can i just say that i have never been so proud of myself in my life. today i climbed the franz josef glacier. bloody freezing, but we kitted out with the whole ice picks, studded boots, everything. ames and i got put in the special group because we spent too much time giggling at the back- so funny. took us 5hours to walk up it. a long way...but got some stunning photos. off to christchurch tommorrow before heading to auckland.. xxxxxxxx

morning, just to say that i have never been so cold in my life !!!!! Although im having a fab time i have to admit im finding it terribly difficult to adapt to the minus temperatures we are experiencing here- especially as three quarters of my rucksack is left in bloody sydney !!! Cant remember the last time i wrote but ames and i rented a campervan, which is awesome. we drove down to a place called wanaka, 100km north of queenstown and have been camping fo...

hi from NZ... have had the most eventful few days. basically went back to sydney 3days before going to Christchurch, took literally ALL of my clothes out of my rucksack, put them in the laundry the night before we left and then stupidly realised that the laundry didnt open until we were well in NZ...TYPICAL !!!!! then to top it all both of my cards have stopped working as i have maxed them both so daddy had to wire me some cash...again...TYPICAL !!! Had a reall...