Queenstown to Auckland Well guys we are now on our final leg in New Zealand we have turned the corner of the south island and we are going north, north, north. First stop was Christchurch, then Kaikora, followed by Wellington and finally a few days with Matiu and Reagan in Auckland before flying off to India. Thanks guys your hospitality has been incredible! Queenstown Day 1 - It was an early start this morning as Liv, David and I all went skiing at Cordro...

Wellington to Queenstown On the 20th August we left the North Island, jumped on a ferry and 3 hours later arrived in Picton on the South Island. Like the last blog I am just going to give you a brief overview of what we did on each day. Hold on to your hats though as this was rather an action packed segment of my New Zealand trip! Day 1 - After a really late nght and slightly excessive consumption of the hard stuff we all felt absolutely dreadful today so muc...

We arrived in New Zealand safely, no thanks to a madman on the plane who opened the overhead lockers on landing - he was last seen being escorted from the airport by security! The first day was spent organising our trip for the next 5 weeks and having a general wander around the city. The weather wasn't as cold as we expected but anticipating the worst we both purchased thermal tops. The great thing about Auckland was that we stayed with a brilliant couple c...

Sydney is a vibrant happening place and I was really lucky with the weather most of the time which was an added bonus. Most people I've talked to appear to prefer Melbourne to Sydney but if I was made to choose then I think I would have to side with Sydney - I loved the harbour, the botanical gardens and the general city layout and architecture. On my first day I met up with Emma (who we met in Laos along with Annabel) and she and her lovely family and frie...

Why does it always rain on me? Yes the weather here has been rubbish again, I got soaking wet and to add insult to injury my umbrella decided to collapse on me too! My time down here has been split between Melbourne itself and a place just south of Melbourne called Geelong. The first few days I spent in the centre of Melbourne where I was reunited with D again for a spot of sightseeing around St Kilda and Melbourne. Melbourne likes to sell itself as being a ...