Sorry for it being quite a long time since I last did a blog, it's been a busy few weeks! I'm in Sydney for the next few days so have uploaded all my pictures and updating the blog. I'll try cover all the main things I have done since my last one (about 4 weeks ago!) The final night in Taupo was good fun. An Irish girl we had met was 25 so we all dressed as pirates and went for a night out, getting a few strange looks along the way! We also bumped into some fami...

I left Steve and Tom in Queenstown as they have an extra 10 days (because they are not going to Perth), so I was about to do a couple of weeks of solo travelling. We'd made quite a few friends in Queenstown so it was a shame to be leaving, but I wanted to make sure I got to see everything I wanted to on the North Island. So I left Queenstown and spent most of the day going to Christchurch. When I was in Christchurch I bumped into a couple of people I knew from ...

On Tuesday I didn't do very much, just relaxed and had a walk around Queenstown. There are loads of trendy cafes/bars/restaurants here and some good views across the lake. Walking down the street you often see people paragliding down the mountain side. It's much smaller than what I expected but seems like a nice place to spend a few days. We have a couple of drinks on Tuesday night in Altitude Wednesday was the day of the bungy jump! The company we did the ju...

On the second day in Franz Josef we did a hike on Franz Josef glacier. This was pretty tough and for a full day. We left the hostel at 9am and didn't get back until 6pm. It was a great day though. Took about 1.5 hrs to get to the base of the glacier and then put on 'clampons' (metal spikes that attach to your shoes so you can walk on the ice). After about an hour we stopped and the guide said he found a new ice tunnel that morning and asked if we wanted to climb ...

Sorry it's taken me ages to write a blog, I've been on the move ever since arriving! Here's a rundown of what I've been up to since arriving. Dubai: Spent two nights in Dubai, which is the craziest city I've ever been to. It's huge - there are almost three separate cities there! The skyscrapers put New York to shame, they are everywhere and massive. We drove past the 188 storey building (tallest in the world) and had a few pictures outside the 7 storey hotel, wh...