Day 357 (Wednesday 26th November 08) Em woke up at about 1am feeling very sick! She hoped she could just be sick and go back to sleep but no chance as she soon started to feel much worse and we knew we would have to get on our way and try and find somewhere there was a toilet. Went through Hastings, Havelock North and Clive trying to find a toilet and took us about 2 hours to find one that was open and didn't have kids hanging around in hoodies. Ended up in Mapi...

Day 356 (Tuesday 25th November 08) Our clothes still soaked and it still pouring still so nothing was drying. Had to check in for the boat at 7am so waited in the queue for the boat hoping that there wouldn't be any rain when we arrived in the North Island! Quite a rough day but not a bad crossing as it is such as big boat. A couple of good films on to watch which was good. Arrived in Wellington and it was blue sky and sun which we were really pleased about! Had...

Day 355 (Monday 24th November 08) Off to do our food shopping at Countdown and then fill up with petrol. Went to find somewhere to use the internet and Skype. A very wet day! Left Nelson and headed along towards Picton stopping in Havelock, the green shelled mussel capital of the world. It was pouring with rain but went to have a look on the beach to see if we could find any mussels. Didn't have any luck and noticed they were selling them in the shop in the town...

Day 354 (Sunday 23rd November 08) Did some more study and had some breakfast. Not a nice day at all, lots of rain! Drove up to Collingwood and out to the Farewell Spit. Luckily it stopped raining a bit once we were out there but could hardly see anything on the drive out there along the mountains. Parked up by the beach and had a wander along. Lots of tiny little mussels all over the beach. Amazing how they were just covering the place. Heated up some soup for l...

Day 353 (Saturday 22nd November 08) Woke up to find someone else had parked up by us. Into the centre of Hanmer Springs for some breakfast and then onto fill up with some petrol before we ran out! Made our way further into the centre of the South Island through Springs Junction and Murchison. Another long drive all morning and getting very hungry but couldn't find anywhere to stop to make something to eat as the roads very windy! Again awesome scenery around us....