Hi Everyone Well from the last blogg supplied by Jck on his thrilling adventure of Skydiving we have been taking it easy and enjoying the time we have left in the South Island. We ventured up to the Franz Josef glacier where we did a whole day (8 hour) wlk up the galcier and it was fantastic. We had a great guide, Sam, a young guy form Oz who cut steps into the ice for us to help is climb up it. We had a group of about 10 and everyone seemed to enjoy their day. ...

Hi everyone, I thought it was about time I wrote a journal entry rather than leaving it to Liz all the time. Well what can I say New Zealand is incredible, absolutely beautiful. We've hired a car with a roof box that converts into a sleeping compartment. Having the freedom to travel around and stop where you like is a bit of a revelation. Liz seems to be enjoying doing all the driving but she does keep gazing out her side window rather than on the road, but ...