Hello again, this time I'm in Nelson. Had to stay here for a couple of days as I needed to book the ferry to the top island 2 days in advance. So I set about finding what I could do here. One of my room mates told me that I should go to the center of New Zealand, he told me how to get there, but what he neglected to tell me was that it was on top of a very big hill (what we would call a mountain back home). Walk up anyway, and was glad to finally reach the top an...

Wanaka is a very similar town to Queenstown, only it's much more relaxed and there aren't as many tourists. If I were to design a town I would design Wanaka, it's just perfect, it has the most amazing views and it is so easy to find your way about. Took it easy for the best part of my time in Wanaka waiting on the proper weather conditions to do my 'Sky Dive'. Three days went by with gale force winds that were snapping telegraph poles and uprooting trees, but t...

It took the bus 4.5 hours to get to Queenstown, but the time just flies by as the landscapes are just so diverse to look at. Upon arrival I can honestly say that Queenstown must be the most beautiful place on earth, everything is just perfect, and it has nearly any activity you can thing of on offer. Day 1 here and I begun it by going up into the sky in a stunt plane pulling 6 G's, flying upside down doing barrel rolls and loop the loop among other things. After...

Dunedin is the second biggest city in the south island. During my stay here I walked up the steepest street in the world. But before I could do this I had to get to the street which was at the opposite side of the city from my hostel. So I walked for 6 or 7 miles and then walked up it, coming down was actually harder than going up, I started walking which soon became a run which got faster and faster (I couldn't get stopped). Later that evening in true Irish styl...

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 ...