7 days of smiles! Leaving christchurch the scenic drive towards lake tekapo, another beautiful drive on a blue sky'd day, how withing afew hours you can be out of the city and into the mountainous world of new zealand. Lake tekapo, the most turquise of colours once again Our backpackers, the lounge witha view of the lake and the white capped mountains in the distance, how so many places can be so beautiful. As we went the afternoon wrighting journals as the clo...

Time; how it passes for a little adventurer.... From when i last wrote on the blog last week i was leaving my new paradise of punakaki. From one incredible place to another, continually expectations are met but also exceeded. Finding myself saying how much i love life. Its not everyday you can go from a paradise at sea level, to another paradise filled with mountains and that fresh cool air altitude brings. Driving across and to arthur's pass, once again scenery...

To punakaki-a paradise, perfect tea and pancakes of both kinds!Punakaki, a wee place on the west coast, its wee but has made a big dent in my memories.The first glimpse of the coast,crashing waves and clear to see the power of the sea witch has ripped this coast line. dark rugged sand, small rounded stones and pebbles, inlets, headlands and bays, stacks, and limstone thats been eroded...pancake city! The pancake rocks, wow, the weathering of the limstoe from the ...

18! Waking up in new zealand on my birthday was a first indeed, if im onest it never felt like my birthday, 13 hours ahead of the uk it was a wierd feeling but ofcourse a great day! I did carry on the theme of exploring and see new things, i spent the morning at the antartic centre witch was awesome, new zealand has a permanent base in antarctica and so this explained all about it with exciting exhibitions all over the center, with penguins and a haggland witch...

little explorer! So its been afew days since i updated the blog apologies, getting over the jetlag and exaustion of the flight took alot longer than i first thought. With visits into the city have been awesome, a city with such greenary is exactly what i like, the botanical gardens, the river avon and the style of buildings including canteberry museum gave me a feel for the place. The buskers festival has been in full flow, how you can just sit on the ground wi...