Kaikoura, 9th - 10th August 2010 Kaikoura is situated on the coast and where it's not surrounded by the sea there are vast snowy topped mountain ranges. The sea here is one of the prettiest I've seen and there's such a diverse range of colours it looks like a painting. The sky is moody and is a dark bluey grey and the sea is completely green. Nearer the shore it is a sage colour and looks icy, like its just broken off of a glacier. The deeper the sea gets th...

Christchurch, 6th - 9th August 2010 Travelling down We got up oh so early (well for us anyway - about 8am) and caught the shuttle to the Ferry terminal. We bumped into a lad called Mike who was one of the people on the Magic bus that had booked the same rugby package as us due to the amount of noise we'd been making about it.As he would be the only guy in our group and as he was from ozstraya or Australia as any normal person would say, we decided to call him ...

Wellington, 2nd - 6th August 2010 We were only planning on spending a couple of nights in Wellington before heading back up the North island but that all changed on the bus when we moved heaven and earth to make the All Black's Tri Nation's game in Christchurch against the Aussies. We ended up spending 4 nights in Wellington and we didn't really find much to do here, so most of our time was spent chillaxing, therefore if you're after an interesting read I'd sto...

Waitomo & Taupo, 1st - 2nd August 2010 Giant rabbits, Black water rafting, Glow worms & Mount Doom. Giant white super fluffy rabbits We were up nice and early to make the journey from Rotorua to Taupo and boarded the coach completely oblivious to what lay ahead. We made a quick stop off at a White German Angora Rabbit Shearing shed (try saying that quickly 10 times in a row). Soooooooo cute - birthday present alert people! hehehe. Apparently they h...

Rotorua, 30th July - 1st August 2010 Hobbits, Maori culture, mud baths & hot pools. The Magic Bus The Magic Bus picked us up from our hostel nice and early at 7.50 and headed off to Rotorua (going back to work is going to kill me!) Now I was expecting the coach to be like a bus service and have a few stops along the way before arriving at the final destination - how wrong I was.This coach is absolutely awesome - you could even say Magic (get it, haha)! T...