Month 8
In March we continued exploring Australia with wine tasting in the Hunter Valley, hiking in the Blue Mountains, staying with family in Orange and finishing up in Melbourne. From there we took the short flight to Christchurch in New Zealand and spent 10 days being adventurous in the South Island. Another flight took us north to Waiheke Island to begin our work exchange with a catering business.
The total costs for the month are below (each):
March 2014
Melbourne to Christchurch flight – £192
Australia – 17 days (£244)
New Zealand – 14 days (£412)
Total = £848 / £27 per day
Photo of the month
Plans for April & May
The next few months have been carefully planned and we will cover a lot of ground in a short time frame. We plan to continue working in New Zealand for the first 9 days of April with a brief stay in Auckland. On 10th April we have a flight booked to Tokyo! Our 2 week Japanese itinerary will take us to Kyoto, Hiroshima and finishing in Osaka. From there we fly to Seoul for 2 weeks in South Korea, then 1 week in Hong Kong and 2 weeks travelling up the coast of China ending our Asia leg in Beijing phew! I’ll leave you guessing where we have booked to go next…
Thanks for reading!
Tash and Jack
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Tash and Jack Travels 
Well done with the budget – a more expensive part of the world but you still did very well. Yes, great photo of the month, I feel airsick looking at Tash! Very brave. Yes, quite an itinerary you have planned but I’m sure it will be well worth it and more amazing blogs and photos for us to read and gaze at. Keep trekking and my love to Guangzhou when you get there. xx
Look out Simon Reeve! Rivals are after your job. Marvellous accounts and photos of your memorable escapades, Well done Tash, for skydiving, VERY plucky. My friend took 70 years to summon up the same courage, then topped it with wing walking on her 80th birthday! Sally xx