15th January 2011 (please see drop down box for earlier entries) Today we slept in till 12 :o) It was great! I was meant to go kayaking in the morning but I didn't want to as it was very expensive and something I could do in Guernsey. One of the reasons we slept so late was that we were up tll 1am chatting to a German lad called Robby, one of the guys we swapped the tent with. After we had got ready, we took a walk down to the shop for an ice-cream as it was SO...

14th January 2011 Today has not been a good day :o( Got on a new bus at Picton and had to leave Caroline and Elin behind. The only person I knew was Nina and we didn't know each other that well. When we got on the bus it felt like everyone knew each other already and I felt quite lonely. Today has been my first case of being homesick :o( Before we changed bus, we drove from Kaikoura to Picton and stopped at Yealands vineyard on the way to taste wine and see the...