Queenstown We left Fox Glacier and headed to Queenstown passing some awesome scenery and beautiful lakes and waterfalls on the way! We arrived in Queenstown and have ther luxury of staying in a nice hotel... we are in the crap rooms but it still looks nice! I have booked on to do three activities tomorrow - A Shot Over Jet in the morning, a BUNGEE JUMP at lunch time and hand-gliding in the afternoon. So a nice action packed day. This evening we went out as it wa...

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)...