Auckland, I cant believe we are only here for 3 more days. I guess I have to try and sum up New Zealand. I seem to flick between loving it. The fresh air, mountains, coast and rolling hobbit hills! Then I feel kind of like its like home but not quite?! We have battled with the weather alot and then the tent theft. It got pretty tough at times. I think I started to take the scenery for granted at times too. I have seen so many sunsets and seas and mountains. ( god...

So sorry about all the mixed up titles and dates etc but I wrote all the blogs on the road on the laptop and am now finally piecing them together We just arrived in wellington. Seems nice but I guess just like any other big city. We got another tent etc so we arent sleeping on the street... well kind of. The police even reckon they might catch the culprits yet. We plan to go out with Chris old work mate tmrw just chilling out today. I cant believe we have been...

Hopefully I can piece these blogs together soon when the laptop and website work together. We just left Te Anau near the sounds.Its Really lovely here. Set round a lake again loads of snow capped mountains. I reckon I am starting to not even notice them?! But we are still battling with the rain to make maters worse after a morning walk we return to find our tent has gone along with sleeping gear. Who the hell steals tents?! We report it to the police who were r...

New Zealand is meant to be the place for extreme sports. There was one thing… we went to Foxglacier next and camped at Gillespies beach FOC the weather picked up too. Skydiving over the glacier was the plan! It dint sink in really not the suit, not the tiny plane, not even when my tandem guy came out limping! Only when the door opened and I tipped out the plane 1200ft up! It was brilliant! I did scream and scream (not as much as Chris ) and the turns made...

From Kaikoura we went via Hammner springs. We camped in a pine forest and had it all to ourselves apart from 2 horses over the fence. (Still loads of rain) We got some mountain bikes FOC! I don't think I have been biking since I was about 12 but I really enjoyed it. Despite the rain/mud/getting a bit lost. The only other thing to do in Hamner springs is visit the thermal pools. 10 pools ranging from 35 to 42%u02DAC. Just ignore the sulphur smell and the old semi ...