Fox Glacier After leaving Nelson and travelling through Kaikora and a stop over at Christchurch we finally arrived at Fox Glacier. It is super cold here and the scenery has changed dramatically. Our accomodation is pretty basic but I quite like it - I feel like I am at a ski resort. In the evening after dinner and watching everyone ski dive videos, we went on a super scary walk through a forest on a glow worm hunt! I still had my cold and was ready for bed but E...

Wellington - Nelson I woke up in Wellington after a big night out not feeling too bad - but with a sneaking suspicion I was still a bit drunk - today I am saying goodbye to the North Island and catching a ferry to the South Island! My plan was to sleep for the first 2 hours and then (on Matt's advice) watch the scenery for the last hour as it is apparently amazing! unfortunately my hangover caught up with me and I slept pretty much the whole time! For some ...

Wellington We arrived in New Zealands capital and headed straight up Mount Victoria for some great 360-degree views of the city... then took a drive along the harbour! Its a pretty place but I would have never guessed it was the capital! We got dropped off in the centre where we all had an exlpore .. of a fast food joint and a starbucks!!! Then back to our accomodation to get ready for a night out. Tonight I met up with New Zealand Kate and Matt from my Africa t...

Taupo! Arrived in Taupo where I went for a walk around the town as I was to sleepy for more hot pools... I even managed to catch an episode of Home and Away - brilliant - although completely confusing! had Mexican for dinner then headed into town for a few drinks! Went to a couple of typical backpackers bars where you got money off drinks if you did stuff like beat the barmaid at Stone Paper Scissors (after a few drinks we cottoned on then she always chose Rock)...

Bay of Islands - Auckland - Rototura So after completly wasting my time in the Bay of Islands we headed back to Auckland where we had a couple of hours in the City - I went up the Sky Tower to see the view... it was nice but not a patch of the Sydney Sky Tower! One of the Aussie Girls Bianca did a bungee of it which was cool to watch! We left Auckland and headed to Rotorua, stopping on the way at "Hobbiton" for Lord of the Rings fans - it was a total l...