Kia Ora! Our week in Christchurch is nearly over - just taking in our last couple of days in NZ! Since our last blog, we've uploaded the photos we had issues with & had a really nice week here in Christchurch. We had a 5 hour drive from Queenstown to Christchurch - our last stop with Stray :( We made a few stops along the way, Lindis Pass & some cracking views of Mount Cook - the tallest of NZ's mountains - around 3600 meters! We were lucky as it's ra...

Hi from Queenstown again! Milford Sound was next on the agenda after our last blog. On the way we passed through the Fiordland National Park & Homer Tunnel, which was handmade & very long & steep - impressive stuff. The valley of a Thousand Waterfalls greeted us on the other side - beautiful little falls on both sides of the valley as we decended into Milford Sound. We were lucky enough to witness an avalanche on one of the valley slopes - good view ...

Hi all We have just landed literally in Queenstown after doing a parasailing trip on Lake Wakatipu! We went 600 foot above Queenstown on the back of a boat with a parachute attached! Scary stuff & extremely high but it was really cool & the weather is gorgeous today. Since our last blog from Wellington, we caught the South Island Ferry which took 3 hours & we finally stepped foot in the South Island - which is absolutely beautiful - the further so...

Hi all Sorry for the delay in writing another blog since the start of NZ, we've only just got chance to sit at a computer for an hour! Its been manic since we picked up the stray bus from our hostel in Auckland - can't believe how much we've done in just a week! On our next day in Auckland we took a bus to Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic world which was cool - we saw Turtles & Sting Rays being fed - never seen sting rays flap out of the water before so that was...

Evening all! We arrived in New Zealand at 4:45am this morning & lost a day on route from LA as they are 19 hours ahead here! So we are a bit bleary eyed! Internet access is much better here so we can get more photos onto our blogs! We spent our last 2 days in San Fran doing a trip to Alcatraz via ferry & an audio tour around the old cell block - which was really good - commentary was by ex guards & convicts & heard about 2 escape attempts - on...