North As Bro Have just realised that it's been a hell of a long time since I updated the old blog and some of you must be starting to get withdrawl symptoms from hearing what I've been up to. So just before you all come out in a cold sweat, don't worry, I am still here, just really not been up to much and I suppose that as the mind is a wee bit hazy, old age and all that I'll try and just furnish you all with the highlights of the last couple of weeks. Left the...

BACK IN THE WALLADY BEET Yes back in Wellington for a few days, need a rest from the rigours of the Kiwi Bus, far too many late nights and early mornings. The last night in Queenstown was funnily enough spent in Cowboys, what a bar. The only slight down point about the last day in Queenstown was that the River Surfing trip which I had worked oh so hard to win didnt happen. The annoying thing was that because it was a freebee I was only allowed to go if there wa...

God Save The Queen(stown) Queenstown might just be the coolest place on earth, even cooler than say Cullen or the Black Dog. Tremendous times. Franz Josef Glacier Climb was pretty special once again, got a glorious day for it, views were spectacular, saw some beautiful ice caves and our guide could not have looked more like Prince Harry if he tried. Well, maybe if he'd turned up in a Nazi uniform. Free entry to the Glacier Hot Pools came with the Glacier Hike a...

Proclaimers in the Poo Pub Phew, what a birthday night, easily the best 27th birthday that I've ever had. More later. Did that sunbathing in Kaiteriteri, was a really lovely morning, it was a pretty long drive down to Westport where there is absolutely nothing to do, quiet night, Lord of the Rings then Zoolander on Video, yes as in VHS, think that NZ is still a few years away from the Doovde. Poo Pub was tremendous, great place to spend a birthday. It's a them...

BACK IN THE DEEP SOUTH Ok so I'm not quite as far south as Invercargill yet (and I wont be again) but we're back on the South Island of NZ again. Have been travelling with the Kiwi Experience bus for the last wee while and we got the ferry over from the North Island yesterday morning. Spent the night in Kaiteriteri, but I'll again go back to doing things in Chronological order. Watched the last 20 minutes of the Dandies v Huns game online, Naismith, or Nae Knee...