Hi all

Just a quick update, as otherwise I will forget what I have been up to! Its been a busy couple of weeks in NZ and having a brilliant time here. Met such a lovely group of people and we have a really cool bus driver 'Bagginz' who has really mad our trip as he is such good fun and a great little character.

We went to Franz Josef last week and it was defiantly one of the highlights of the trip so far! We did the full day hike which was a 13k hike up the glacier. It was pretty hard work but such good fun. I was very scared at some points as the guide was challenging us and made us go down these steep steps which he cut out and through really tight spaces. He said to me to stop being a princess and typical me had to go up front with him for the whole trek as I was such a wuss!

It was also St Paddy's day when we were in Franz Josef, and seeing I am with so many Irish it turned out to be a fairly messy day with fancy dress (lots of lovely green costumes) and an all day drinking session. Somehow I managed to be the last person out from my group so I was pretty impressed with myself!

The next day we had a karoke night which turned out to be another messy evening. I blame the boys as they keep buying me shots!!! Anyway our next stop was Queenstown (Tammys hometown but she is in Oz at the mo soIm meeting her in a fewdays). Its such a great place and defiantly one of the most exciting places in NZ. We sampled the Ferz Burger which is the biggest nicest burger I had ever had!

We headed down to Milford Sound yesterday and the scenery along the way was just incredible. We took a cruise boat out and saw Dolphins swimming in the sea. I have never seen Dolphins in the wild before and so got really excited about that! We also saw sea lions too and they were just gorgeous!

We our heading down to Dunedin tomorrow where we are doing a brewery tour (could be trouble) and having a big 70s night as its the last night with a lot of the Irish guys who are heading back to Oz!

Going to Sydney next week where I will be looking for a job, as of course I've run out of money more quickly than I thought I would, but its defiantly been worth it, I've had such a good time so far :)

Anyway I hope everyone is well, look forward to hearing from you all
lots of love
Katie xx