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Picton to Kaikoura
Sept 27th- 30th We had spectacular views of Queen Charlotte Sounds as we arrived into Picton on the South Island. We stopped at a viewing...
Sep 27, 20153 min read
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Bulls, Shannon, Wellington and LOTR
Sept 22nd- 27th Leaving Taupo we had a long days driving ahead as we would be making our way to Wellington by the evening, which would be...
Sep 22, 20154 min read
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Opotiki and Gisborne
Sept 10th- 12th Left our comfy but smelly home of Rotorua and headed 2 hours 'out east' to Opotiki, passed by the the nice looking town...
Sep 10, 20152 min read
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Northland and Cape Regina
Aug 24th- 29th And so our bags were packed, the apartment emptied, we'd been to collect our hire car, and overfilled the car with all our...
Aug 24, 20153 min read
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Visiting Gili T and Our Final Weeks Of Backpacking
29th Oct - 4th Nov 2014 Coming in to land at Bali's airport was as much fun as it looked when we watched from the beach. We came in fast...
Oct 29, 201412 min read
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Dragons and Diving in Komodo
24th Oct - 28th Oct 2014 For the first time since leaving home I had a moment to truly wonder if I was missing work. I was seated on an...
Oct 24, 201411 min read
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Taking It Balinese-y
15th Oct - 23rd Oct 2014 The cold Bintang in the fridge, the hot shower to wash our way our sand ridden bodies and the cool aircon in...
Oct 15, 201410 min read
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Indonesia | The Journey To Mount Bromo
13th-14th October 2014 0740- Taxi to airport 0840- Arrive, bags through scanner, check in, cant- go to self check in, cant- go back to...
Oct 13, 20149 min read
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Doing Jack all in Jakarta
10th Oct to 12th Oct 2014 While someone was asleep in departures, someone took the chance to use up all the remaining Dong but also seen...
Oct 10, 20144 min read
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City
6th Oct to 9th Oct 2014 Hoot hoot, beep beep, honk honk, toot toot, beep, hoot, honk........ Try listening to that for 13 bloody hours....
Oct 6, 201411 min read
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Nha Trang
3rd Oct to 5th Oct 2014 With two hours until we could check in the hotel, we took a stroll across the road and sat on the beach for a...
Oct 3, 20147 min read
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Hoi An Suited Us
30th Sept to 2nd Oct 2014 'Lets book another night!' Was the first thing we said as soon as we seen our suite at the 'Hoi An Trails'...
Sep 30, 20148 min read
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Hue
I drifted in and out of sleep most of the night, the train was a lot bumpier when you tried to sleep that it was when wake. I woke up to...
Sep 29, 20143 min read
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Hanging Out In Hanoi & On Our Way To Hue
27th Sept to 28th Sept 2014 Another welcome drink, another attempt for us to buy a tour/train ticket from them, another raised eyebrow...
Sep 27, 20144 min read
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Halong Bay | Luxury Cruising
The day we were going to cruise along Halong Bay had arrived. We were awake an hour early as Shan hadn't changed his clock back an hour...
Sep 26, 20143 min read
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Hanoi
24th to 25th Sept 2014 Caught the free shuttle bus from the airport to the airport express station, we thought that was free too but...
Sep 24, 20145 min read
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Hong Kong
21st Sept to 23rd Sept 2014 Off the ferry and joined the immigration queue, no stamp in passport again, just another piece of paper....
Sep 21, 20149 min read
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Macau
19th Sept to 20th Sept 2014 We took a taxi to Pudong airport and were early for check in so relaxed with a coffee. Once checked in and...
Sep 19, 20144 min read
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Shanghai
16th Sept to 18th Sept 2014 Checked out of the hotel in Xian and went in search of a taxi to the airport. It cost us ¥93 ride for over...
Sep 16, 20145 min read
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Xian and the Terracotta Warriors
14th Sep to 15th Sept 2014 And so it was nearly time to leave Beijing, finished packing up our bags and headed to breakfast. We were...
Sep 14, 20147 min read
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Climbing the Great Wall of China!!
11th Sept to 12th Sept 2014 We arrived in China after a 6 hour 20 minute flight and we went through immigration and picked up our...
Sep 11, 20144 min read
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Italy | Sorrento, Pompei, Naples
July 14th -16th We then carried on driving to Sorrento over 6 hour drive and half way down the leg of Italy. Our hotel was lovely, big...
Jul 14, 20131 min read
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All My Bags Are Packed I'm Ready To Go....
7th Jun 2012 - 23rd Jun 2012 Arriving back in Sydney we put adverts up on Gumtree and posters on hostel notice boards to try sell the...
Jun 7, 20125 min read
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Our Van
6th Jun 2012 - After spending a third of our Australian adventure in our campervan it was time to sell up our home. We had a great time...
Jun 6, 20122 min read
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