hey all!today we walked the tongaraero crossing, got up at 4.45 to be picked up at 5.30 by a bus and driven to start of track. we set off walking at 7.20. windy most of the day, face is now rosy the nose up from where my coat was. saw mt doom, but were not aloud to climbn at was too windy and if we were blown off it might hurt when we landed. afert VERY steep scrmbly bit we went down into a flat volcanic crator, the mountain blew its top off a long time ago so wa...

I jumped out of a plane today.

hello!got plane alright and slept for most of it, landed in rotorura then sat about in cafe in information center for a few hours till bus came and we travelled to taupo. had the same coach driver as we had all those months ago when we went from rotorura to welligton. the chatty one if you remember (also if i wrote about it) , love nz drivers.hostel is realy nice and we have room all to our selves! en suit too so we're living in luxury. we found a packnsave s...

hey all!drove past past this lake on way from queentown on coach. am back in christchurch just for the night. am in same dorm but there's someone in my bed!! have to sleep in a different one which is thouroughly strange. we're setting off rediculously early tomorrow to get plane to rotorura. picked up stuff that was in store and now, though it all fits it does so only just as have aquired some more junk during my stay and can't be bared to part with i...

hello all!am in queenstown having taken the bus from te anau after fininshing the keplar track! was beautiful. first day hard up hill for adges through woods then suddenly they dissappeard and we were on top of an alpine ridge. soon got to luxmore hut. 2 story building with toilets and sinks and gas cookers and a light in the comunal area which went off at 10.30 and a huge bunkroom sleeping 40, some on four people bunks (which we used as there were four of us) am...