So the past few days have been busy busy busy, so I've decided to write them all into one entry. On Sunday we arrived into Queenstown and noticed immediately the drop in temperature... Time to dig out the woolly hat! We arrived at what we thought was the closest stop to our hostel before being told that although it looked that way on the route map, the hostel was actually a few roads up the mountain. After a strong uphill walk we made it to butterfli lodge. It...

Today we arrived in Christchurch in the early hours of the morning and hopped straight into bed when we arrived at the hostel. Due to our early arrival we had a lie in before venturing out. The weather was not as cold as we expected but still cold enough for jeans and long sleeves. We spent the afternoon walking around Christchurch, suprised by the state of the city which remained a building site after the destruction of the feb 2011 earthquake. To be quite...