So from where I roughly left off in Hawaii we spent a couple of days up in the north where we went Shark Cage Diving which was great fun (us guys screamed more than the girls!) and then chilled out on the beach and then headed down back to Waikiki beach for our last few days. We visited Pearl Harbour one day and then the next day we spent on the beach with the two girls as they flew to LA that evening. The next couple of days we visited a few other beaches and one evening we met a russian man in our room who bought us beers so we hung out with him for the evening before being joined by 4 germans and an american!
Were now in L.A which has been great fun! as we only have 2 days we have packed it in. Yesterday we went on a tour of LA where we saw lots of celebrities houses and venice beach, we didnt see any celebrities but we saw many people that looked like jacky chan. Today we have been to Universal Studios which has some amazing effects and we saw lots of film sets and went on lots of rides!
Tomorrow morning we head off to New York for a few days and on monday we are heading home! Madness that its all coming to an end!
See you soon!
Will
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Tuesday 12 May 2009
The North Shore
Aloha,
We're currently chillin' out in a beachside hut with the two girls we met on the plane (they're both called Becki weird i know!) and have been enjoying the radiant sunshine for the past few days. We began our hawaiian adventure with a two days on the sandy beaches of Waikiki and now we're up on the North Shore. Have already enjoyed the beach at the bottom of our garden and today we even got to swim with turtles that line the beaches, it was amazing!And...tomorrow we're going shark cage diving!!!I'm very excited and think i might just jump ship and not worry about the cage!In a few days time we'll head back to Waikiki to check out Pearl Harbour and Diamond Head. tongiht we had a very delightful dinner prepared by the girls (they come in handy sometimes i.e. I woke up to the smell of pancakes for breakfast) spagetti bolognese and chocolate pudding, apparently its our turn to cook tomorrow night though. Only two weeks today and we catch our flight back to mother England. Hope all is well,
Will (written by one of the Becki's)
We're currently chillin' out in a beachside hut with the two girls we met on the plane (they're both called Becki weird i know!) and have been enjoying the radiant sunshine for the past few days. We began our hawaiian adventure with a two days on the sandy beaches of Waikiki and now we're up on the North Shore. Have already enjoyed the beach at the bottom of our garden and today we even got to swim with turtles that line the beaches, it was amazing!And...tomorrow we're going shark cage diving!!!I'm very excited and think i might just jump ship and not worry about the cage!In a few days time we'll head back to Waikiki to check out Pearl Harbour and Diamond Head. tongiht we had a very delightful dinner prepared by the girls (they come in handy sometimes i.e. I woke up to the smell of pancakes for breakfast) spagetti bolognese and chocolate pudding, apparently its our turn to cook tomorrow night though. Only two weeks today and we catch our flight back to mother England. Hope all is well,
Will (written by one of the Becki's)
Sunday 10 May 2009
Fiji and Hawaii
I have been hopeless at updating this recently so I do apologise. I cant even blame it on being busy as we spent the whole of Fiji sat on lovely islands reading books and chatting to people all day!
Ill sum up Fiji nice and quickly. We were there for 18 days, 14 on the islands travelling around loads of different resorts and meeting loads of really lovely people, played volleyball on the beach every day and then spent the evening playing amusing games! was really nice having some chill out time instead of rushing around seeing places! We then spent a few days on the main land and went and did a bit of shopping in the cheap shops and things like that!
Now we are in Hawaii! Because of passing the data line we lived the 8th May twice which was weird! We met a couple of girls from dorset on the plane and we got on well with tyhem so were now travelling around hawaii with us so thats a nice change (and it means they cook tasty food for us!) from the usual 4 of us! So far in hawaii we have sent a couple of days chilling in the water and on the beach and went to a tasty steak takeaway yesterday. Today we are heading up north with the girls to spend a few days there. All is good and its kind of crazy how soon we will be home but im looking forward to seeing everyone again!
Hope everyone is well,
Will x
Ill sum up Fiji nice and quickly. We were there for 18 days, 14 on the islands travelling around loads of different resorts and meeting loads of really lovely people, played volleyball on the beach every day and then spent the evening playing amusing games! was really nice having some chill out time instead of rushing around seeing places! We then spent a few days on the main land and went and did a bit of shopping in the cheap shops and things like that!
Now we are in Hawaii! Because of passing the data line we lived the 8th May twice which was weird! We met a couple of girls from dorset on the plane and we got on well with tyhem so were now travelling around hawaii with us so thats a nice change (and it means they cook tasty food for us!) from the usual 4 of us! So far in hawaii we have sent a couple of days chilling in the water and on the beach and went to a tasty steak takeaway yesterday. Today we are heading up north with the girls to spend a few days there. All is good and its kind of crazy how soon we will be home but im looking forward to seeing everyone again!
Hope everyone is well,
Will x
Saturday 18 April 2009
New Zealand - the north
Since I last wrote we have done alot of things and I don't have a clue which order they were in but they have including seeing lots of waterfalls and my personal favorite has to be the rabbit shearing show we went to!
The past week has been jam packed for us but it has been lovely having the two girls (Makaela and megs) around for a change. When they turned up it did mean that we had to behave ourselves as much as we could but it was lovely to have a change! We have had so many laughs this past week and far too many late nights and early starts! Once we had picked the girls up from aucland airport and spent the night in auckland we headed off to the bay of islands. That night we went to a pub quiz where we were the youngest by about 100 years! We held our ground for a while and then we started slipping until we finally finished last! but i've always been told its the taking part that counts...
The next day we headed off on a fast boat to check out the bay of islands which was good fun and rather wet! In the afternoon we headed further north towards ninety mile beach. We played football with a swiss man called aldo who claimed he was rubbish but then spent the entire game showing off far too much and putting us to shame! We also had alot of fun driving the car on the beach! most people were cautious but I got a bit carried away and a few people were feeling a bit ill after my reckless driving but it was the most fun i've ever had driving!
On the 17th it was my birthday! most of the day we were heading back down to ackland stopping off at a waterfall and we saw some sheep that were spray painted pink which was rather amusing! In the evening whilst we left the girls shopping and drinking coffee and chatting us guys went off to a super 14 rugby match which was alot of fun! After the match we headed back to find the girls and we went out for the evening for a few birthday drinks!
yesterday we headed to the coromandel peninsular where we went to cathedral cove and hot water beach and then went out for our final meal with the girls in the evening. This morning we had to say bye to the girls which was very sad as they were very fun to have around and now we have to get used to the four of us again! Tommorrow we are heading off to Fiji for 18 days which is going to be great as our tans need a topping up before we head home!
Hope all is well with everyone,
Will x
The past week has been jam packed for us but it has been lovely having the two girls (Makaela and megs) around for a change. When they turned up it did mean that we had to behave ourselves as much as we could but it was lovely to have a change! We have had so many laughs this past week and far too many late nights and early starts! Once we had picked the girls up from aucland airport and spent the night in auckland we headed off to the bay of islands. That night we went to a pub quiz where we were the youngest by about 100 years! We held our ground for a while and then we started slipping until we finally finished last! but i've always been told its the taking part that counts...
The next day we headed off on a fast boat to check out the bay of islands which was good fun and rather wet! In the afternoon we headed further north towards ninety mile beach. We played football with a swiss man called aldo who claimed he was rubbish but then spent the entire game showing off far too much and putting us to shame! We also had alot of fun driving the car on the beach! most people were cautious but I got a bit carried away and a few people were feeling a bit ill after my reckless driving but it was the most fun i've ever had driving!
On the 17th it was my birthday! most of the day we were heading back down to ackland stopping off at a waterfall and we saw some sheep that were spray painted pink which was rather amusing! In the evening whilst we left the girls shopping and drinking coffee and chatting us guys went off to a super 14 rugby match which was alot of fun! After the match we headed back to find the girls and we went out for the evening for a few birthday drinks!
yesterday we headed to the coromandel peninsular where we went to cathedral cove and hot water beach and then went out for our final meal with the girls in the evening. This morning we had to say bye to the girls which was very sad as they were very fun to have around and now we have to get used to the four of us again! Tommorrow we are heading off to Fiji for 18 days which is going to be great as our tans need a topping up before we head home!
Hope all is well with everyone,
Will x
Wednesday 8 April 2009
whale watching, farms, tramping and much much more...
Its been far far too long since I last wrote anything so im going to try and remember everything and ill split it into sections of what we have done and where weve been....
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph is a big off glacier that we visited. We were going to do the walk up on the first day but it was raining loads so we made a group decision to sleep in late and then spend the day in thermal spas relaxing! best decision ever. Me and Tom also almost won a drinking competition in the evening but some pro turned up at the end that had won 5 times before and beat our score by 1 second! I know our parents would be proud.......
West Coast
We headed up the east coast and stopped off for a couple of nights on the way. Went to a glow worm cave and went to a few beaches.
Able Tasmin Forest
In the Able tasmin we hired two double kayaks and filled them full with tents and food and stuff and then kayakes around the coast of the able tasmin for two days which was amazing! we put our tents up on a random remote beach that we found for the night!
Jim and Marys Farm
At Jim and Marys we went round the HUGE farm over the hills which was good fun and looked around the area. Spent alot of time chatting to mary and playing football in the garden,
Kaiiiiikooorrraaaa
Not sure how to spell it but we went out whale watching there which was quality and then on the way back in the boat about 200 dolphins surrounded the boat and did tricks for us! very cool!
Winerys!
At about 10.30 in the morning we headed off around the marlbrough wine region to test out all of the local wines! apparently they are famous for their wines so we had to see for ourselves what they were like! By the end we were pretty much experts in white wines! and a little bit merry....
Night Ferry
Took the night ferry over to the north island and watched slumdog millionaire on the ferry to keep me awake and got into wellington at about 2 in the morning.
Tongariro Crossing
Went up to tongariro and did a 20km walk that is meant to be very pretty - but we picked the day where it was raining, covered in cloud and at the top there was 100 mph winds which meant you couldnt really walk very easily!
Rotarua
spent the day in the place that smells like gone off egg. there is steam coming off everywhere which is kind of crazy!
Somewhere up North
were somewhere near the top of the north island and we meet up with megan and makaela in a few days time which should be good fun!
Hope all is well,
Will x
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph is a big off glacier that we visited. We were going to do the walk up on the first day but it was raining loads so we made a group decision to sleep in late and then spend the day in thermal spas relaxing! best decision ever. Me and Tom also almost won a drinking competition in the evening but some pro turned up at the end that had won 5 times before and beat our score by 1 second! I know our parents would be proud.......
West Coast
We headed up the east coast and stopped off for a couple of nights on the way. Went to a glow worm cave and went to a few beaches.
Able Tasmin Forest
In the Able tasmin we hired two double kayaks and filled them full with tents and food and stuff and then kayakes around the coast of the able tasmin for two days which was amazing! we put our tents up on a random remote beach that we found for the night!
Jim and Marys Farm
At Jim and Marys we went round the HUGE farm over the hills which was good fun and looked around the area. Spent alot of time chatting to mary and playing football in the garden,
Kaiiiiikooorrraaaa
Not sure how to spell it but we went out whale watching there which was quality and then on the way back in the boat about 200 dolphins surrounded the boat and did tricks for us! very cool!
Winerys!
At about 10.30 in the morning we headed off around the marlbrough wine region to test out all of the local wines! apparently they are famous for their wines so we had to see for ourselves what they were like! By the end we were pretty much experts in white wines! and a little bit merry....
Night Ferry
Took the night ferry over to the north island and watched slumdog millionaire on the ferry to keep me awake and got into wellington at about 2 in the morning.
Tongariro Crossing
Went up to tongariro and did a 20km walk that is meant to be very pretty - but we picked the day where it was raining, covered in cloud and at the top there was 100 mph winds which meant you couldnt really walk very easily!
Rotarua
spent the day in the place that smells like gone off egg. there is steam coming off everywhere which is kind of crazy!
Somewhere up North
were somewhere near the top of the north island and we meet up with megan and makaela in a few days time which should be good fun!
Hope all is well,
Will x
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Segways and Milford Sound
The last few days have been good fun. On Monday it was Josh's birthday so In the morning he went Bungy Jumping and Myself and Matt went to play Segway Golf! Segway golf is probably the best game ever invented! We caused quite a bit of havoc flying around the course into anything in our way and into each other! Once we got the hang of them we were pretty good and we were hitting the top speed most of the time and we didn't fall off much! In the afternoon the others went skydiving but I couldnt do it so Im going to try and do it somewhere else but it was a great day! In the evening josh opened up his birthday presents that we wrapped up in towels because we couldnt find and wrapping paper and then then we all digged into a bit of birthday cake after a few birthday beverages and a ferg burger which are probably the best burgers in the world!
The next day we headed off to Milford sound which is a huge fiord about 4 hours from where we were. we woke up at 6 o'clock to get there on time with me and tom sharing the driving because the other two were asleep in the back for the whole journey! Milford is an amazing place with loads of waterfalls and seals and stuff like that! we were lucky to get there on a sunny day as it rains for 220 days a year apparently.
Were back in queenstown now and were heading up the west coast to Franz Joseph in the next couple of days!
Will x
The next day we headed off to Milford sound which is a huge fiord about 4 hours from where we were. we woke up at 6 o'clock to get there on time with me and tom sharing the driving because the other two were asleep in the back for the whole journey! Milford is an amazing place with loads of waterfalls and seals and stuff like that! we were lucky to get there on a sunny day as it rains for 220 days a year apparently.
Were back in queenstown now and were heading up the west coast to Franz Joseph in the next couple of days!
Will x
Saturday 21 March 2009
Queenstown!
Since leaving Ronnie and Nigels house in christchurch we have been heading slightly south towards queenstown where we are now! The scenery on the way down has been amazing all the way and you never get boring roads. Myself and matt have adapted well to driving an automatic car but its taking a bit longer for josh and tom! They keep thinking the car is going to stall when they slow down so they wack there foot on the break, thinking its the clutch meaning that we stop very quickly and everyone goes flying out of their seats!
On the way down we have stopped off at a few beautiful lakes that are turquoise in coulour and are surrounded by snow capped mountains! I was tempted to go for a swim until I put my foot in the water and it was freezing cold!
Were now in queenstown which is where all the extreme sports are! We went jet boating today which was a good laugh and a bit scary as we were so close to smashing into rocks at points! Tommorrow is joshs birthday so we decided to do all the crazy things tommorrow! So in the morning josh and tom are going Bungy Jumping whilst myself and matt are playing a round of golf on segways! Our choice is a little tamer but we think a lot more fun! In the afternoon all four of us are going skydiving! I am the biggest wimp in the world so I don't know why I agreed to do it but it should be amazing! We went for the 12,000 ft one because that sounded quite high off the ground!
Ill update you on how it went after I've stopped shaking in excitement in a few days time!
Will x
On the way down we have stopped off at a few beautiful lakes that are turquoise in coulour and are surrounded by snow capped mountains! I was tempted to go for a swim until I put my foot in the water and it was freezing cold!
Were now in queenstown which is where all the extreme sports are! We went jet boating today which was a good laugh and a bit scary as we were so close to smashing into rocks at points! Tommorrow is joshs birthday so we decided to do all the crazy things tommorrow! So in the morning josh and tom are going Bungy Jumping whilst myself and matt are playing a round of golf on segways! Our choice is a little tamer but we think a lot more fun! In the afternoon all four of us are going skydiving! I am the biggest wimp in the world so I don't know why I agreed to do it but it should be amazing! We went for the 12,000 ft one because that sounded quite high off the ground!
Ill update you on how it went after I've stopped shaking in excitement in a few days time!
Will x
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