We apologise for the lack of update just recently but as you all know, Sasha's sister, Hayley, had an accident at home which meant that we had to change our plans slightly to get to Sydney to support both her and her fiancé Gary. As it has been six weeks since our last blog post, we are going to do this in two parts! This update will be our last couple of weeks in New Zealand, and then we will tell you about how we have been getting on since hitting Oz soil! So...

We have to apologise to you before you start reading this as it could quite possibly sound like an Anna and Tom love fest! But it's actually just that they have been following us everywhere and have most definitely turned into professional stalkers! Although you can't blame them! We are pretty fantastic people to know! We arrived on the South Island on 1st March, us on the 8am ferry, and Tom and Anna on the 8:15, but whose ferry managed to overtake ours and dock...

Ok, ok so we didn't quite learn our lesson when it comes to ensuring we have enough petrol to get us from A to B and back! Once arriving in Coromandel we decided to head out to a campsite on the peninsular. Looking on the map it looks to be a nice little coastal drive to a lovely little bay at the end. But oh no! In actual fact the drive is an hour plus up and down mountain range, on the windiest roads you could ever imagine! And we suddenly realise that we ar...

Well we have only been in New Zealand for two weeks and we are already rather smitten with the place! It really is absolutely stunning! We arrived here on 1st Feb, via an uneventful flight, you will be pleased to hear, and made our way with ease through customs and into Auckland to our hostel. We had booked into the Choice Plaza for five nights so that we could find our feet and research where we wanted to go, and what we wanted to do! Talking to other backpac...