So we are staying in a backpackers tonight, and then tomorrow we are going exploring, and hopefully we will find a free campsite somewhere for our first night of camping.

So spent three days in Neslon, staying with some of Malyon's parents' friends. On the way we stopped off at an awesome place called Pelorus Bridge, where there was a cool river to swim in. Then we stopped off in the Rai Valley for the largest ice cream i have ever seen. On Tuesday we went back to Pelorus Bridge for a picnic and a longer swim and then we went to a place called Rabbit Island in the pouring rain. Then on Wednesday we sat around not doing much, wen...

First stop on tour of South Island was Picton. The Marlborough Sounds were amazing; the ferry makes its way through them to Picton. We stayed in a cool backpackers called the Villa. Then we moved onto Nelson.

Happy new year everyone. Hope you have a good 2008! I am having a wonderful time in Wellington and have given up on searching for a job, as this is not why i came to New Zealand, i came to relax and chill out. Mean! I am about to go out in the sun, which has just come out after 3 days of rain. So i shall let you know if anything exciting happens.

Hello people am staying with my second cousin Malyon, who is also out here on a gap year. She flats in an awesome flat in the centre of the city, tis very cool. The flat used to be offices but it looks like it might have been a warehouse too!is large and open plan, and everyone sleeps on matresses in their rooms, tis very Bohemian. Am looking for a car before finishing off north island, approximately two weeks of stuff left to do. Then am thinking of settling d...