Finally up to date!! Well we ended up playing 21 questions all night again, lousy red bulls..... It was a good night, Wellington is a bit rubbish, not a whole lot to do, and everything is so darned expensive! Did some shopping, for winter clothes as it is really cold, and gonna get colder in the south island. oh well! We leave wellington on the 6th so enjoy the updates, and the pictures, because it may be a while before we can post again!!

Greetings from River Valley! Officially 'the sticks'! Its the day of the big game so we got decent seats at the front. Such a shame the Lions are so bad, well I am being a little hard, it was an awesome game, but the kiwi guys wouldnt let it go.....(not like we didnt win the world cup eh?) I had so many red bulls as did the rest of the group that we didnt sleep all night. Me, Matt, Ro, Lou and G-man (2 new friends) stayed up all night playing 21! Lets just say I ...

Howdy y'all!! Planned to do a skydive today, but it all got messed up because of the weather so we are doing it in 2 days time the day we leave. Instead we had a chilled evening, then an absolutely amazing night out!! We danced on tables and everything, Yates was the photographer, and we got loads of shots of all of our friends we have met out here! Didnt sleep that night and I had to do the Tongariro crossing the next day. 8 hours of trekking across mountains wi...

Today was the most chilled out day ever!! We took an amazing drive and saw loads of beautiful New Zealand countryside. Matt went for a jog, and I did some training at the lodge!! It was a bit pricy at $30 per night, but the beds were so comfy I didnt want to rise. Matt was tired after the night before but I was completely hyper, so some of us sat outside with some kiwi dudes and talked till the wee hours of the morning. Time to sleep on the bus! Unfortunately I h...

Hey! We're in Rotarua now, but things have become really surreal! The whole town stinks of rotten eggs....no jokes!!! Its due to the hot springs and the sulphur it releases, but for once science doesnt help cos it still smells sooooo bad!! We went to see a Maori (native New Zealanders) exhibition, and witnessed a live haka!! It has incensed my love for reading so I (beeb) am reading all the books I can get! We both went out for a pretty decent (but quiet) night, ...