Ninth day up really early to catch the ferry to the south island, which took about 3hrs. Too lazy and hung over to look for dolphins and whales we all just went to sleep. In to Picton and straight to Nelson. We hung out in the hostels bar for the evening which had a really local feel about it and had Bulmers with a lovely roast diner while a jazz band played. This bus trip was our driver last trip so most of the northern island crew stayed wi...

Eight day off to Te Papa museum where we were just all too hung over to appreciate. Pa made all of us a big huge curry that was so good we had to vomit to make some more so we could eat more. Met a guy - Barry in Sarah's' room from Dublin who drank with us for the night. At the bar Sarah, Louise and I shaked our thing on the floor. Sarah stalked the bar man so much we had to leave! We sat around in the hostel pissing ourselves at Louise till 2 am....

Seventh day I was supposed to go white water rafting but was too hung over. Just as well because a girl the day before fell out of the raft, got her leg caught in between rocks and nearly drowned, the guide had to break her leg to get it out. Hung over me and those who didn't go rafting or horse riding played extreme giant jenga! Passed through a town called Bulls where the police station was called Consta-Bull - don't you just love cops that can take the piss ou...

We passed by Tongariro national park where a lot of Lord of the Rings was filmed including Mt. Doom. The guys jumped off a waterfall naked where Smeigel in Lord of the Rings catches a fish in a river. Went to River Valley through fields of millions of hills and sheep. Apparently there is 4 sheep to every person in NZ!!!!!!!! The lodge we stayed in was in the valley miles away from anything else and was amazingly scenic. It is situated on ...

Fifth day hung over as hell we got up early to get one of the best hang over cures - jumping out of a plane at 15,000ft! It was so much fun and I was the first to jump so was clung against this flimsy plastic sheet going up in the helicopter looking out and freaking out. My tandem guy was so cool. The 45 second free fall was such a rush. Then when the parachute opened I could take in the awesome scenery and enjoy the ride. I got a DVD and phot...