Kia Ora In total today I wa travelling for 9 houts and boy did it feel like it! Left Wellington at 7am and arrived at Nelson YHA just before 4pm! The ferry which I had heard many horror stories about wasn't too bad - to be fair I did snooze for the first 2 hours! Apprently the Cook Straight is notoriously rough and there was a thunder storm last night so it should have been a horrendous crossing but I guess I got lucky, thank goodness!!!! The bus ride from Pi...

The weather was so lovely today a great day for sight seeing in Wellington. Started off with what seems to have become my way of greeting a new city - wandering around in circles and up and down the same streets over and over until eventually finding what I was looking for was a short simple walk from the hostel! I caught a cable car to the top of the city where there was a brilliant view down over the whole of Wellington. I then made my way down through the bota...

Happy Birthday Mummy - even though I am posting this after 4th May..... I went horse trekking this morning I was on a horse called Turk who was a huge beautiful grey he did have a bit of a mind of his own however and kept wandering off in a totally different direction to where I was telling him to go. I was the "most experienced rider in the group" - lol so I was lead horse! we trekked to the top of some mountains and stopped to take some photos of mor...

Spent most of today on the bus from Taupo to River Valley, with just a "short" 2 hour walk to Taranaki falls. My legs were just a little on the stiff side but the weather today has been lovely so a little stroll across flat open moors and through a forest was nice. New Zealand is so so beautiful, you can see for miles and miles in certain places without the view being spoilt by construction or electricity pylons etc. The amount of time spent on the bus...

Wow - I can't believe it is May already! A random fact especially for you Olly - In New Zealand Woolworths is a very successful Supermarket! :P The weather yesterday was lovely so a went for a really nice hour long run around Lake Taupo, the scenery yet again was stunning but I was pretty shattered when I got back! Went to reception to find that after 5 days of waiting the weather is good enough and the Tongariro Crossing is on tomorrow! Nice early start for ...