Hola amigos,just getting in some practice, probably be one of the last times I write anything here in New Zealand. We are in Taupo, which is positioned at the north end of Taupo Lake which is F**KIN' massive, only the biggest lake in the Southern Hemisphere. We are going to have a few nights in Rotorua, see some geeza about a water spout tomorrow, and stay in possibly the best hostel in New Zealand. High praise indeed. We then head to Auckland, hopefully the ...

Hi guys, just a quick message from Wellington another small city in New Zealand, seems quite pretty and cultural on the outside, we even went to the New Zealand Museum, which was highly informative. but we like the action, we like the party, we like clean rooms, and our room is very smelly mainly I think because the people staying in it have been there for a while and have made themselves very comfortable. It's pretty disgusting hence we are trolling the...

Hey guys, representing Wales on the drinking front, we are holding our own and we're fast becoming legends amongst the younger backpackers. Just a quick blog, Nelson seems like another Queenstown, arghhh!!!! We were only going to spend a couple of days but now we are here for a few more, the hostel we are staying at is so plush and the people who run it are so friendly and nice. Going up to the north Island on the 10th, we are flying in a small plane again, ...

Hi, me again just wanted to let you know we're in Nelson now which is the top of the South Island. We'll stay here for a few days, see Abel Tasman and Golden Bay. We are in a very plush hostel, colour coordinated, good kitchens, called Accents on the Park. We then head up to the North Island and Lake Taupo where we'll do a skydive if the weather holds. Absolutely knackered and Claire is even more knackered as we drove from Franz Josef with one stop at...

Hey up guys and gals,and big extreme hello goes out to you, you have to do that here. It's all extreme even the partying. We have now finally left Queenstown after 3 days turned into 6 and the earliest night we had was 1.45am. QT is a great place but we didn't really do alot apart from drinking by following the happy hours all the way around the town. They are very thoughtful that way. Our livers are beginning to recover and we have caught up on some slee...