My return to Auckland was uneventful. There isn’t really much to do there, especially when you have been there twice before. I got to spend a few extra days with Shaun and Neil, two guys I met on the East As trip. I also did some laundry, sent some things home and went to watch Alice In Wonderland which I was every disappointed with. I had fallen in love with Alice after reading the book a few weeks previously and the film was a massive let down. So all in all ...

It was a shame I only got to spend a night in Christchurch as it seemed like a city I would have really enjoyed. It will just have to be saved for when I return. The journey to Kaikoura started early, we arrived just after midday and drove along the coast. The activity in Kaikoura was a dolphin swim. Having already swam with dolphins in Mexico and with the digits in my bank account heading in the direction of £0.00 at a super fast rate I said no to the activity....

One positive of spending the extra days in QT was that I had Anna for company on the 8 hour trip up to Christchurch. Apart from a stop off to see Mt. Cook, New Zealand’s tallest mountain, the journey was very long and boring. I even had to endure watching Top Gun which I was happy about. Our evening in Christchurch was a lot more pleasant than getting there. We strolled around the beautiful city which lives up to its name as being the more ‘English City’ ou...

Instead of spending more days in Queenstown, me and the Surrey Girls decided to go on a 4 night road trip through the Southlands. So we hired a Nissan Sunny, filled up on supplies and on Valentine’s Day set off for Dunedin. The first bit of driving duty belonged to myself. I decided not to freak the girls out by bringing up my lack of experience and after a chuddary start with a sensitive gas pedal we made our way eastwards. Like on Fraser Island I was surprise...

So we were finally heading to Queenstown. Since I had arrived on the South Island all the talk had been about getting to the party and adventure capital of the country. We arrived late in the afternoon (even though it was only an hours away from Wanaka) after stopping at Puzzling World and the AJ Hackett centre at the site of the world’s first commercial bungy jump. After meeting up with people from Wanaka myself and the two James’s headed to Ferg Burger. The...