DAY 17 - CHRISTCHURCH It's NYE.... have a bit of a lay in this morning before starting the day with a healthy breakfast, a fry up at warners. we bump into nick who joins us. myself neil, steve and candice head off to the gondola up yet another mountain to llook at the views over the town and beach and lakes, guess what no waterfalls. canduice makes us promise not to rock the gondola. at the top we wait around the gift shop for a while, take a look ar...

DAY 16 - LAKE OHAU TO CHRISTCHURCH its the last day of the tour, :-( while alot of people have great views from thier room overlooking the lake, we have the view of the coach, just beyond that we can see the camp gas station. which is nice. breakfast is nice. today we make tracks towards christchurch we follow the southern lakes to a hydroelectricity scheme around impressive blue water lakes and the ever present southern alps as the backdrop. we ...

DAY 15 - QUEENSTOWN TO LAKE OHAU good start to the day, locked out of the room and i have a nosebleed. which is nice. i come very close to vomiting by the bus when i take the bags out to the coach. we have this morning to do as we please until we leave for lake ohau at 1.30. i spend a few minutes on the internet, say goodbye to paul and joanne who are also leaving today for a few days in fiji, before meeting up with neil, kate, kevin and laurel for a...

DAY 14 - MILFORD SOUNDS an early start and im not feeling my best but i do make the coach on time. joony and austin have to be woken up. apparently we are leaving early to beat the rush of the crowds, in new zealand i find it hard to believe there can be a gathering that could constitute a crowd, but i trust their judgement. cough cough its a long journey about 5 hours so we entertain ourselves by eating cheesy puffs(wotsits) and the usual dull coach ...

DAY 13 - QUEENSTOWN i dont feel at all well this morning after last nights activites however i still make breakfast. a few of us are off this morning to do a jet boat cruise up dart river, set inbetween the mountains. there is myself, kate, laurel, andrea, lisa and grant, windslow and philip on board oh and of course the guy driving the boat. the jet boat is powered by a 5.2 litre chevvy engine that sucks water in and shoots it out to produce a hell of a...