Had a fantastic day yesterday, we went black water rafting in Waitomo, it was definitely one of the best things we've done yet. It was about a 2 hour drive to Waitomo from Rotorua and when we got there they gave us these brilliant caving clothes to put on to keep us warm (think thermals, wetsuits, white wellies with lots of cracks in topped off by a helmet, loving it.) and we headed off down to the caves. Black water rafting isn't like white water rafting, instea...

Hello, sorry for the lack of updates recently, the internet is very pricey here and I get distracted by e-mailing people.... Since Queenstown, we've been back to Christchurch which was much mroe fun the second time around, we got a tram ticket so we went round and round the old tram circuit and stopped off at many cultural sites/places of interest for people who are getting old (us) for example, the museum, the botanic gardens and the art gallery, I enjoyed it...

Just spent a couple of days in Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world apparently. Haven't summoned the courage to bungee or skydive yet but we've been horseriding in a Lord of the Rings style, hiking up a pretty big hill and then skiing today, so we feel we've participated at least. Horseriding was fantastic, especially considering both of us were beginners we had a really great time and the scenery around queenstown is brilliant which made it pretty spec...

For anyone who ever has any doubt as to whether the long flight to New Zealand is worth it may I please assure you that it is worth it twenty times over. Today was just the most stunning day and it alone has made this trip worthwhile. We're in the township of Franz Josef and at 7 this morning we got up for a full day hike on the Franz Josef glacier. We've just had rain since we got here but this morning we woke up to perfect clear skies as the sun came up and the...

Just been in New Zealand for 2 nights now, it's so beautiful, despite the constant cold, rain and mist! We landed farily late into Christchurch and because of the bus times had to set of pretty early the next day but we'll be back there in about a week so we'll see it all then. We're on the Kiwi Experience bus which has a bit of a bad reputation to be honest but it's actually really good, we're in a small group and everyone seems really nice. The drivers are real...