Hi everyone! This part of my trip has me heading back up to the north island. I left Queenstown after the bottom bus. From here i went to Christchurch. It was a long journey but a couple of stops on the way made it not so bad. I am now travelling with Four girls from the uk that were on my bus down to queenstown. Its good to have people i know on the bus. When we arrived it was a bit rainy. From then onwards the weather just got worse. The driver told us about a...

Hello Hello! This is the part of my journey that took me to the bottom of New Zealand. The true part of the country before the tourists took over. I have to say i really enjoyed this part of my travels. It was great to see what New Zealand is really all about. To start with the bottom bus took us to a place called Dunedin. This is supposed to be the student capital of NZ but it was the holidays and we didn't see many students. When we arrived we had a quick tou...

Hello! So the past few days i have travelled from Franz Josef to Queenstown. Franz Josef was excellent. It is the most famous glacier in New Zealand. I had a free day here to explore the glacier in style. i chose to do a helihike, which is a helicopter ride over the glacier and then a 3 hour hike about two thirds of the way up. I have to say it was pretty good. i got to go in caves and slide down the ice through tiny holes. Excellent fun. The hostel was really n...

Hello! So for that past few dasy i have been heading south. i travelled through the capital city of the north island Wellington and crossed over on the ferry to picton. the weather for this part of the trip has not been good. there has been a lot of rain and grey sky but nevermind. When i reached Nelson i decided i was going to do a two day trip to check out the national park Able Tasman. For the first day i hiked from the start to a beach called barks bay. the...

Hiya! So i have just completed my four days around the east of New Zealand. The group wqas really good as there was only 7 of us. it was like we instantly became a team. The first day we drove east and arrived at a family run lodge. We spent the afternoon swimming in the sea and sitting in the hot tub. i even had a glass of wine in there at sunset. Beautiful! The following morning we continued along the coast. Along the way we hiked up a mountin to see the ligh...