I am in possibly the smelliest place I have ever been (and yes, that includes some parts of London!).  I arrived in Rotorua yesterday and nothing could have prepared me for the smell, but already, I am kind of getting used to it.  Because there is a lot of Sulphur around here, it constantly smells like rotten eggy farts!  Some places are worse than others and it also depends on which way the wind is blowing (no pun intended there!).  It's ...

Last Wednesday I went over to Kapiti Island and the weather was beautiful.  We took a boat over (the island only allows 50 visitors per day and you have to get a permit from the Government).  I walked up the Wilkinson Track (which is meant to be easier!) and it took me nearly 2 hours to walk over 500m up to the summit.  The view was amazing, the sea was so blue and the sun was shining.  It took another hour to walk back down.I s...

Hi all!  The last week has been pretty mad, I left Kaikoura last Thursday and took the bus up to Picton.  Stayed at a lovely hostel called the Bayview Backpackers, but it was a good 40 min walk into town so I just took a walk around the Marina and chilled out.  I flew from Picton to Wellington on Friday afternoon.  The airport was literally a shed!  The plane was tiny and it was quite windy so you really felt it flying, was an amazing vie...

I serioulsy cannot take any more cold weather, it's just like being at home!  I could've saved myself so much money :OP  Kaikoura is stunning, would be even more stunning if it stopped raining and the clouds lifted so I could see the snow capped mountains across the bay.I got her yesterday morning after a 3 hour bus trip.  I'm staying at the YHA here which is nice, cold though!  I'm sharing a room with two exchange students who...

I'm as far away from home as I can possibly get now!!  I've been here for 3 days and it's very similar to England.  The weather is a lot colder than Oz, but not unbearable.  It's actually spring now so hopefully as I am heading only north from now on, it should get warmer.  Christchurch is very nice but not much to do here.  The day trips are really expensive, I wanted to do a Lord of the Rings tour and just for one day it...