Good morning, Wanaka! This morning we awoke to screaming Brits, as the English rugby team defeated the French in the semi-final Rugby Wold Cup. We had to check out by 10am, but fortunately our bus didn't come until 2pm, so for once we didn't have to rush off in the morning. After a little morning internet and calls to home, we had some tea and stared out the front window of our hostel onto Lake Wanaka, surrounded by mountain peaks. As I stared out the window,...

Left Frans Josef for Queenstown this morning. Our friend Leigh drank a bit too much at the pub the night before and puked in a bag right behind me for the first hour. Poor guy. Our first stop was a hike down to Lake Mattheson followed by a stop at Thunder Falls. It was really calm outside and the sun was out..yay! After watching Borat on the bus, we decided to get off the bus at Wanaka with our friends instead of taking it all the way down to Queenstown. Wanaka i...