i'll try again, after regretting not updating it for a while (mostly because i havent had time) i finally got round to doing aload the other day and teh computer shut down and i lost it all. we got to queenstown after dark sometime and even though we'd said we were going to rough it, ended up in a campsite on our second night. to be fair, we didnt havea clue where we were, got lost in teh tiny town that is queenstown, got stuck on wet grass (the girls pushed a...

Arrived in pitch black so didnt have any idea of what actually awaited, (see the picture ive put with this blog as mine dont show the true colour). there is some kind of sediment in the lakes that refracts the suns light giving it a bright blue colour. its stunning, the whole country is. we've been constantly stopping roudn every corner. as breathtaking as they say! the snows just about coming so the mountains are all snow capped flowing down into greenery adn th...

i landed in christchurch some time after 11pm and straight away was greeted with the cold that was to come. found a cash machine and got ripped off my the shuttle bus into the centre where the girls im in the camper with had already sorted me a place in the hostel. got into the room and there was a note on one of the beds saying 'joe, we have saved you a bed, charlotte and chloe.' perfect, i hate sleeping on top bunks so it was just what i wanted. foudn them on ...

i love this city, i dont want to leave and i want to move here. its cooler than cool, everything about it, its attractive, amazing exhibitions and street art, big, busy but not crowded, amazing shopping, funky bars and cool cafes down little alleys, the most incredible restaraunts, attractive people, friendly people, its just ace. very european in many ways but its definately got its own character. stayed with cobien and michael which was brilliant, so nice to...

i got to sydney about half seven in the morning, already had my place in wake up hostel booked since i knew ben from thailand was alreadyb there and he reccomended it. since i kept staying places down teh east coast longer than intedend and i had arranged to stay with cobein and michael in melbourne and also hire  a camper in nz, i was left with only three day and nights in sydney. so all that was left to do was make the most out of the time there, i think i s...