A week has gone since we arrived in Fiji and tonight we're off to Hawaii, so I guess this makes it a good time to update you on the last week. Well, we arrived in Fiji last Friday not really knowing what to expect and our first impression was that we were suddenly really hot again! This was a nice change from the New Zealand which was getting a little too chilly for us. So we checked into our hostel called Aquarius and immediately fell in love with it. It's no...

After 5 weeks in New Zealand we have finally left and arrived in Fiji and our last week was certainly very eventful so this blog will end up being another long one. My last blog finished just before we were due to get the Tranzalpine on Wednesday 8th so I will start this one from then. What I neglected to mention in my last blog was that on that Tuesday (the day I wrote the last blog) we headed into Christchurch and did the touristy things. First we caught a gond...

So another week has gone by and we have parked up for a few days in Christchurch. When I left off last time we had just enjoyed Puzzle World and were ready to tackle a hike through Mt Aspiring National Park. And so we got up bright and early on Wednesday, made a pack lunch, dusted off our walking boots and started driving towards the start of the track. Lonely Planet had described it as a fairly easy 2 hour return walk and so we were looking forward to a gentle s...

I can't believe that it's been almost a week since my sky dive, I remember it so vividly... But what else has been happening in the last few days? Well, the day after my sky dive we headed down towards Wellington to get the ferry across to the South Island and after driving for most of the day finally reached our caravan park which was situated near the port around 6pm. We were due to get the ferry at 8.20am and so spend the evening in our cabin which actually re...

The limo turned up on time to pick me up at 10am and before I knew it I was on my way to Taupo airport. Only this time it was a little different, sure I was going to get on a plain but this time I was making my own way down from 15,000 feet! Me and 7 others where about to board a tiny propeller plain and skydive back to earth. I wasn't really nervous as this is something that I'd been looking forward to all my life and before long I was in my jump suit and being...