Well, our plan to meet some locals didn't really succeed last night....all we managed to meet was one squiffy Kiwi who tried to impress us by telling us he was a fighter pilot...... Unfortunately for him, our bus driver had already told us that New Zealand doesn't even have an Air Force, so that one was never going to work! Apart from the first place we went to, everywhere was absolutely empty, so we gave up and were home and tucked up in bed by about half 11!!...

Needless to say, since I last updated I have NOT jumped out of any aeroplanes, and the more I think about it, the less likely it is becoming! After a night dancing on the tables in Taupo, getting up at 7am to rain was such a relief as it meant the skydives were once again cancelled! There was a point later on in the day when Noddy jumped on the bus and announced he'd NEARLY had us skydiving - poor Nicola dropped her sandwich in sheer terror! So thats definitel...