We made our way to Queenstown, with a few stop offs along the way to break up the journey. Knights Point (just north of Haast) was a lookout en route - it offered amazing views of the West Coast, including breath-taking cliff formations. We also stopped at Wanaka - a town set on Lake Wanaka, with a slightly more relaxed edge than Queenstown - we really liked it there so decided to change our plans slightly and go back to Wanaka later in the week. Eventually, w...

Wellington is such a cool little city - it is hard to believe it is the capital city of NZ! It has so much character, and really creative and young vibes… You can also walk from end to end in 20 minutes - making exploring it really easy! It reminded me of San Francisco.. It was good to be in a city again (even if it is tiny!), after lots of more rural locations - we certainly enjoyed the bars (and cheap drinks!) The first day we did a stop of shopping for a ...

I can't believe it's been a week since the last blog - we have done so much in the last 7 days! The three places visited have all been so diverse - everything from idyllic beaches to geo-thermal landscapes to volcanic treks! One good thing about New Zealand's roads is that you are never far from something amazing to explore. Our drive from Paihia to Whitianga (in the Coromandel Peninsula) was 5 hours, but there were amazing stops along the way - the most notab...

After an 11-hour flight to Fiji, 3-hour stop over there and then another 3 hour flight, we arrived in Auckland. We picked up our car and then headed to the hostel - it was a relief to be on the left hand side of the road again and the roads were easy to navigate. As luck would have it, Dave's mate, Nilesh, is in NZ at the same time as us and was in Auckland that day, so we met up with him and his girlfriend for a drink and catch up. We only had a day to explor...