Well today I arrived at Taupo and it's lovely. The weather is a bit rubbish, so not looking good for the sky dive! Maybe secretly hoping that we wont be able to do it! lol. I checked into my hostel - The Berkenhoff Lodge, and I think it's one of the best hostels I've stayed in. It was family run and the lady who checked me in was so sweet. Katie was staying at another hostel (as there was no room for me, so had to go to this one), and when she got there she didn'...

So today we drove from Kaikoura to Picton, in order to get the ferry over to Wellington. It was a three hour crossing, was very calm thankfully and went quite quickly. Trying to get our bags was quite a challenge! No one would move out of the way for us, even when we said excuse me, and as we are both small, we couldn't see that we were going to get them anytime soon. In the end I went and squeezed through and managed to get my bag. Hurray! We stayed at Base fo...

Today, Katie and I had to go to Kaikoura again, before going across to Wellington. We arrived at about lunch time and got settled in. It was a lovely day, so we went for a walk, checked emails and then made dinner. Again it was another ready meal!! :-) Really need to learn how to cook before I go back to Australia next year! We didn't really do much here, as it was just an overnight stop and I had already done everything the first time I was there, so we had an ...

When we arrived at Christchurch we checked into our rooms and then decided to go out for a meal, as it was Steve's last night and Katie and I were leaving Sara in the morning, and also because we couldn't be bothered to cook! We went for an Indian and it was so yummy! A very special treat. The next morning was very sad. Sara was going to Fiji on the way home, so she was staying in Christchurch, and Katie and I were going up to the North Island. So it was time to...

Oh dear extremely hungover today! Was not a good idea to drink that much red wine and stay out until 3am! Checking into our hostel at Queenstown was a nightmare. There were so many people waiting, and I felt awful, so I just crashed out on the the couch in reception. We finally got checked in and decided to have a little sleep for an hour before having dinner at Fergburger, that Sara and Jackie promised me were the best burgers in the world, and goodbye drinks wi...