The journey from Kaikoura to Wellington was absolutely pants! First we were on the bus (again ..yes) but then we had to catch the interislander ferry which take 3 hours to get from the South Island to the North Island. The ferry journey was so rough I felt so sick even though I had overdosed myself on travelcalm tablets. Pembo being Pembo was starving and decided she was going to buy a huge roast dinner. I was sitting in the conservatory type part of the boat whi...

I had heard that Milford Sound was well worth a day trip as the scenery was supposed to be spectacular. The only probably with this place is that it rains pretty much every day of the year. Sometimes they get upto 10 metres in a year...and I complain about Hertfordshire! It was an early morning once again and as this was just a day trip from Queenstown a lot of driving was involved. Infact 4 hours there and 4 hours back. Nice. No one else from my other bus was g...

Kaikoura is a little town right by the sea. We travelled here from Christchurch as it is on the way up to the North Island. When we got there our driver took us to an amazing seal colony and there was even a little cub. The views across the town were pretty special from the look out we visited. We were then dropped off at our hostel funnily named "The Lazy Shag." Us girls wandered into the town and did a spot of shopping. Laura is a bit obssessed with P...

On arriving into Queenstown we were taken to the side of the main lake to pose for our kiwi experience photo...we all had to lay on top of one another in a pyramid pose...it was so funny as when I looked to the side of me our driver had got butt naked..I didnt quite know where to look! After the photo we checked into our hostel, another Base Backpackers. Nice and clean, just what we like. Steve had warned us that tonight was going to be a huge night out as a lot ...

The bus on the morning was pretty funny as the boys were severely hungover. On the way to Wanaka we stopped at beautiful Lake Mathieson. Its amazing. The reflections off the water were out of this world. It was so gorgeous anyone would like to have a holiday home overlooking it. There were mountains in the background and the water was like a mill pond, still as still can get. We also stopped at some waterfalls which were also very pretty. We arrived in Wanaka and...