Kia Ora, Our last night in NZ :( We have had an absolutely wonderful time here and we really don't want to leave, however seeing as it is starting to get colder, it would be rude not to dip our toes in the warm climate of Fiji. Back to our last blog. We headed north to towards Paihia the entrance to the Bay of Islands. It was a nice drive north seeing lots of different nationalities who have formed towns like Bryndewyn (thats not a bit welsh) We called in to K...

Hello, We are now in Auckland, staying at the Downes Residence. We are being treated like royalty and spoiled rotten so no need to worry about G wasting away etc etc. Continuing from the last blog, we stayed for another day in Rotorua or Rotovegas as it has been named, due to being so touristy. We visited an amazing place called Te Puia which is another cultural maori place but has been run by the same family for generations. Our guide was amazing and she was a...

Kia Ora, We are now in the North. And have been busy busy busy!! We caught the ferry over to Wellington, the capital, which had amazing views of the islands, it also happened to be a really nice day so we could sit outside to view it. That night we went to a campsite and bumped into the german couple from our kayaking and they invited us to their hugggeee camper for wine and nibbles. They were saying how where they live it is very rude to let their guests glass...

Kia Ora!! We have had an amazing few days here, one of the results of this being that we have extended our trip! just so you can realise how much you really do miss us! So we now return to england on June 24th. It basically means we have an extra week here and actually get to see a bit more of Brian and Fiona. So since our last blog, we drove th inland road towards Kaikoura. We stopped over night in a lovely town called Hanmer Springs. It was really nice and we...

We have just eaten really yummy pancakes next to the Pancake rocks in Punakaiki. We have been very busy since our last blog. In Queenstown, we did the Gondola up the mountainside to the top, and it gave us amazing views across the region. We have been lucky to get great weather so far as well. At the top of the mountain we did the Luge which is a 3 wheeled cart and you use the downhill to get your speed and just have breaks to stop you going too fast. We were def...