Lodsworth, England

We decided to get out of the daily grind and to explore some of the world. We have key destinations as described below, the rest of our travels are open to change!
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Heathrow Airport, England

first flight to phoenix for a little relaxation before the real travelling !
Los Angeles, USA

LA .... home of the highway and concrete. Landed in LA from Heathrow ... next hop to Phoenix
Phoenix, USA

Lovely Phoenix this time of year ... 75f during the day and great cheap equipment for our travels. Travel on South West airlines which takes about 1.5 hours
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Yuma, USA

Three hours from Phoenix , interesting drive down with Grandpa, good to find out he was 'packing heat' after the cop had pulled us over !
Los Angeles Airport, USA

What a pain ... travelling in and out of the USA has become very frustrating !
Not my photo !
Nadi, Fiji

Landed in Nadi from La. Arrived at 5:30 in the morning so did'nt see a thing. Visited the town of Lautoka right after we landed because we could not check in. Small town with not that much to see ...Leggi altro
South Sea Island, Fiji

Today we toured the Mamanuca islands which the travel map cannot display ... fist stop was Denarau to get the boat, the best would have to be Mana, looked like another piece of paradise.
Nananu i Ra, Fiji

Map does not find Nanuna-i-ra but its just above Malake. Took our SSI Open Water dive course on the island ... and passed !
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Nadi Airport, Fiji

Auckland, New Zealand

Only a three hour hop from Fiji to Auckland and out of that humidity. Hostel was 15 min from the city centre.
Christchurch Airport, New Zealand

Have jumped down to Christchurch on Qantas for NZ$100, looking for a sleeper van to drive back up to the north islands .. its getting cold down here !
New Brighton, New Zealand

Christchurch, New Zealand

taken from the deck of our backpacker hostel. This is where we picked up our van .... needed a few alterations as the previous users had the bed down low ... thats a big waste of space !
Lyttleton, New Zealand

This is a picture of Purau Bay which is where we stopped for the night.
Akaroa, New Zealand

a lovely french community .. the drive from Parua was amazing along a narrow gravel road.
Timaru, New Zealand

found a small 'domain' campsite just outside of Timaru in St Andrews.
and ... it only cost us $3.50 each (so Tiff paid !)
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

What a great spot this is .... cheap and very peaceful. Stayed for three nights , had several free showers !! but then felt bad and paid up. Had a great 4hr hike up the local mountain which is usedLeggi altro
Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Could'nt see much due to the sh*t weather ...
there are a number of glaciers that surround this area ... a lot of people have died trying to climb them
Queenstown, New Zealand

Drive down to Queenstown from Mt Cook was very wet ... and it has rained ever since. Looks like a lovely place but some sun would help.
Te Anau, New Zealand

We stayed at Te Anau and took the scenic drive up to Milford Sound on rt 94
Manapouri, New Zealand

For Tiffs birthday we decided to dump the van !! and visit Kepler Mountains using this Hughes 500 .. which also stopped on the top !!!
Haast, New Zealand

Went from Te Anau back to Queenstown up to Wanaka then stopped at Haast
this was the best of Haast !! tough to find a shower or toilet so moving on fast .....
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Hokitika, New Zealand

Not much in Wesport really ... just a couple of pics on the way, the rock formation at Punakaiki, Carters Beach near Westport ... just before our soup and sandwich dinner (as usual ... )
Westport, New Zealand

and this was our refuge for the night ... only quiet place around