The day after the canyon swing we all had a bit of a lie in, and then met up with Kate at Fergbakery. If we thought Fergburger was good the pies here were something else. Seriously need to stop eating in this country!! We decided to be productive with our day and got the gondola up the mountain where you could see the whole of Queenstown. We had a ticket for 5 luge rides which was great fun and bought out the inner speed demon in us all, apart from when we tri...

We had to leave our nice chalet in Punakiki and head off in the direction of Franz Josef. We stopped off in Greymouth which really wasn't too exciting but we picked up some new recruits on the bus, 5 more girls which meant we now has 9 girls and 2 boys, pretty ridiculous! We got to Franz Josef and checked into the rainforest retreat which was going to be our home for the next two nights. The hostel had a massive hot tub and we got to mingle with some people fro...

Kia Ora! I feel I have so much to catch everyone up on since I've been in New Zealand! I started out in Christchurch arriving at my hostel quite late after flying from Fiji via Auckland. The hostel I was in was a converted old prison which had a lot of character to it, all the rooms were former cells so was definitely an experience! They offered complimentary hot water bottles, this was going to be a significant change from living on beaches in Fiji! I had...