We are now on the north island which is notably busier and more populated (and warmer) but there are still endless stretches of beautiful countryside (if not quite as varied as in the south). For our last day in Queenstown money meant we had to choose between doing the worlds 3rd highest bungee jump (8.5 secs of freefall, 118ish metres) or what is know as a canyon swing, we opted for the canyon swing. This involves starting at the edge of a cliff 109 meters u...

Well we are now well and truley settled in new zealand and it is awsome, the scenery is simply stunning, all around you and hugely diverse from waterfalls, to glaciers, to mountains and beaches. After our initial adaption to the costs of things we have also had to adapt to a new style of travel, in asia despite everything being cheap you can also just wonder around and something interesting will happen this is less so in new zealand (although we did stumble acros...

Thats right we are now in new zealand (which means im actually writing this from tomorrow......creepy) this is the land of the haka, sheep and a suprisingly british feel, including the weather. In a way its nice to see the queens head on money again but the problem is that money seems to disapear alot quicker outside of asia. sorry its taken me so long to write a new blog but i wanted to wrap all of the rest of asia up into one final and fairly epic blog. From ...