So my second day in Christchurch involved going to Karen and Gary's batch in the southern alps which was beautiful! And there was still some snow on the mountains! Then the challenge began as it was my first time travelling alone that evening. On my 2nd to last night in queenstown I lost a contact, not sure how but anyone who has been to queenstown knows what it's like! So in my hungover state in the morning I thought it was best to be totally blind rather than...

We visited Milford sounds on our last day in queenstown. This was beautiful! It was raining fairly hard which meant that the waterfalls were spectacular! Yesterday in Christchurch I walked around the container mall, which is a mall built from storage containers after the earthquake. It was shocking to see the amount of buildings which have been demolished or are half standing now due to the earthquake! I sat at the container mall for quite some time watching a ...

Two days ago we arrived in queenstown. It is the most beautiful place I have been to! It reminds me of a ski resort with beautiful mountains all around a huge lake. Everywhere I have been to in New Zealand I have been pleasantly surprised by how friendly everyone is, but the people of queenstown have been the friendliest. This place is full of little side streets and cute boutique shops and cafes and bars. Right now I'm writing my blog whilst sitting next to the ...

Today we headed for Lake Wanaka. I loved this place! It was right on the lake with mountains around, it reminded me of a small ski resort. 2 guys who had previously been on our bus met us in Wanaka as a surprise so everyone was really happy to be back together! I went for a run around the lake which was beautiful, the best run since being in New Zealand! That evening we had another groups meal cooked by the girls and then all went out for some drinks and dancing!...

Today we left for franz Josef which is where we are able to climb a glacier! Our hostel in franz josef was lovely and had a large hot tub so after doing some much needed laundry some of us jumped in the hot tub! I also went for a run that afternoon which was really nice in the trees! The next day we has a helicopter ride to the top of the glacier and then hiked around on the top for a few hours! The helicopter ride was incredible and the hike on the glacier was ...