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...

Hi All Bit of a gap between blogs as internet is tough to come accross! Flew over the Grand Canyon in the tiniest plane we've ever seen from Vegas - it was that bad the Exit sign had been biro'd onto the inside of the pilot's door! But it got us there & back in one piece & the trip was awesome - photos of the Canyon don't do it justice. We walked the Sky walk & it sends you pretty dizzy looking down through the clear glass! Lunched at the Bellagi...