We left Franz Joseph about 8, our first stop was at Lake Matheson, It was a gorgeous sunny day so we sat outside and had a coffee to wake us up then headed on the walking trail to the lake. It was beautiful, you could see Mount Cook behing the lake and because of the sunshine you could see the reflection in the lake it was gorgeous. After this we went to thunderlake waterfull and lake howea which were both gorgeous as well, took loads of pictureS. we then arrive...

My skydive - At 6pm we got picked up and taken to the 'airstrip' I was really nervous by this point and even more nervous when we arrived!! We got taken in the office and got into our jump suits, very sexy!!! We were given a little talk then the 1st 2 people were taken up in the plane so we had to wait another 30mins. The plane got back and it was mine and Kats go, we had a really nice scenic 20min flight over the mountains and glacier which was amazing ...

We headed to Franz Joseph on 13th Jan, the hostel we are staying at is really nice, small 4 bed dorms a 25 man hot tub and sauna. The weather was really bad, pouring with rain constantly was a bit worried as i am doing a trek on day 2 and dont really fancy being out all day in that. Day 2 - the weather was a bit better, still raining but nit as bad. We met at the Glacier walk reception at 8am and were given our kits to put on, waterproof jackets and trousers, ha...

After leaving Christchurch, we went to Westport, it was completeley dead there, nothing to do so we went out for dinner with some people from the bus then headed back for an early night!! (I know doesnt happen often) The next day we headed to Lake Mahinipua on the way we did some really nice walks, the 1st to a seal colony. The walk was beautiful, on oneside you had the Ocean and the other mountains and farmland the sun was shinning for the 1st time since being ...

We arrived in Christchurch about 1pm on the 8th Jan, We were staying at Bas which was really nice, it was in a great location right in the middle of the City in Cathedral Square. When we arrived we just went for a wander around the City and had some lunch in a huge sports bar.That evening we just went down to the hostel bar, there are two guys called the 'happy hour' hosts they basically go round trying to get everyone to come down to the bar then they do...