Well that's about it for NZ. The past 6 weeks have whizzed by. Travelling by car with janet and Pete (friends from Plymouth) has allowed me to venture deeper than I could have on public transport. You two have been great over the last month and a half - big thanks. can't remember when I last posted a card!! Probably from North Island. Since then I've survived the earthquakes in Wellington (5.5 on the Richter scale) and the flash floods in Dunedin (30mm in 20 mins...

Greetings from Lesotho. This, I'm led to believe is one of only 3 countries surrounded completely by another single country. The other two.... answers on a postcard trivia buffs! After leaving Cape Town I passed through the wine region - a spectacular fertile plain trapped by mountains on both sides. Quite stunning scenery which I'll have to investigate further next time (how often will I find myself saying that I wonder?). Travelled along what they call the G...

The New Year brings a new continent having already blitzed throuh Australia in 36 hours (well Sydney anyway) I\'ve arrived in new Zealand. Have met up with Janet and Pete and have arranged a hire car at just ten pounds a day - bargain! Heading up to the top of North Island and hoping to meet up with Andy Reece in Wangerei and arrange to tem up with him for a while in South Island. Have finally purchased a new pair of walking boots.... so it\'s time to put one foo...