off Mum and I had flown back to the UK just in time for some nice weather – awesome. The first night was just a good catch up and a home cooked meal in Yarm. Mum mucked around the next day and had a good look at Yarm. That night as

Most Recent Entry: Friday, October 17, 2008

Back to Blighty

Words from Tommy tomorrow Yes sorry for the wait ... our second trip to scotland was on the second may bank holiday weekend ie we had the monmday off, so off we went friday night to edinburgh in the trusty rover to crash at clint and kerryns pad in

Most Recent Entry: Friday, May 23, 2008

Home for a Break

Charlotte and Trevs Wedding at Ormlie Lodge in Napier...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, February 22, 2008

Europe and the United Kingdom

A long weekend in Copenhagan. Miserable weather, freezing cold and rainy but not to be outdone we visited many pubs and the fantastic carlsberg factory. Incredible mulled wine and huge variety of beer led to a very relaxing weekend and a good break f...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, January 13, 2008

Good Bye South America - I´ll Be Back

wow about time for some updating ... It was a happy moment when we finally arrived in Salta, Argentina. Tired and weiry we stumbled upon an awesome hostal (the first HI hostal we have stayed in) hot showers and bed. This followed a 9 hr train ride,...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, July 01, 2007

Bolivian Adventures

Well a little tired and smelly but we made it back to Argentina - La Paz to Uyuni by bus, cranked a 2 day 4*4 mission on the incredible salt flats, hopped on a train to the border and caught a bus to Salta in Argentina for our first shower in 4 days. ...

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Peru Again - Nth to Sth

A sad farewell to Mancora was made with a few beers on the beach, another fantastic sunset and star wars empire strikes back. We reached the bus stop and our fulash bush turned up (late of course) but it was full, overbooked by 4 people. We argued fo...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, June 07, 2007

Equador

It had come time to leave Quito and Scott M was to stay on for some more spanish lessons before his trip to Colombia (best of luck to him). Finally the 5 kiwis had been whittled down to 2 or so we thought .... Murupara Matt and Julie were met in our...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, May 25, 2007

Peru - The Coast South up to Lima

Carnage - Huacachina is a mad oasis in middle of massive sand dunes close to the coast of peru. We stayed here for a couple of nights on our way to lima..the main thing going for the place is the sand boarding and the fact that it is hot and there are...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, May 13, 2007

Peru - Lake Titicaca, Cuzco, Inca Trail, Mt Chachani, Arequipa, Colca Canyon and Condors

Puno was our first stop in Peru. This town is based around tours to Lake Titicaca (for us anyway)and that is exactly what we did. We left early one morning and the first stop was the Uros floating islands. We had a good guide who told us lots of h...

Most Recent Entry: Monday, May 07, 2007

Boliva and A Little of Peru

We were all a bit nervous flying straight into La Paz because of the altitude (the airport is at 4000 m and the city 3500 m). We first noticed the effects at the airport while climbing back up the steps from the bano (bathroom). Basically you get rea...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Puerto Varas to Santiago

A small town in Chile near the top of the Lakes District. We ventured to Pucon to climb the active volcano Villarrica but were hampered by the weather on each of our 3 days. One of the days we got fully kitted up, took photos of our ice axes and helm...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 08, 2007

Santiago to Puerto Varas

A cruise on the glassy flat channel - a wickedly relaxing day...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, March 22, 2007

New Zealand

Had afew beers on 22nd with mates, cheers guys then left nz on the big oe...