We woke up around 9ish and checked out of Chateau Franz. We jumped in the car and set off for Hokitiki. It was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky. It only took us 2 hours to get there..ahem may have gone over the speed limit me thinks. We checked into the Just Jade Hostel and chilled out for a while. We walked into town and bought food from the bakery. We ate the food on a picnic table right on the beach which is lovely. The ham in my roll was disgusting; un...

We got up early as the Canadian woke us up with his annoying alarm which is a voice that shouts: "It's 7 o'clock, it's time to wake up!!". We walked down to the Glacier Walk Centre to get kitted up and who shouts from a departing Glacier bus "Neil , Hi! Nice Haircut!" none other than "Team America" unbelievable! We got our boots, talons, jacket, gloves and hat. Then we all got on a Galcier bus and headed up to the car park near the Franz Josef Glacier. We w...

We got up early and walked down to the pick-up spot in the main street of Queenstown. Our driver then took ourselves and some other crazy people to a canyon where the Shotover river rapids run through (5 mins outside the town). We walked down a windy path from the car park and reached the wooden hut perched right on the edge of the cliff. An Aussie and his Indonesian wife went first, then Ben who screamed like a girl! 2 Canadians followed after him. It was ...

We got up early and I drove us to Milford Sound. We booked another night in Q town but in a better hostel called Pine Lodge. We drove to Te Anau and had breakfast before continuing south-west to the Milford Sound area. We stopped in a beautiful golden field surrounded by mountains..it was idyllic and then the tour buses arrived and hundreds of tourists trampled over the field to join us in this unspoilt wilderness! We then stopped off at the Mirror Lakes but...

We got up and decided to hire a car and see the South Island. We picked up our car and drove around Dunedin past the Cadburys Factory, Speights Brewery and beautiful Railway Station. We also tried to find Baldwin Street one of the steepest streets in the world but couldn't find it so settled for Duncan Street which was really steep. We then drove south to Milton and up towards Queenstown stopping off in a town called Te Anau to have brunch. We continued dri...