After our awesome time in the romantic caves in Waitomo we headed north to the Coromandel peninsula. It was a very long drive that really took it out of Adam, those maps wont read themselves you know! We stopped for the night in Coromandel Town, a slightly mis-leading name since it consists of one pub and a few houses. There we met Dan and Sarah for a drink as they happened to be on holiday from the UK. Lovely to see you both, hope you have a great rest of your t...

On 8th November we drove from Wanaka to the West coast of the South Island to see the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers. On the way we stayed at a place called Ship Creek (no we didn't have a paddle) where we did a swamp walk and spotted two dolphins surfing the waves! We then took a walk up to the Fox Glacier (yep, the one from the mint wrapper) and took a few pictures, but it was difficult to capture the sheer size and beauty of it. After an exhausting drive (there ...

We arrived in Christchurch and checked into a hotel on the edge of the airport. In the morning we walked across to pick up the camper van of dreams 'The Explorer' or as Mair has named it ......'Bertie'! However, Adam was not about to start taking the mickey as he was in a world of trouble. In the madness of the wedding/packing he forgot his driving license meaning that only Mrs Bull can get behind the wheel! Suddenly deleting all the Africa photos had been balanc...