Hi everyone, Just a quick one. Made it to the south island, the sea was very rough, with waves going straight over the top of the ferry. We both survived without being sick. Oh and heres a funny one for you, I had to buy some new trainers as I left the last pair on the roof of the car. opps. Update in a couple of days XXX

Good Morning England, How are you all doing? Well as you would expect our days have been full to the brim with mainly driving, however we have had and exciting couple of days,we should add some cold and wet couple of days. Last time we posted a message we were in Rotorua, we since made it through to Mount Ruapehu, which is located centrally on the North Island (this is where they filmed Mordor for Lord of the Rings) We stayed here for the evening with the...

Hey guys, it's Amy and Justin. Well have we got loads to tell you, we just hope that we have enough time to write everything. We are still in Rotorua where we had an action packed day, waking up early to see Wai-a-tao (don't ask us how to pronounce it) Where there was loads of geo thermal activity and pools of different colours. I thought Amy had farted a really bad eggy one, but as it turns out it's just the sulphur!! (but she did do a bad one later) From...

Hi Guys, Just a quick update from us in Rotorua, a typical Moari town in NZ. We have made our way down from Auckland through Hamiltion and stayed in Waitomo, where we went to see the caves and glow worms. Going up a cable car a white water rafting tomorrrow, along with a bungy the following day and hopefully some skiing day after next. Tans have all but gone, but our guts are left with memories of fiji!! see you soon

Hi Amy here, After the issues with the camper van, we have finally got this part of the trip under way. We travelled north (again) but further to the Bay of Islands, a beautiful place with some stunning scenery on the way. We had planned to carry on to the northern tip of NZ today but the weather was absolutley awful, so we decided to change routes and make our way to the West side. We navigated through thick tropical forrest and windy roads, seeing the bii...