hey, hope everyone is well and enjoying the little bit of sun in England. We've been freezing for the last 5 weeks although can't complain at all as New Zealand is amazing and so beautiful. We're actually in Christchurch at the moment and only have 3 more days left in NZ.

Had amazing time so far - took the Magic Bus from Auckland, down the North Island stopping at the Waitomo caves for a bit of Black water rafting, Rotorua which the large Maori area, then down to Lake Taupo and the hot springs area and then down to Wellington.

We caught the ferry accross to the South Island and have spent the majority of our time here really. Headed down the West coast, stopping at Franz Joseph where we did the glacier experience (awesome) and then carried on down to Queenstown, amazing place and so so beautiful. Soph did a sky dive (everyone has to do one, its the most amazing feeling ever!) and then we carried on down to Dunedin where we spent a lovely week with some of phil's family. We've now caught the bus upto Christchurch, stopping briefly at Lake Tekapo where you get the best access to Mt Cook, although the weather was terrible so unfortuantely didn't get to go to the National Park and do some walking.

Managed to fit in 2 super 14 matches which were brilliant and we're going to be very sad to leave NZ on Wed.

We'll be in touch when we arrive in S.America - first stop Santiago and then we'll be working our way north into Bolivia and into Peru.