On Friday we spent the night at Mt. Cook, the largest mountain in New Zealand. We slept in a hostel at the foothill of the mountain but because the fog was so thick we couldn't see it. The next day we drove through Topeka where we were going to go ice scaring but the power was out in the whole town so instead we climbed the mountain to see some beautiful views. On the way out of town we stopped at The Good Shepherd church which was right on the lake; instead of p...

Today we made our way from Wanaka to Queenstown. On the way we stopped at Mrs. Jones' market where she sold fresh fruit and ice cream. Then we stopped at the AJ Hacket bungy jumping office. Bungy jumping originated in Queenstown. I know what you are all wondering -- was I crazy enough to do it? Well when in Rome (or I guess in Queenstown) right?! YES I did go bungy jumping and it was amazing!!! -- I will post pictures when I return to Fremantle. After I checked i...

Today was mostly a driving day. We drove from Franz Josef to Wanaka making stops along the way to do some hikes and see some beautiful views. We hiked to a mirror lake and To these blue pools, it was a river with the bluest water in New Zealand. Wanaka is this cute little ski town, I have plans to go skiing tomorrow! -- haha just kidding maybe I will keep from doing that until my knee is better. Tomorrow we go to Queenstown which is full of fun activities - as f...

I woke up at 5:45 this morning to catch my bust to Greymouth. The drive was about 4 hours and it was absolutely beautiful. We drove through Arthur's Pass which is a mount range, the sun was rising and the mountain tops were covered in snow. Once I arrived in Greymouth I had about two hours until my tour company's bus picked me up so I bought a hot chocolate while it waited because it was so cold. At 1:00 the bus pulled up and a very energetic woman who goes by Po...

On Friday I finished my very last class of the semester - I cannot believe how fast my time here has gone by. I left on Friday night for the airport, I have gotten the bus route down to a T now. I took the 11:55 flight to Sydney I then transferred terminals and caught my flight to the South Island of New Zealand. I came by myself, some of the girls in my dorm are going to Bali for the study week but they will just stay at a resort there -- I wanted more of an adv...