We were up seriously early this morning as the bus left at 7 to go to Queenstown - 5 of us had decided to jump off at Wanaka on the way. We had a really long bus journey which wasn't really great as I was making myself pretty carsick by reading the whole way! Had to be done though - I was halfway through The Hunger Games on Julia's Kindle and had to give it back to her when we got off at Wanaka - it was so good I was really hoping I could finish it! We stopped a...

Up early this morning to hike up Franz Josef glacier! After getting kitted out with our hiking gear we drove to the base where we got divided into groups. Then we climbed the glacier! It was pretty amazing, we started off on normal land and then were on ice! Our guide was cutting steps out of the ice ahead of us for us to walk on. Really stubbing views! It was really good craic, we took photos in our bikinis - seriously cold haha, Becky had told us she was planni...

Today we travelled to Franz Josef! We had a late departure as some people were doing morning activities so we had to wait for them. Got up just before 10 to checkout, went to the shops to have a look around/get food, quick stop in McDonalds for Internet and then back to the hostel to get on the bus! It was a fairly long journey and we got to Franz Josef in the afternoon. I started reading The Hunger Games on Julia's Kindle which was really good. We got to Franz...

We were up early this morning to go hang-gliding before the bus left! It was so amazing! I went first and we literally flew into the sunrise. You get attached to the glider above the guy who flies it, and a plane tows you up into the sky and then lets go and you drift down to the ground! It really was awesome, really relaxing! I got to control it at bits as well, turning and stuff which was really fun. The only problem was I hasn't thought to wear shoes so my toe...

This morning we were picked up at 9 for our kayak trip! We got kitted out and then kayaked for a few hours along the coast with two guides, it was really good! Went up to an island called Adele island and saw seals there (starting to quickly realise there are seals everywhere here!) - they were really cool! Had a great time kayaking :) then we stopped at a beach and had lunch. This is where the guides left us with the kayaks and we started the 4 hour trek back al...