The drive from Kaikora to Nelson took about 3 hours, and we were back to driving on bendy roads. The first part of the journey was along the coast and the sea was probably the roughest I have ever seen, but it was still very nice to see. As we got further north towards Nelson the weather got better and better and the sky cleared right up. This made us feel much happier! The Nelson area is supposed to get the most sun out of the whole of New Zealand, and it seemed...

As soon as we left Christchurch for the drive north it started to rain, and got worse and worse as we went. Luckily it only took a couple of hours to get to our next stop; Hamner Springs. The roads were much better there too so we didn't feel like we were going to get blown off the side of the road. When we arrived at Hanmer Springs the rain was even worse so we just had to sit in the van until it stopped a bit, then chill out at the campsite. It carried on all n...

The drive from Hokitika to Christchurch was another 4 hour-ish drive, and as Justins leg was hurting him so much because of the glacier walk the day before, I had to do all the driving myself. We left quite early in the morning as soon as we were up and set off. The route we chose took us straight through the island back to Christchurch, and through a place called Arthur's Pass. I personally think this is the best drive we have done so far as views go and I reall...

The drive from Hokitika to Christchurch was another 4 hour-ish drive, and as Justins leg was hurting him so much because of the glacier walk the day before, I had to do all the driving myself. We left quite early in the morning as soon as we were up and set off. The route we chose took us straight through the island back to Christchurch, and through a place called Arthur's Pass. I personally think this is the best drive we have done so far as views go and I reall...

As far as I can remember my last blog entry finished with us leaving Wanaka for Franz Josef, so I will carry on from there. The drive to the village took about 5 hours all together, prehaps even a bit more, so it was one of the longer drives we have done here. It was a nice one though because the route took us through two national parks and had some great views. The only downside to this was, because we were in national parks the whole time, we didn't have any ra...