Adventure New Zealand

Two games later, England are into the final 16 although Owen unfortunately is back in England after suffering a knee injury. Joe Cole is playing like a legend, and Lampard and Terry look solid along with Gerrard and the fighting Wayne Rooney. We watche...

 

She confiscated my apple AND its raining...!!!!

Well, my last few days in Oz were nice, and simple. I went up to the village of Kuranda, but not before taking a visit to an aboriginal visitors centre called Tjapukai (pronounced Jabookye of course!!). This was a centre about aboriginal life run and...

 

flying north for summer

We've been reading more about the history of this place, and yesteray went to a film about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, so we're slowly managing to understand a bit more of the dismal past of Cambodia - although the more you learn about it the less it ...

 

The Pacific, NZ and a tiny bit of Oz

Dunedin is a nice but fairly quiet town. We found the world's steepest street - Badwin st and drove to the top and held our breath on the steep descent! Then we drove out to the Otago peninsula and visited Larnach Castle - New Zealand's only castle. ...

 

World Backpacking Trip (Part 2) - New Zealand, Australia, Asia & Europe 2006 / 2007

Wednesday 11th April I Woke at 5am as train rattled into Hanoi. I met Aaron and Natalie at the front of the station and we took a taxi back to the same hotel, where we had breakfast because nowhere else was open before 8am. Then I took a ta...

 

Gap Year : New Zealand

It's a little over a week now since I left Whitianga. I'm currently sitting in the net cafe at Base Backpackers in Wellington on a sweaty Thursday evening with a nice cup of tea. I'm here in Wellington until Sunday morning, when I catch my flight over ...

 

New Zealand and Christmas/New Year 2006

27th Making good progress, we arrived in Rotorua, the spa town right in the middle of the North Island around 4ish. This compact city is on built on the site of active volcanoes, hence the hot springs all over the place and the constant smelly of rott...

 

Gap Year 2003

Lima, Peru Flying vist back through Lima on way south to Pisco...

 

Wish you were here?

Hi, After we left you on Monday afternoon we took a walk from our hotel down to the Tulum ruins on the beach. We didn't have the place to ourselves like at Chichen Itza unfortunately but most of the tour buses had departed. The ruins are of a Mayan...

 

USA 2004

A few weeks in Aussie, and about a month in NZ, then stopped off in Vancouver on the way back to UK....

 

Groundhog Day in New Zealand

Rather than a sleight on the repetivity of life in NZ, I did actually spend Groundhog Day there (February 1st), although I was a little lucky to make it at all. Checked my flight details the day before I flew out. Turns out I was flying out at 9am, not...

 

Trip to New Zealand, USA and Canada

Skiing at lake Lousie was pretty sweet with me and matty enjoying a massive dumping while jezza was at home resting a sore ankle. Poor guy, we ate burgers there too. We also spent waitangi day there skiing which turned into a morning side for life fre...

 

Gap Year 2004

Me and Deaj organised to take a couple of days off work and head out to the Blue Mountains for a bit of fresh air. James really enjoyed his trips there, so it really had to be done. We shot over on a train to Katoomba, one of the larger towns in th...

 

BMA Conference & Elective

Click 'view photo album' to see all the photos. Ah... the buffet breakfast! I'm not sure I'll ever be able to eat pineapple again in britain. The buffet is superb - salmon, fruit, traditional malay food, muffins, danish pastries, fruit, toast, eggs,...

 

Trip of a lifetime!

Well we arrived in Sydney after a tiresome 23 hours of travelling from Joburg, Africa, on the 6th March 2006....

 

Europe 2005 - Present

What an awesome combined leaving party for me and my sneaky sisters' birthday. Thanks Chris and Motz for forking out for us and thanks to everyone that came. I didn't get to see and talk to everyone I would've liked to cause I was so pissed when I even...

 

New Zealand & Australia '06-'07

South Island consisted of Sailing adventures in Abel Tasman, Pancake rocks, dancing on bars, Hiking up a glacier in the middle of a rainforest, Karaoke in the middle of nowhere, BUNGEE in Queenstown, Cruising Milford Sound, Stewart Island (next stop An...

 

The Big Oh-Eee

I drank more Guinness than I have ever even SEEN in my life, but it would be rude to go to Dublin and not have one! Plus it was the cheapest drink in every pub which is the main reason we kept drinking it rather than switching to something else! ...

 

New Zealand

A brief and simple statement from Chief Ross Orsmond has summed up the NZ leg of our trip absolutely perfectly, "Nature is freaking me out on this trip". We have been absolutely spellbound by the incredible variety of spectacular sights i...

 

Dom's Travel Quest

Landed here Sunday 9th May 2006! Settled in very quickly, with a house, job and car within first few weeks! (Only with a lot of help from my friends!)...

 

Southern Hemisphere Safari

Came down to Floriano for a weeks relaxation on the beatiful brazilian beaches! Checked into the only hostel recommended in the "book" to find we were in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of hippies in a room stinking of damp with no money! ...

 

Des & Tom´s Latino Adventures!

Saturday 8th April// Sunday 9th April//...

 

Home to NZ again

The house post a quick paint job, a few new lights and some new curtains...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

New Zealand 2006

I arrived in Auckland, New Zealand on Thursday 5th October, Marthie told me that Bob would come and get me at the airport so I entered Auckland airport staring at all the bold older men, not sure what they must have thought, after about 5 minutes I cal...

 

New Zealand 2005

Although illegal, hitchhiking is a common and accepted practice here in New Zealand. Let's Go! New Zealand does not endorse it but does concede that New Zealand is perhaps the best country to hitchhike. But, it reads, use common sense: don't hitch alo...

 

New Zealand Apr/May 2007

Yay! Collected my rental camper van today. Also had a very early start to the day... 25 April is ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) Day in New Zealand and Australia. On this day these two countries emember members of the Australian and New...

 

The Ring Searching Route 01 - 17AUG2004

KUALA LUMPUR / SINGAPORE MH605 01AUG 1540/1635 SINGAPORE / AUCKLAND NZ28 01AUG 2020/1010* AUCKLAND / SINGAPORE NZ23 17AUG 1155/1900 SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR MH610 17AUG 2110/2205 KUALA LUMPUR / SINGAPORE MH605 07AUG 1540/1635 SINGAPORE / AUCKLAND N...

 

New Zealand Pictures

Here are some pics of New Zealand, I can finally proove to you all i did the Bungy jump!!! Hope you enjoy them!!...

 

Trip of a lifetime

Shopping. A woman's downfall and yet the source of such entertainment and happiness! Julie has said throughout this trip that she was saving all of her shopping until South-East Asia because it's sooo much cheaper here. And she has pretty much kept h...