Trip: Year away from home
There are [54] stories from my trip: Year away from home
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 8 Oct 2008 | Views [515]
We've left the lovely New Zealand behind and we're now in Australia. Our last week or so was great even though we were rained on a lot - but we expected that from the West Coast. We left the country on a high with ice-climbing (fantastic fun, using axes ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 8 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 26 Sep 2008 | Views [392] | Comments [1]
We're in Queenstown now - the adrenalin capital of NZ. We went jetboating this morning, it is great fun - racing around and doing 360s was really cool and definetely to be recommended. Dave's persuaded me to go rafting tomorrow, slightly scary but you ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 11 Sep 2008 | Views [432]
Well I've finally done it and hit the big 3-0! Wow. It's been beautifuly bright and sunny and we've had a lovely day wandering around the Golden Bay. Long beautiful sandy beaches, waterfalls, jungles and snow capped mountains to admire and chocolate ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 4 Sep 2008 | Views [408]
We've been in New Zealand just over a week now and are having a great time (as usual). After a brief stop in Auckland, we headed up to the very north and saw where the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea meet. We went on a fast boat ride round the Bay of Islands ... Read more >
FIJI | Sunday, 31 Aug 2008 | Views [466]
We had a wonderful holiday in Fiji. I know, you all think our life is a permanent holiday while we're travelling but every now and again you do need to stop for a bit and just chill out before hitting the road again. So our tropical paradise was a chance ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 30 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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FIJI | Friday, 29 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Saturday, 9 Aug 2008 | Views [316]
The last few weeks has been cityhopping so here goes with the update:- Las Vegas - this is one crazy and surreal place. People watching is an absolute must as you'll see every possible type of person (and an awful lot of cleavage - and that's not even ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [302]
It's been a week anda half now and we've driven nearly 1000 miles already. We've driven highway 1 from Los Angeles to San Francisco (with a detour round the forest fires in Big Sur), enjoying the wind-lashed coast. We drove into San Fran through the ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 15 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [342]
After an over night flight we arrived at LAX to face the fabled US immigration... Firstly, we got sent back to add more information to the form and then the fun really started. Dave was all through but then they couldn't enter me in as the link was going ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 6 Jul 2008 | Views [466]
We've finished trekking around deepest, darkest Peru now so have a chance to update you on a few of our adventures:- Lake Titicaca - we headed out across this huge lake in bright sunshine and after a brief stop on a floating island arrived for our homestay ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 4 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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BOLIVIA | Monday, 23 Jun 2008 | Views [1174]
Dave´s birthday was a travel day and we got the bus to Potosi expecting to arrive about 4pm and go out for a nice meal but it didn´t work out that simple! Bolivian buses are not the most luxurious in South America and the roads can be a little suspect, ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Monday, 23 Jun 2008 | Views [691]
We´ve spent the last couple of weeks at altitude and are now old pros so it seems strange to remember how hard it was to start with. When we passed into the Bolivian altiplano we went up to over 4000 metres, and our world drastically slowed down. You ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Friday, 13 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Saturday, 7 Jun 2008 | Views [636]
We’ve now made our way up the length of Chile and will be heading into Bolivia tomorrow so it seems apt to tell of our misadventures…. Boats – well we along with about 30 gringos, a few Chileans and a lot of cows and horses took a slightly longer ... Read more >
CHILE | Friday, 23 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Wednesday, 21 May 2008 | Views [730]
We´re now in our 4th country and feeling very cold. The place is literally freezing - ice allover the place - and we´re spending a lot of time looking like michelon men (maybe not the best of looks!) But, we´re only the same degree south as London is ... Read more >
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