We arrived at Wanaka at about 3pm and again it was lovely and sunny, so we got checked in and made our way to the beach with the girlies. We sunbathed for a bit and then had a drink in a nearby bar. After dinner we decided to head out and see what the little town of Wanaka had to offer. It was Steves' birthday so we bought him a cup cake, put a candle in it and sang happy birthday to him in the hostel bar. We stayed in there for a little while, but soon left, as...

We arrived at Franz Josef at about 3pm, so it wasn't too long a journey on the bus, and when we got there it was beautiful sunshine! I had decided to do the full day glacier walk for the next day with Sara, so we paid for this and then went for a wander around the town. It didn't take long, as it's the smallest town ever! It was really pretty though, and looks like a ski town. Me, Sara, Jackie, Katie, Georgina, Imogen and Steve had a drink in one of the bars and ...

Well today we arrived at Lake Mahinapua and was told that the theme for the fancy dress party would be bin bags! How on earth can you make a good costume out of bin bags, we were wondering!! Jackie came up with the idea that she wanted to make a wedding dress! 'She must be very creative' I thought and couldn't think of anything good to make myself and neither could Sara. When we arrived at the hostel (well you couldn't call it a hostel, because the rooms were j...

Well today I left Nelson on the bus and headed for Westport. We wasn't on the road for that long, but our poor driver bless her has not got great taste in music! There's only so much cheesy music I can take! We had a few lovely stops on the way though, where we saw the cutey little ducks and the scenery was amazing! When we arrived at Westport it was like walking through a ghost town, where had all the people gone?! It was a really cute hostel though and it fel...

Today, after the dolphin swimming, it was off onto Nelson. It was quite a long drive, but we had a lot of stops along the way to break the journey up a bit. One of our stops was at a small cafe in the middle of nowhere, and a few miles along the road we found out that there had been a huge land slip, so we couldn't get to our hostel. We were told that it could take from half an hour to 7 hours to clear it! As we weren't going anywhere in a hurry I decided to get ...