We’ve just arrived back at our beach villa having been caught on a pedalo half a kilometre from shore by a monsoon.  It was quite fun actually as we tried to outrun it but it caught up with us with 100 yards or so left.  Seemed like an opportune moment to write a blog anyway.
Since [...]

I am currently writing from the sunlounger next to our personal plunge pool/jacuzzi.  Kathryn is currently at the Spa enjoying a deep cleansing facial treatment and should be there for the next hour or so.
Yesterday we both treated ourselves to a revitalizing treatment that included a foot bath, body scrub, all over deep massage, moisterising [...]

Well, I usually leave the blogs for Dave to write, but have decided its time for me to give a quick update (nothing to do with the fact that Dave is currently out swimming in the reef with all the wonderful fish!, will get to that a little later).
I didn’t think we could trump the [...]

Last night we stayed in Dunedin and during the day we visited a penguin sanctuary that allowed you to get close to the Yellow Eyed Penguins due to the network of tunnels they had built for viewing and we also did the Cadbury World tour.
Back last Tuesday we left Franz Josef and headed for Wanaka [...]

For the second time in 2 years we find ourselves looking up at a glacier. This one isn’t quite as big as some of the ones we saw in Alaska but the Franz Josef glacier is impressive nevertheless. We arrived into the town of the same name this morning with hopes of doing [...]

Today we find ourselves in the sleepy town of Greymouth and the plan is for a nice relaxing night in.  It’s been a hectic few days so I’ll try to recap what we’ve gotten up to.
As mentioned below we went to the Waitapu Thermal Village where we got to see all sorts of different volcanic [...]

It’s not that we’ve eaten anything dodgy but yesterday we arrived into Taupo - home of NZ’s largest lake with a major wind blowing.  Waves were crashing, dust blowing and it was bitterly cold.
Previous few days have seen us go out with dolphins although we didn’t get to swim as there were baby dolphins in [...]

We’re currently sat relaxing at the Kingfisher Retreat in Keri Keri writing the first of our New Zealand blogs. After a long flight we arrived yesterday morning in Auckland and it has to be said that the customs and such were so much easier and quicker than in our country.
We got picked up in [...]

We’ve not updated in a while but a lot has happened.  Dave completed his triathlon, the wedding is booked and we’re 3 days away from our trip to New Zealand.Â
Wedding is booked for 20th September 2008 in Llyswen near Brecon with the service at a local church and then the reception at Llangoed Hall.  We’ll be sending [...]

We’ve just returned from our first holiday of the year… Sunny Sardinia. The Hopkins family (+1) invaded the Italian island for a week, and had a great time. We stayed in a lovely set of villas, with a great pool (which for some reason we managed to empty within 30 mins everytime we descended upon [...]