The next day we were heading to Maketu for our overnight Maori stop. This is set on the east coast in the Bay of Plenty. Home to Maketu's pies and it is named after an ancient kumara (sweet potato) pit in Hawaiki (where the Maori people are supposed to have originated from). On the way down we went via the Waitomo caves and me and 4 others did a spellbound tour for $61 to get and see the glow worms in the caves. Arachnocampa luminosa the proper name for NZ's ve...

On Thursday I hobbled around and got on my bus for 7.45 with all my bags. Even one of the drivers saw me struggling and said come on hobbler and ran off.. Jeez whatever happened to someone helping you when your injured. We went back up to Mount Eden for our first stop and were told how the Stray pass works. From here you could see the Waitemata and Manukau habours. When we got back on the bus we did a speed talking activity where we moved seats and got to meet ...

1.00 GBP = 4.50862 PEN United Kingdom Pounds Peru Nuevos Soles 1 GBP = 4.50862 PEN 1 PEN = 0.221797 GBP 1.00 GBP = 4.50862 PEN United Kingdom Pounds Peru Nuevos Soles 1 GBP = 4.50862 PEN 1 PEN = 0.221797 GBP On Tuesday 22nd Feb I met up with the lovely Natalie from Koh Phangan. It was brilliant and we had some lunch and caught up on the last 5 months really. Where does time go? I bought some drug...

The next morning we headed off for 8am and Gez did all the driving to Dunedin. Lake Te Anau was still and perfect with the mountain shadows in it. We passed through Gore and several other towns.It took us ages to get to the hostel as it was all one way systems which proved to be very tricky. When we got there we checked in and then headed for the penisular where there was an albatross and penguin colony. There was also the only castle in NZ. Dunedin is a bit like...

The next day I woke earlish ready for the action day ahead. I completed my blog and went into town and checked out a few shops. I picked up a new pair of sunnies (4th pair and counting) and took some pictures of the lake front and statue of the founder William Rees.I met Geraldine and we went and checked in for the Shotover Jet. We got on a bus and they took us to the Shotover Canyon where we would be doing the trip. We saw some people finishing their trip and ...