QUEENSTOWN!!! Wednesday - Bright and early we all Franz Joseph and drove to arrowtown....allllllllllll day drive it took forever!!! On route stupid silly alex got us stuck in some mud! But literally after only after being stuck for about 5 mins some kiwi lady pulled over and asked if we were stuck, and got a tractor out in minutes!! So all was fine, everyones so nice here!! Finally.....later that day we arrived at Sians cousins in this amazing little ski resort ...

Hellos!!! So.............picking up from where we last left off: TAURANGHA Saturday 9th - We woke up in a warm bed!!!!!!!!!! Woooooooooooooo! Just kinda chilled out that morning and then went to climb a mountain by the beach! Was a gorgeous clear pretty day...took some lovely photos with my new camera and all its fancy settings!!!! In the afternoon we went to Alex's grandfathers flat which was by the beach too....and used the gym, sauna, pool!! The high life!!...

HELLO FROM NEW ZEALAND!!!!!!!!!!!! After 4 days of solid travelling....no showers and utter hell from wearing masks cos of swine flu we finally arrived in Nz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness, the minute sian and i walked off the plane and were greeted by someone saying 'hello' rather than hola we were so happy! ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE!! Because I was wearing a mask they tried to screen me for the flu buti explained i was fine!! After getting out the airport...