Monday 29 January 2007

hey everyone, i'm so sorry i havn't added anything so far. in fiji there was no internet access on the island i was on and then in Auckland the internet cafe was confusing and in japenese so i couldn't work out how to add my blog. I'm on it now though although i don't have much time to write. I'm running out of my weekly budget so could only afford a little bit of time on the internet.

So far we've been to LA for a night. We had a good time but we were very tired from the flight and had problems getting around. Everyone in America has a car and we didn't so we didn't see as much in a day as we could have done. We did see the Hollywood sign though. We went on a search for China town and never found it but ended up in the Mexican part of the city and had a really nice meal.

After LA we left for Fiji which was another 10 hour flight, so again we were tired when we got there. We stayed in a place called beach escape which was basically lots of huts around a pool in Nadi. We didn't want to stay there very long as the beach wasn't very nice and we were a little way out of the town so the next day we got a boat to the island of Mana. Mana was really beautiful. There was an American TV programme filming there so we couldn't use some of the beaches which was a annoying but the ones we could use were amazing. We met alot of the film crew while we were there as well and made some really good friends.

After a week on Mana we went back to Nadi to get our Flight to Auckland which was fine except we had the wrong flight time on out ticket. We though the flight was at 17.00 but it was acutally at 22.40 and we arrived at the airport 4 hours before our flight. Instead of staying in the airport all day though we went back to beach escape and used there pool and things which was very nice of them.

We arrived in Auckland at about 3am. We went straight to book a hostel and then just sat in a cafe until we could check in at 12.30. It was a long wait and we were very tired. We spent a couple of days in Auckland but we didn't really see much, everything was a bit too expensive so we booked the stray bus to come up to the Bay of Island where we are now. It's really hot here and we went out to see the dolphins today which was amazing. We were meant to swim with them but unfortunately they had babies with them so we couldn't but it was brilliant anyway. We're leaving the bay tomorrow but have to go back to Auckland for a night before we go on to Hahei where there are hot thermal pools. Can't wait.

Anyway i best be off now, my internet time is running low. I'll update as soon as i can.

Love Lucy

xxx

Thursday 11 January 2007

My first post

About to go travelling around the world, very excited! Not much to write yet but i'll keep you posted.
Love Lucy
xxx