Its been a busy week here in Auckland! Last Saturday I went sailing on an America's Cup yacht. The boat was built for, and raced in, the 1995 America's Cup where it made it to the semi-finals. 78 feet long and with a mast over 110 feet high, the entire vessel was made of carbon fiber and titanium. We took it out into the bay outside Auckland and...

Just passed through Auckland a couple of times but managed to visit the highlight, the Sky Tower which is the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere. You can do crazy things like jump off it or walk around the outside. I had my fill of adventure for this trip so I decided to enjoy the view from the inside while also enjoying some of New Ze...

Having enjoyed relaxing in Tauranga we only had one day left so are staying overnight at an airport hotel in Auckland before flying out to Santiago tomorrow afternoon. We hope to drive around the centre of Auckland in the morning. Today was wet and windy so hope it is better tomorrow. Our overall impression of NZ is good. We would definitely lik...

So, today I checked out of the ACB hostel, and recently arrived at the Fat Camel. It is definetely different. More like I had imagined hostel like might be- messy dorms, loud music, etc. Hopefully they turn it down later on! This morning, Kayla and I went for the hop-on, hop-off tour. Our first stop that we got off at was Bastion Point, which wa...

Okay, I have jobs, which will set me up, over the next couple of months, for my trip around New Zealand, which I will do in approximately five weeks at the end of my stay here. It sounds a long way away, but after looking at all the exciting, death defying things that I would like to do whilst in the world's adventure capital, it is really a nec...

Well made it ...all on my lonesome into Auckland... at about 5am in the morning after the most excrucating journeys of all time.... A 13hr journey crammed on the inside of a well built young lady is not exactly my idea of fun... clearly she did not have any issues and went into snore overdrive!!! Hmmmmmmmmmmm... so much for the 24hr reception at...

After a very long journey, we, Bill, Pat and Sarah, have finally arrived at 6:45am local time, somewhat rested, in Auckland, New Zealand. Despite the jet lag, the trip was overall very smooth, with Greg all ready and waiting to greet us at the airport terminal. After picking up our trusty station wagon, which will serve as our mode of transporta...

In Milford Sound we were the most southern we have ever been. You thought cockneys were bad, well these guys are true southerners and only Argentina and Chile can boast latitudes closer to the Antarctic. It had taken us 132 days to travel 11,737 miles from Manchester, and it was from here that we began our homeward route. Our first northbound de...

First things first. I booked a Mazda MX5 for a month, 1st generation, red! It's exactly the car I fantasize to use on my wedding, with the wildest version of the fantasy being my doing donuts in front of Agias Sofias square (For those not familiar with the terminology, doing donuts with a car means spinning around, see photo). So, I kiss the Get...

Goodbye NZ, Hello Australia. Our last week in NZ proved as enjoyable as the others, as we travelled to the fiordlands and had an amazing kayaking trip in a place called Doubtful Sound that included travelling with a pod of bottlenose dolphins, in an area where we felt we were the only ones around. It was definitely worth camping in the rain for....