Just a quick one as I am being chastised for being rude and logging on (even though this is the first time my baby has worked in almost 3 weeks!). In the midst of a roadtrip with 2 of the guys from the bus. We've just arrived in Twizel near Mt Cook and ended up splashing out and staying in our very own cabin on a farm - I have a double bed all to myself with proper linen - a PRIVATE ROOM - yippeeeee!!!!!! Just had a gourmet backpacker meal of wonderful cheese, ve...

"Sweet as.....Bro" This seems to be the most common phrase in NZ and seems to roughly translate as "cool man" or equivalent. Slightly disconcerting that a few people have called me "bro" but I assume it's not because I look like a man, rather that I'm getting down with the surfer dudes!! Right, the first blog of the trip so I'd better try and make it interesting so you'll keep coming back! I will say right now that this will be w...