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 ...

We then headed to Greymouth which was going to be a 4 hour drive. We stopped in Greymouth first and headed for Carters beach to have some lunch. It was wild but very pretty the 'sand' was dark grey. We then drove through the gold mining town, there are a lot of those over here. We then headed for Punakaki, home of the blowholes and pancake rocks. The road to it was very similar to the Great Ocean road but the waves broke even further out in the sea it was very wi...

So after Fiji comes New Zealand. I watched Social Network on the plane and it was actually quite good. I got to Christchurch about 12ish and re-met with some of the guys from Octupus. I waited for Gez and Jess for almost 3 hours as their flight was delayed. I wandered about and picked up some brochures and read up on Kiwi history. When they arrived we collected the car. We headed to the hostel and it was a lovely hostel. I heard hostels in NZ were even better the...