The world's biggest ice-bucket Ordered in anticipation of the bottles of champagne we were going to win during the various quizzes on the boat. Well, it cooled our water perfectly. Next time. LZ

Travelling in style!!! After a hard day's walk in the hills behind Akaroa, we relaxed in the hot tub while the ship pulled out to sea and the sun set over the horizon. Loving it!!!! DW

Vintage cars in New Zealand A 4 hour hike, beautiful views, attacked by flies and fought our way through the bush - all in a day's work for intrepid travellers!!! We were then greeted by some good old vintage cars whilst we ate ice cream and cooled off. DW

Skyline Circuit - Stony Bay Peak Yup. It's official. I have done my first NZ walk. Here is the proof. Beautiful scenery, lovely weather, four hour round trip including water and lunch breaks and best of all, I enjoyed it! Think Dann is quite relieved as he is hoping that we'll do a good many more. Akarao is beautiful. It was spectacular getting a ride into town from the boat to the pier, on a lifeboat, this morning. (The ship is too big to get too close.) We s...

The benefits of a fake marriage 1. No expensive wedding 2. Free cake Honeymoon cake number 2 - miles better than the first, sadly we had already had dessert - but I manfully gave it a go..... DW