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New Zealand – Mount Maunganui

We arrived in Mount Maunganui, meeting Heather and Toby and their kids, Zeb, Loma and Thalia. We were also surprised to see other people there – I met a girl called Fox, she was a couple of months younger than me and really fun to play with. This house was rented and not actually TobyContinue reading “New Zealand – Mount Maunganui”

New Zealand 3 – Dynamite lets us down

The remote spot of Ohau Lodge – Heather the solitary figure. takes a walk A picnic at Lake Ohau So we are now on the road in our black Mitsubishi “Dynamite.” (not) with The Gee Family. Toby, Heather, Zebedee, Loma and Thalia, and our lot in tow. We we have between us, 6 small children. Continue reading “New Zealand 3 – Dynamite lets us down”

NZ – Massive Waves

Joint blog: Gabriel and Zebedee Gee When we met up with the Gees we were in Mt Mangonui. When we went to the beach, me and Zeb and Toby built a giant sandcastle. There were some enormous waves that went into the moat and started demolishing the castle. Gabriel’s Dad made a crocodile with teeth ofContinue reading “NZ – Massive Waves”

New Zealand – it’s home from home for Christmas!

We need to get to Bangkok for our flight to Sydney and then on to Aukland. After some some debate, we decide to travel up the west coast of Cambodia, crossing the border at Koh Kong. It’s a rather bitty journey, but made easier by doing the first leg – up to the Thai borderContinue reading “New Zealand – it’s home from home for Christmas!”

Australia – New Zealand

We don’t have any photos because our camera has broken down A different Sort of Christmas I have arrived in Australia and we are meeting my friends the Axioms: Alex; Barry; Emily; James; Harry and Finn. We only spent one day in Australia and we went to the beach and had lots and lots of fun!Continue reading “Australia – New Zealand”

New Zealand – A Different Christmas

Bay of Islands When we went to Sarah’s house it was Christmas Eve and we were very excited for tomorrow because it would be Christmas and tonight Santa will come and give us presents. We did not think Santa would come because we were in New Zealand and we live in England and he alwaysContinue reading “New Zealand – A Different Christmas”

New Zealand 2 – Au Revoir 2014 Bonjour 2015

We say our Goodbyes to the Waller-Yates, and the lovely handsome three boys and head off from The Bay of Islands, via Keri Keri to a camp site cabin, in Opononi (for a fun morning of sand dune surfing) and then onwards to Tinopai, not somewhere we intended to go but that road looked beautifulContinue reading “New Zealand 2 – Au Revoir 2014 Bonjour 2015”

Cambodia – Rockclimbing and playing pool

I’m in Kampot which is in southern Cambodia. Kampot is very famous for pepper and they do very very good Pepper. We went to a pepper farm and we saw all the peppercorns growing on the vines. The peppercorns were very wrinkly green balls. The vines were growing up brick towers and there were rowsContinue reading “Cambodia – Rockclimbing and playing pool”

New Zealand 1 – The Lands Down Under

We make a quick change of plan to travel to Bangkok, where we are getting our outward bound flight to NZ, via Koh Chang and the Southern coast of Cambodia rather than the night bus to Bangkok from Phnom Penn, which would be far too long and uncomfortable. However this means that I have to return toContinue reading “New Zealand 1 – The Lands Down Under”

A river runs through it

We’d briefly considered travelling down from Phnom Penh to Kampot by boat, but quickly discovered it largely involved going down through the centre of a huge lake, so nothing much to see, so we opt for the bus. The countryside on the way down is very flat, with huge expanses of paddy fields. The housesContinue reading “A river runs through it”