Well hello there! So where did I leave you? Oh yes, I think we were around Lake Taupo - the lake that smelt like egg sandwiches! The afternoon after I had written to all you lovely people Vick and I headed north towards the coast. We wanted to find Hot Water Beach where you can bury your feet into the sand and warm them up because of the two fissures. Turns out that this beach wasn't anywhere near to where we were so we decided to head slightly further then we i...

From our morning of wildnerness Vick and I drove into Napier where we had the most incredible panini's at this little coffee shop. It decided it was going to rain cats and dogs so it was perfect timing! Unfortunately Vikki's toe still looked a bit gammy and hadn't fully recovered from when she had been taking antibiotics for it, so she headed to the docs to get it sorted. In the end they booked her in for a toe avulsion so they could take her big toe nail off and...

Scenic routes always look like they will be pretty spectacular. And, quite frankly they usually are. When it's not storming or sea mist that is. On the way from Kaikoura to Picton I thought it would be a good idea to loop around the coast to the scenic route, rather than the boring straight road that went straight past. This was a good idea up until the sea fog crept in and we were winding our way for 42km if I remember correctly up this gravel path perilously cl...

Well hello there! So this is vick and my current predicament. We are in an information centre that closes in 15 minutes, on an extrememly, and when I say extremely I mean HORRIFICALLY slow computer, oh and there is a guy behind us in the middle of his 5pm prayer to Allah. So we want to be quick about this, but we here you lot have been complaining we aren't updating you enough. So here goes! Well, after leaving party town of Queenstown the open road was upon us ...

Wow, what a splendid last few days! The last few blogs were filled with good old english chat about the weather - well this one ain't going to be any more different. But instead of rain IT IS SUNNYYYYYY, and plenty of sunshine in that (don't worry we aren't going to complain there's too much of it!). It's still pretty nippy and rarely reaches 6 degrees, but it's just like one of those beautiful winter days with bright blue cloudless skies. When Vick and I arrive...