After a 5 hour bus journey down the east coast I arrived at my hostel in Oamaru (The Red Kettle). Booked and paid for the accommodation for 4 nights. It was a quite wee town with not a lot of tours on offer but the weather was good. Went for a few walks up some hills (about the size of the Mourne mountains), Saw a few penguins coming in to shore and wobbling up the beach. They're penguin mad in this town as it's nearly the only thing that have to offer, there is ...

My First stop in New Zealand was in Christchurch. Upon arrival the first thing that I noticed was the roads in the taxi, as I journeyed from the airport to the hostel. Every road is perfectly flat and straight, corners don't exist and the majority of the cars are from around the 1990's. The hostel is really clean and comfortable, and everyone I met is very friendly. I got on great with my roommates and the others in the hostel, and about 4 hours after arriving ...