we left nelson early in the morning. too early!! and visited 'cape foulwind' - thats its actual name! too see a seal colony, that was gud and there were pups too. me and jonny powerwalked to the bus for no particular reason but were pleased we did coz a big dirty storm came from nowhere! the seals were half an hours walk away so people got properly drenched. not exaggerating this rain was like horizontal and soo heavy, then it started hailstoneing haha. unlucky. ...

unfortunatley i didnt take any photos in nelson so theres a one of wellington there. after 3hours on the ferry we had a good 6hour bus journey to nelson where we stayed for 1 night. the hostel was really nice and the people in our room were nice, got talkin to two israeli girls a couple of germans and a dutch guy. we were lucky we booked in advance for a change (normally the bus driver finds you somewhere when you get there if you dont book) because there was n...

we said our sad goodbyes to ralph and barbra and headed to wellington on the bus, it only took a few hours so didnt get there too late. we didnt spend long in wellington coz the hostels are expensive, plus its kind of just another city. the highlight of wellington for me was finding english terrys chocolate oranges in the supermarket!!! i bought 4 and ate them in less than 3 days. we did pretend to be interlectual and went to the museum but it was naff and we s...

wanganiu is where we are now, and where we spent xmas, with jonnys grandads brother and his wife. its really nice around here and not very touristy which is nice. its sooo nice to have a real house and a tele. and a nice kitchen to cook in. ralph and barbara dont have a microwave so everything we eat has been top notch and im sure they are out to fatten us up. which is good after fiji! christmas was so wierd in the sun! totally wrong on every level! bacon sandwh...

on the way to taupo we stopped at the huka falls, this was a waterfall but the water was such a lush colour and iv never seen water go so fast in my life. its a 100m wide river sqashed into a 15m wide gauge so its pretty fast! we also went to a hunny farm and saw the bumble bees :) i bought some honey because i was exited haha. when we were in taupo we decided to do the tongariro crossing, a 18.5km hike over the most active volcanos in new zealand. that was coo...