This feels like ages ago now but will try to remember the details...... After leaving Funtown (Queenstown) we headed up to Christchurch witha banging head and 8 hours worth of driving. We were hoping that there was a bit of excitement to help us on our come down from Queenie but it couldne have been worse. Christchurch was poo. The only thing that got us through was the weather, gorgeous sunny day but we still couldnt wait to get away. So the after two days in P...

The big town!! Queenstown. It is an amazing town. If there's one place that has convinced me to like New Zealand (even though i was warming to it anyway) its been Queenstown. it has everything and is only a small place with a few thousand permament residents and the rest are all tourists. So arrived on our first day to discover that the one shop we all wanted to go to had been shut down for renovation for the duration of our time there. Gutted was not the word....

Feels like so much has happened since the last blog that im splitting it up into two parts so that i dont bore you all and drone on. After the halloween party, we headed over to River Valley which is a lodge in the middle of nowhere. And with a bit of a sore head and delicate stomach, driving on a coach round and round bendy roads was not so fun. I almost christened the bus with my sick but i managed to hold the little dignity i had left together and i was ok. ...

Welcome to the New Zealand section of my blog. Part one over (South America)...part two (New Zealand) begins..... We arrived in Auckland after our 13 hour flight and we had missed one whole day due to the time difference so we were a bit jet lagged and as it was 5am, we were a bit worse for wear. We arrived at our hostel but there wasn't a soul in sight so no way we could check in. the weather wasnt too great so didnt fancy waiting around until 8am when the offi...