Meeting Monique The next day James and I awoke to Rob knocking on our hostel door. It is weird and lovely to be so far away from home yet still have a little piece of Darlington with us. We still had to get some more money out to pay for the campervan so met Rob and Corey in Starbucks (yes still living it up) and went on the internet to tell the bedmobil people who they should be looking out for. James suggested 'just look for the only people coming out of Th...

Sad goodbyes We all flew back up to Auckland feeling pretty glum. Everyone packed up and we had some food and drinks in the hotel bar. The next morning Jenny, G&C left us to catch their plane to Singapore for a few days. We had another teary goodbye waving them off; The Pullman staff must think I am an emotional wreck! It's an emotional rollercoaster this travelling malarkey and I have to keep reminding myself that although it is hard everyone is only a ...

Queenstown with the Wipers We were back at 'The Rees' but in a bigger apartment to accommodate the extras and a plus one in the form of Kiwi. It was more of the same fun fun fun activities and all go in the town of fun! We played beer pong, which G&C were really good at and absolutely loved! We met Jenny's lovely friend Dan from home who was randomly staying in the room below us! We played a lot of silly games and a few bottles of wine seemed to disappea...

Doubtful Graham After a slight (but beautiful) detour at the beginning of the day, 'you can't get lost in NZ' we were on track to Te Anau and the 'sounds'. Jenny had pre-booked a Kayak trip around Milford Sounds but the weather was closing in and we were forced to cancel. In fact, the road from Te Anau to Milford was due to close that evening. We debated it for a short time and decided we would try to make it that afternoon. The journey on the way was scenic...

Wipers in Wanaka Kiwi went back to work and we headed to Wanaka. Kiwi's Mum offered us her house in Wanaka so we jumped at the chance and took the scenic route past Mount Cook. Not only was the scenery breathtaking but there were some beautiful voices to accompany the views. The juicy van came with free live, surround sound music for everyone to enjoy. It came in the form of Les Mis renditions and a mix of Disney soundtracks. We also enjoyed waving to other...