In between franz and christchurch I did a stopover in greymouth but really isn't worth blogging about as it wasn't anything special. So my last 2 days were spent in the earthquake struck city of christchuch. It was back in 2011 however it is still clear that the city is struggling to restore the buildings. It was quite sad to see really. But I imagine they get quite a lot of tourism now from it. I spent my time looking around the town, in particular the botanic g...

After another relatively long drive up from milford sound I arrive initially in fox glacier. I stopped off at the free walk to see how much of the glacier was visible without a guide... The answer was not a lot! You could see the edge about 600m in the distance. I was glad I had booked to go on a helicopter tour to see the glaciers instead of just walking. My tour was the following morning. So I still had the afternoon to enjoy so I decided to go for a walk aroun...

Another early morning meant it was time to hit the road again. My drive wasn't so long today which was good. Well, it was 4 hours ha. But that's pretty good really. Again it was broken up by lots of 'wowwww, I need to take a photo' especially the closer I got to Milford sound. Unfortunately it is renowned but rain, rain and more rain here. So guess what, it was raining when I arrived. I was staying in the Milford lodge overnight so I didn't have to do 2 lots of 4...

I woke up early to hit the road south. I was heading the invercargill, the most southern point of New Zealand. Rather than just going straight down I decided to take the scenic route and head east via the Catlins National Park. This was a stunning but very long drive to do by myself and probably too far to do in one day. I didn't realise the distance by looking at the map. Or rather it might not be the distance but more that the roads are so small and windy that ...

I had 5 nights in Wellington and enjoyed nice relaxation before heading to a more adventurous queenstown. On my first day here I explored the city and visited the famous Ta Papa museum which was very big and educational (made my brain hurt having to think again, so didn't stay there too long!). I then went back to the hostel. I became friends with a german and Scottish guy in my hostel and we went for dinner together, walked up mount Victoria the following day an...