Its my last day on the South island today and my last day in New Zealand. I can't quite believe its come to an end, i've been so happy here, its been amazing! We left Queenstown at 8 yesterday morning and didn't get to Christchurch til 6pm, so it was quite an epic bus journey and our last one with the kiwi bus. Only made a few stops for food and to see the view of the blue lakes which were beautiful. In the evening we checked into our hostel and went ...

Almost my last post from New Zealand now. Took a day trip today to visit Milford Sound (which isn't actually a sound for anyone who knows their geography because its carved by glaciers not rivers and is actually a fiord,never mind eh) Had to get up at the crack of dawn for the trip and on the bus for 6.40am. The journey was sooooo long and none of the roads were straight so it took about 5 hours each way. When we got there we boarded a cruise around ...

hello, We managed to have a quiet night in Queenstown yesterday, got up late, had lunch and then took Vicki to hospital where it was discovered she's got blood poisoning, dear oh dear, this sort of thing seems to follow me. She's feeling ok though and we went to the cinema to see Mission impossible 3 with a big group of us. today has been another good one coz we went jet boating. This is done all over the world but the Shotover jet is advertised as the world's...

hey guys, I'm now in Queestown in the south of the South island and action capital of the world! Arrived here yesterday after a fun filled morning spent at puzzling world. It sounds really geeky but its full of mazes and illusions and stuff, awesome place. then made our way down south where the landscape changed to rugged dry land but its still stunning. Our next stop was at the Kawarau bridge which is where the first commercial bungy jump happened an...

Now in Wanaka, only arrived a little while ago so can't tell you much about the place, but it looks exactly like Taupo but a bit prettier. On our way here today we left Franz Josef at 7.30 and stopped for a walk at lake Matherson famous for its mirror lake. The morning was a bit cloudy though so probably not the best time to see it. then stopped for our first views of Mount Cook up in the clouds. The scenery changed quite a lot on this journey going from ...