Hello again! Yes, I do realise that I have now gone from one extreme to the other, and it is hardly any time since I last wrote, but I thought you should all know that this awfully stressful life that I've been living over the past few weeks just got too much - so I decided to throw myself off a bridge :-) Yes, that's right, yesterday afternoon the Kiwi bus made a stop at the famous Kawarau bridge outside queenstown, and I bungyed (bungeed? bungied?)! It was a...

Hello! And apologies again for the long silence, I have had e-mails from several people chastising me for the length of time since I last wrote - so sorry everyone! As you're about to see our days have been pretty full, and as Kiwi often take us "off the beaten track", internet access isn't always great. Last entry I was about to head off to the East Cape for 4 days, which was absolutely fab :-D The East Cape is a predominantly Maori area of NZ and ...

Kia Ora! I can't believe I've only been in NZ for a week, I've done so much already! I arrived in Auckland on Friday morning and spent the weekend visiting the sky tower, Auckland museum and enjoying the sunshine! Monday morning I joined up with the Kiwi Experience bus and we headed down to Whitianga (Mercury Bay) where we spent some time at Hot Water beach. The sea itself was pretty chilly, but hot water bubbles up through the sand and it is possible to dig ...

Hello again! Apologies for the delay in writing - I was at a conference for several days last week so didn't have a huge amount to report. One of the speakers was the person whose orphanage I am visiting in Mozambique in March, so it was great to hear her! I also met some more brilliant people from Canana, US and even UK! Hopefully we will be able to keep in touch, it's amazing how close you can get in just a few days - it feels like we've known each other for...

Hello everyone! Just a quick message to let you know that I've arrived safely in Toronto :-) I'm staying with someone called Judy at the moment who is really lovely and we're getting on really well. Unfortunately the weather is miserable at the moment, but hopefully it will brighten up in the next few days. Will write again sometime next week when hopefully I will have a bit more to talk about!