April 17 - 19 After leaving the not so exciting town of Napier, this time on a gloriously sunny day, we headed for Taupo. Taupo is located on the largest lake in NZ - Lake Taupo. It is also in the geothermal region of NZ and once again home to many adventure sports. We weren't sure what to expect of Taupo, all we knew was that we wanted to do a skydive. At this point however, Sean was having doubts as had been thinking it so much. The tables had very much tu...

April 15 - 17 After visiting the Weta cave we set off on a long drive (in NZ terms) for Napier. The first part of the drive was up through windy mountainous roads with sheer drops down into the valley below - always interesting when part of the road has fallen away. We arrived in Napier after dark so had a quick drive through the town centre and then headed out to the Holiday Park to make dinner and chill out for the evening. The following day we awoke...

April 12 - 15 We boarded the Interislander Ferry from Picton and had to pull up behind a huge livestock truck that smelt like the inside of a festival portaloo! Praying that the smell wouldn't penetrate our little camper we made our way up to the top deck to take in the views of the Marlborough Sounds on our way to the North Island. Huge forest-covered mountains dive into the ocean all around, and the incredible scenery was a perfect way to summarise our Sou...

Picton April 11 -12 We arrived in Picton and after a few minutes realised there wasn't much to do unless you wanted to hike - which we didn't! So we spent some time just looking out to sea, eating lunch and reading on the grassed area of the quayside. This was followed by our first game of mini-golf since travelling, where I kicked Sean's ass by 15 shots. It should actually have been by more as there was a little bit of cheating going on! Our holiday park w...

Blenheim April 8 - 11 Pushing our luck once again, we left the camp much later than the supposed check out time (not that they have anything to clean up once you leave) and headed towards Blenheim. As is the case for most of New Zealand it was another picturesque drive. We arrived in Blenheim mid afternoon and had a wander around the town centre. Blenheim is in the heart of the Marlborough wine region and is basically the wine capital of NZ and renowned worl...