Hi everyone, to those of you who didn't want me to skydive...sorry! I did it this morning, and higher then I orginally planned at 15000 ft. (its bloody high take it from me!) I've copied an email I sent around about it below, hopefully will be able to post some pics soon. This afternoon we arrived in Rotorua (the place that smells like rotten eggs due to sulphur) and went to a Maori cultural centre. It was fab, we saw geysers erupting and boiling mud ...

Hola everyone! I hope christmas preparations are going well....its been a busy few days, and as most of the time we were suffering a massive hangover, the days seem to have merged into one! Ok, on the 15 th we arrived in Christchurch for the second time around. We had a massive night out...we rolled home at 6 am the next morning as the dawn was breaking, birds singing etc, very very wrong. Did the usual, went to loadfs of bars, danced a lot, did tequilla, Briony...

Well the countdown to xmas is on, actually not really for us, but for you lot I'm guessing it is! We are currently ringing around places in the Bay of Islands trying to find somewhere to have xmas dinner! At least now we've changed our hostel, the one we will be staying in is described as luxury, although for a hostel I'm a little wary! Just posted some pictures of NZ! Didn't bother with scenery as there's so much, and I'm sure you'd...

Hello peeps, I have literally just finished white water rafting! I'm still shaking, it was awesome! Ok, I'm getting ahead of myself so I'll go back to Te Anau. On our first proper day we went out to Milford Sound. It was beautiful, the drive there was a bit of a struggle though, and when it snowed I did panick slightly! Had to drive nearly a km in the dark through a mountain (literally) which was also slightly unnerving! Saw loads of waterfalls, a...

Well well well....I can't remember where I last wrote from, but I think I was about to go and visit some pingus in Oamaru. Anyway we did that, and they were gorgeous, apparently the smallest penguins in the world. We saw in a big auditorium thing and watched them swim in from the sea, waddle up the beack, climb rocks and head for bed. We even saw a pair of them, ahem, getting it on...delightful! Next day we headed for Dunedin, the South Islands second large...