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Anyone who fancies themselves as a travel tough nut will want to catch up on the latest posts from our Globetrotting Guys Stevo and Ady. The boys have been taking the Kiwi Experience and review all aspects of the tour, from fishing for barracuda in the Bay of Islands and exploring Cathedral Cove to black water rafting and canyon swinging. Stevo’s handstand jump off the edge is extra impressive - see the video proof here.

The boys really drill down into how they found the guides, prices and activities so it’s well worth a look. And just so you know they’re not easily impressed, their nice little list of ‘accomplishments’ on their sidebar includes Dislocations:1, Murder threats avoided1, and Drunken vomits: 2. I tell you something, this blog is never dull.

The last time we checked in on our STA Explorers the Globetrotting Guys were set for action and we were prepping to count the broken bones.

And boy have they lived up to expectations, fortunately not the breaking bones bit, but the extreme sports… The latest entry has details of Steve going for a ‘wander’, and Ady playing some Poker and Uno, pretty extreme let me tell you! Ok, seriously…

“We chose to do the luge. It was pretty cheap and definitely alot of fun. We took a kind of ski lift up to the top of a mountain and rode go-kart type racers down the hill. There were three courses, a scenic one, intermediate and advance. We did all three and the advanced one was great. Even got a bit of air at one point!”

So that’s luge done, next up is black water rafting - we await the action!

And now a quick jaunt over to New Zealand to catch up with STA explorers Ady and Stevo, who have embarked on the Kiwi Experience – “a hop-on hop-off tour which takes you around the north and south islands in NZ”.

New Zealand’s reputation as an extreme sports mecca has really caught Ady’s imagination, and it looks like his blog is going to be a hub of excitement over the next few weeks.

With Zorbing, mountain-biking black water rafting, glacier climbing and hiking planned, we’ll keep you posted on just how many bones they manage to break…

Never ones to turn down a local tradition, STA Explorers Stevo and Ady have been experiencing what is known as ‘Fiji time’ in their latest updates from the South Pacific - i.e. a whole lot of lounging about doing nothing thanks to cheap beer, blazing sunshine and a hallucinogenic root-based Fijian drink.

To make up for this delicious sloth, they had also booked ‘The Ultimate Lei’ tour with Awesome Adventures Fiji and STA Travel, and describe the whole experience in detail as they island hop from Coral View to Manta Ray, Kuata and finally Bounty Island (where, apparently, they filmed Celebrity Love Island. Whoop.) It’s such a drag, you won’t want to even bother reading about it. No, really. Just reef snorkelling, eating coconuts, swimming with sharks, that sort of thing. Yawn.

Not literally! I’m mean that title as in, ‘they have arrived’ in Fiji, and the details are here for your discerning travel-blog perusing peepers.

Sadly there’s no grade A celebrity starlet handing out free music to speak of, as featured in their LA based updates. Nevertheless, we are now fully informed that BA’s in flight entertainment is considerably better than that of AirPacific. Plus, it appears the loss of baggage maybe an issue on such flights if the conversation on the transfer bus is anything to go by, though such things can be neither confirmed or denied.

A one night stay in Nadi for our STA Explorers involved a dip in the free pool before getting up for a spot of island hopping. Apparently, the first island turns off the electricity at seven. Hmm… That isn’t going to be condusive to the internet based life elixir that is blogging…

The Globetrotting Guys Ady and StevO (two STA Explorers who have agreed to post about their round the world experiences for public consumption) have recently spent a few chilled days in Los Angeles. Note that I said ‘days’. StevO’s frozen yoghurt and websurfing hangover cure suggests that the evenings weren’t quite as relaxed.

Staying in Hollywood for only $20 a night was an excellent start, though the guys do warn that they don’t do cheap shops over there (perhaps that’s what turned Winona Ryder into a kleptomaniac?). They had a great time as part of the audience for the Jimmy Kimmel show and even got to say hello to Rosario Dawson while she handed out free iTunes vouchers (ahh, America…where celebrity babes give away free music on every street corner!).

Read more from Ady and StevO on their blog:

A Few Days in LA LA Land

Last Day in LA

Then let STA Explorers Ady and Stevo be your guides. Yes, the Globetrotting Guys have hit New York - at the same time as Tropical Storm Hannah, sadly - and provide a man’s-eye view of a city too often obscured by Sex and the City-inspired fantasising from girls.

Travelling on a budget, the guys have had a slightly different experience to the Cosmopolitan and Jimmy Choo laced shopping weekends most Brits associate with a trip to the Big Apple. Having picked the Broadway Hotel and Hostel as it looked pretty good on the website, they warn against trusting everything you see on the net:

the guys who put together the Broadway hotel and hostel website must have mistaken it with somewhere COMPLETELY different. Although its not bad… its certainly not good. Holes in the flooring, wires sticking out of the wall… a sort of post-war Iraq chic would be a pretty good description. Also… the showers… they look crap and they’re cold…happy days! On the upside it has air conditioning..!

A true example why word of mouth is a traveller’s best friend! On their second day the boys have a MaccyD’s breakfast and head off for some sightseeing, with Times Square getting a big thumbs up. They were last seen heading towards the Manhattan bars so who knows - they might come over all fabulous after all. Follow their blog and Twitter feed for more insight into New York, boy style.