I went yesterday to the Mt Cook National Park, and did the Hooker Valley walk 4 hours and the Kea Point walk 1 hour. Plus minus, cause we had lunch up there in front of Mt cook, which is the tallest mountain down here in NZ, and quite spectacular. We had perfect weather and we got picked up early by the shuttle bus, so it left us with some nice hours in the National Park. It was one of the best days sown here, the tracks viewing more and more of the mountains as ...

Right-o, I am now just giving a quickly up-date on the days I have spent down here on the south Island, I have simply done so much that I can't really bring all the details up. First, I arrived in Nelson and decided that with my cold and so on, I might be better off giving myself a bit of a rest, so I went to the pharmacy, got some medicine and went to bed. And there I was lying for 2 full days, feeling sorry for myself, because no-one were there to care for me a...

We drove out of Whitianga, heading south and passing through lots of "tree-industries", where they plant trees just to cut them down years later to produce timber, paper etc. Not very exiting landscaping, and we arrived by midday in Waitomo, where the famous caves are. We got dropped off outside Waitomo Caves entrance and joined a guided walk into the underground. We passed spectacular stalagmites and stalactites on our way through the cave, before we a...

The boat cruise was SO much worth the money!!! Haven't had that much fun in, well, anyway, it was just really one of the highlights of my whole travelling!! I spent the day washing, packing everything into my suitcase nicely (well, actually really everything, forgot somehow to pack for the cruise, but I survived;), and to watch "Love Actually" with a bunch of the other girls from the Cape Reinga trip. In the late afternoon I headed down to the Pa...

Well, time for up-date again. I have now been in NZ for quite a few days, and it has been wonderful! I really just love New Zealand!!! Could probably spend the rest of my life here, it is so beautiful!! I have had this good feeling about everything since I came here and all the people are so nice and friendly. It is fun to notice, but it is a completely different type of backpackers here. People here are up for adventure, enjoy outdoor stuff and yes, NZ is just t...