NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 21 Jan 2011 | Views [563] | Comments [1]
Here's what each of us thought of our moment of freefall... Note: the jumpsuits only fitted one of us.... Andy:
The next morning we woke up to some patchy cloud and were sure they would
cancel our jump again. However to our
suprise they ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 20 Jan 2011 | Views [372]
Now that we’d gotten our fill of mountains we headed further
south to Lake Wanaka. This is the
quieter version of Queenstown by all accounts and very nice it was too. With
much of the activities of Queenstown but without all the drunken folk. It ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 16 Jan 2011 | Views [426]
Mount Cook
After giving our car a propper run in (the wonder that is a
Nissan Sunny!) we arrived at Mount Cook. Our route took us past the brilliantly
blue lakes of Tekapo and Pukaki. The
first day was a bit of a wash out so we headed to the ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 14 Jan 2011 | Views [466]
First stop in New Zealand was Christchurch which we didn’t
spend much time in. By all accounts the city is pretty boring and still
recovering from the earthquake of last year. (A four pointer aftershock hit a few days
after we left; Andy quite ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011 | Views [1325] | Comments [1]
We were reluctanct to leave the brilliant Blue Mountains and
the girls, but with only a few days remaining in Sydney we wanted to explore
the northern beaches. We got the train
back into Sydney and took the hour long bus ride over the Sydney ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 7 Jan 2011 | Views [467]
Got the train up to the Blue Mountains; only two hours and
definately worth it. Headed to Katoomba YHA and wasn’t dissapointed; a really
nice hostel. After me getting another
beating by Andy during a game of shithead we got invited to play some ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 4 Jan 2011 | Flickr Photo Gallery
Sydney pics
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 4 Jan 2011 | Views [500]
Bondi – The next day we took the 333 bus to Bondi
beach. The beach is huge and really
busy; sort of reminded me of Southend seafront on a grander scale. We took a walk south to some of the smaller
beaches of Tamarama and Bronte along ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 31 Dec 2010 | Views [564]
New Years eve – We’d heard that the Botanical Gardens are a
great spot to watch the New Years fireworks from (thanks Angharad!). After speaking to people at the hostel we
found out they limit the capacity to 20,000 people so you have to get there
early.... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 30 Dec 2010 | Views [862]
After a very
sleepless night on the plane to Sydney sat next to a very annoying couple who
both seemed to have ADD! A short train journey to Central Station we got to the
YHA Railway Square. Our room was a
converted train carriage sleeping 8 ... Read more >
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SINGAPORE | Wednesday, 29 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
Singapore
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SINGAPORE | Wednesday, 29 Dec 2010 | Views [412]
On flight from UK we watched a film about some climbers and surfers heading down to Patagonia called 182 Degrees South. A great film and definitely whetted our appetite for South America. After the 12 hour flight and a short tube ride into the city
we ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 27 Dec 2010 | Photo Gallery
Blog pics
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