Today we met up again with who is now known as the most annoying bus driver ever to head up to Punakaiki and the famous Pancake Rocks. Sitting in the bus has its advantages of being able to see this beautiful country but it also means listening to the bus drivers constant waffling, the classic line being "that's the one!" I won't even try to pass on the jokes as it's a "you have to be there" one but take my word for it and to give us somethi...

We have had three days in a town on the West Coast called Hokitika, our first night was spent in a brilliant hostel right on the beach. It was so homely I even had my first cup of tea in two months and enjoyed it! Unfortunately our brains had to rule our hearts and we moved to a different hostel in town which allowed us to go way under budget, it showed though and it was probably the worst and dirtiest of the trip luckily we've had fantastic weather so it was j...

Today we have had our first rainy day of New Zealand, we shouldn't complain and it was expected so that is why we booked three days here. The rain doesn't ruin the walks but the really low lying cloud does so we spent the day doing boring things like laundry which after camping we were desperate for and having a marathon TV watching session! So now you have ten days' worth of blogs to go back through, unfortunately we can't upload any photographs from here bec...

We had a shaky start this morning, our bus was leaving at ten past eight for Fox Glacier and the alarm on the iPad failed us (damn technology!) so it was a little rush to up and leave but we had plenty of time for sleeping on the seven hour journey! A journey which could be shortened to about four hours if it wasn't for the toilet, lunch and afternoon tea stops! It is a pretty scenic journey over to the West Coast and we arrived in the very small town of Fox, w...

Back in Queenstown today saying goodbye to our tents and freedom of having a car! We had just one night to plan and book our next move but we had the luxury of a good room and hostel to make the task easier! With a few hours spent in MacCafe on the internet we had a lot of figuring out to do, my calculations had us still on the South Island with only three days before we flew out of Auckland! We purchased our bus ticket which is based on travelling hours and ma...