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...

Hello! Since my last blog i have been travelling south through new zealand. There is some fantastic country side to see and lots to do. When i reached a place called mercury bay i went sea kayaking. It was great to be in the water. We even stopped at Cathedral cove for hot chocolate. The following day we moved south again to Rotorua. It is here that the natural thermal springs exist and all the water is naturally heated so its warm. in the evening i went to see ...

Hello! So i have been in New Zealand for about 5 days. I have seen some of Auckland the largest city and the beautiful place of the bay of islands. Whilst there i did so much. i spent my time going on a really fast boat trip around the islands. there is 144 of them to see and the boat spins round really fast and jolts in the sea. we even got to go through the hole in the rock. The follwing day i went on a day trip to Cape reigina. this involved seeing ancient tr...