Today's destination was Nelson. No one knew what to expect because Nelson is one of the rare towns that we didn't did much research on so we headed for there hoping for the best. On the route the interior of the motorhome were falling apart, couple of drawers' locks were broken; our bed lock is also on the verge of being broken. Two glasses were shattered after falling out of the drawer and the waste storage were jammed so we can't empty it and it is starting t...

We got up early to make a start on the mammoth 4 hours driving session. As we made our way through the mountains. We were constantly treated with stunning scenery. New Zealand must be an ultimate destination for geography lovers because everything I learnt in geography in my now distant school days, New Zealand got it. Mountains, dunes, earthquakes, levees, lakes, you name it and New Zealand will got it, even the sulphur geothermals. On the route to Franz Jose...

Today was the day that I was set to become the fastest man on the mountain or to resemble Eddie the Eagle's hopeless performance at Winter Olympics. We got up early to catch the shuttle coach bit we forgot to move our motorhome which wasted valuable time that led us to miss the bus. Luckily for us, the bus ran on the loop around couple of resorts we were able to catch it shortly and we were off to face the mighty runs of Mt. Caradona! It was a rather nervous w...

Unfortunately, the petrol attendant who allowed us to stay last night revealed as we prepared to go to bed that he is actually forbidden from allowing travellers to park overnight so we had to get up at 6.45 to avoid the arrival of the petrol station manager. So we got up bleary eyed to move the motorhome only to our horror to discover a secluded parking spot two minutes away. All of the hassle could be avoided only if we drive few extra metres last night! Aft...

We woke up freezing, there were few stigma of ice hanging from the ceiling and to be frank I am very shocked we hadn't freeze to death in our sleep but tragically, someone didn't survived the harsh conditions. To be more specific, SOMETHING bit the dust and it was the engine battery. We flagged down a lorry driver who tried to help us to start up the motorhome but after a succession of failed attempts he had to leave to meet a delivery deadline. So we were tra...