28th January 2011 Today Dave had a couple of jobs to do in the morning (he is an airport shuttle driver) and after we went for a coffee at the mall and spent the rest of the day chilling out. They grow their own veg and we had some corn on the cob with lunch which was SO good. And so nice to be able to eat it now my braces are gone! They asked me to spend less time in the shower as all their water is rain water and gets stored in tanks...oops. Cyclone Wilma is...

27th January 2011 This morning we left Mount Cook at 9.50am and drove along the road for a short walk to the Alpine Memorial, which was dedicated to all the people that have died on the mountains. It was very sad. Jon is staying for 3 nights so we had to leave him behind at the hostel which was weird as we had spent nearly 2 weeks with him. I will probably visit him in San Fransisco when i'm there though. We drove drove drove and stopped for lunch in a place I...

26th January 2011 This morning we left at 7.30am to head for Mount Cook. On the way we stopped at the steepest street in the world and I walked up it. Yes, I did some exercise. I was bloody knackered by the time I got up there though! And it can't just be me being super unfit as they have a drinking fountain at the top in case you're pooped when you get there :o) We stopped at Oamaru for a supermarket run and arrived at Mount Cook at about 3ish in the afternoo...

25th January 2011 Today we got the bus at 9.50am from the crappy hostel in crappy Invercargill and headed on our way to Dunedin - a town with Scottish roots. On the way there I got the play at being DJ on the bus as it was my Ipod that was plugged in which was cool! Had a lot of good feedback about the songs I was playing :oD Everyone likes a bit of cheese! After a long drive and a few stop-off's (none of which I can remember any more), we arrived in Dunedin a...

24th January 2011 Today we got up at 5am to catch the bus at 6am as we had to get down to the ferry port for those who wanted to see Stewart Island. I decided not to go to the Island as it was over $100 for the ferry and I think it's pretty much like the islands I live on and near already! We got on the road, were going for a couple of hours and a few people were nodding off (myself included) when we heard a massive bang and the bus started shaking. Oscar pulle...