Sanday (pictured above) has gone back home. We had a great last few days in the van and the trip up to Wellington afterwards was good too. After having a look at the glaciers on the west coast we headed East to Christchurch again to hand back the van, this meant going through Arthur's Pass which (again) was brilliantly beatutiful. The only slight downer on the way back was our money situation (bloody Queenstown) and the damage to our van, a dent on the back and a...

Sice the last time this was updated Sanday and i have done a huge amount. When we arrived in Queenstown we asked about the road South to Milford Sound and found that with chains we could get there so we set off down to have a look. The drive down was brilliant as it was through mountains and lakes all the way and a decent amount of the time the road was iced/snowed over. In Milford we decided to take a long boat ride out down the water to the sea which was a grea...

Currently in Queenstown after a extended trip through the mountains. Met Sanday in Christchurch (small delay on flight) and got the van the next day from the centre of town. Headed off down South and soon hit the snow which was a slight problem as we decided to save $50 and not hire any snow chains. We stopped off before an icey slope and phoned the nearest town for any sort of chains, but unfortunatly no-one answered the phone. So we drove back to Fairlie in the...

Just to say im in Balclutha, got hassle from Russell that it wasnt on here so thought id make him happy.

Back to the mainland now but have had a few wonderful days on Stuart Island. I decided to upgrade to a B+B instead of a hostel as it looked like a nice place and so i stayed at Jo and Andy's which turned out to be great choice. Getting there was a laugh to, as the night before leaving i phoned the airline company for last minute deals the next day and bagged myself one space on the 8 seater plane. Even though it was a 20 min journey it was the best flight i've e...