We arrived in Wellington a couple of days ago but as there was a music festival on we weren't able to stay for longer than a night because there was no beds! We'll definitely go back there though as it was such a nice city :) now we're at Lake Taupo, an absolutely enormous lake in the centre of the north island. Yesterday we did something pretty crazy and decided very last minute to do a 15000 ft skydive over the lake! It was one of the best things we've ever don...

Yesterday we began our kiwi experience bus pass around New Zealand! We first arrived in Christchurch, which to be honest wasn't great because there isn't that much to do since the earthquake hit, but it was amazing to see how much it was being rebuilt! We are now in a place called Kaikoura which is famous for marine life. On the coach on the way to our hostel we saw quite a few dolphins jumping around in the waves which was really cool and as we couldn't afford t...

So yesterday, after a jet lagged infused 13hr flight, we were thankfully picked up at Christchurch airport by Gary and Sarah (friends of Richard and Julie, Catherine's parents) and bought about an hour and a half east to the beautiful Staveley where we will be staying for the next few days. Yesterday, we went to dinner round Abi's, their daughter's, and had shephards pie and crumble - was like English comfort home food, great! Also, we met the eclectic array of a...

In the past few days we've been in amongst the craziness if Bangkok! We visited the grand palace, which was very expensive to get in to but was definitely worth it! It was absolutely stunning, although we couldn't visit some parts because apparently the king was actually there! We also went to Khao San road on quite a few occasions for shopping and for the nightlife. On the street they were selling all sorts of fake stuff, from Adidas to ID cards, as well as stuf...

Yesterday we went to an absolutely stunning waterfall call Erawan Falls- the water was so clear and turquoise! It would have been the best experience ever if it weren't for the huge fish who were insistent on sucking/ biting your feet and legs as you got in the water! A bit like those spa fish but a huge version! There were 7 levels to it, unfortunately we didn't see them all but we saw most of them and they were all pretty, there were huge butterflies everywhere...