Can you believe I've been away from home for over three weeks now? this morning I woke up bogged down with the cold and feeling miserable. I went on a trip to the glow-worm caves this afternoon. I had to get a boat across to the other side of Lake Te Anau. We were then all split up into small groups and taken into the cave. the entrance was only a metre high so it involved stooping while trying to move forward. We then had to walk along narrow metal walkways in ...

I've bumped into the guy I met in Christchurch who was going to give me a lift to Nelson. The weird thing is that he was on my boat in Milord Sound as well. My trip was called the unhurried Milord tour whichmeant that there were lots of stops to take photos on the way to the Fiords and the boat trip was two hours long. My tour group was just me and ten Aussies which was great. The scenery was great as there was a lot of snowfall on the mountains. It was abig boa...

I decided that i didn't like being in a place so cut off that there isn't even any phone reception so I packed up this morning and headed west to Fiordland. It was a pretty good drive to get here through nice scenery. I passed a lot of deer farms and also saw twelve new Zealand falcons as I was driving. I am now staying in the Lakefront Backpackers which is much larger than the last hostel. I have taken a walk around town and it is bigger than a couple of places ...

i set off on the Southern Scenic Route to the Catlins. I have to say the it isn\'t that scenic and just reminded me of home with fields of sheep and cows. When I arrived at the hostel there was no-one there so I went for a drive. Unfortunately, anything worth seeing is down very long gravel roads and I don\'t like driving on them. I met a nice English couple called Meg and Simon who were the only other people staying in the hostel which was just like a small cott...

The sun is shining again in Dunedin. I've been really lucky with the weather so far. I went to the farmers market at the train station as I was waiting to board. They had a lot of different vegetables, honey, coffee and other local produce for sale. I went on the Taieri Gorge railway which goes from Dunedin into the middle of the countryside and then back again. It was a good trip as the train went throught a lot of tunnels and over viaducts but I think I was spo...