Hi, if anyone is still looking at this website a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year All the best Erica and Jason

Well this will be my last journal. Only reason I am updating it is because I want to be able to access it to print off my journals. Anyway, the weather is getting better here, its getting much warmer. Work is busy as per usual. We move into our new house on the 8th December so can't wait for that. Since being back we have pre ordered our sofa, dining room table, coffee table, side tables etc etc. Looking foward to receiving it all. Anyway now that we have...

I'm now in the Cook Islands which is a 4 hour flight from New Zealand. The place is lovely and is is about 32km round. The beaches are beautiful and I have been collecting loads of shells to take back with me. The hostel is nice with loads of fun people there. We have a stray kitten at the hostel which gets loads of attention, plus he spends most of his evening catching all the horrible bugs which is good. The backpackers only costs 20 NZ Dollars...

I'm now in the North Island and arrived in Wellington yesterday. The South Island is beautiful and has plenty to do for everyone. Did a couple of wine tours which are great fun, and a 16k walk through Abel Tasman national park which had great views of the sea and outer islands. Went horseriding in Nelson which was fun but a bit hard on the thighs as couldn't sit down or walk for a few days...oh well the wine tour helped with that. Stayed at a love...

Still in the South Island which is beautiful all over really. Christchurch was very much like England and Queenstown is very small with only 9,000 people living there, although its packed most of the time from tourists. Loads to do round Queenstown. Went on a wine tour which was really nice and of course tasted quite a few local wines on the way. The hostel was lovely and quiet which makes a change from some of the other places I've stayed in...good f...