Well from Franz Joseph we drove 7 hours to Nelson, which is at the top of the South Island. Throughout the whole of the journey it poured with rain and this continued for the next 12 hours, it felt like we were back in England! In Nelson we went wine tasting, which was good fun and also had a look around the town. We ended our time here with a round of crazy golf and me being very competitive was determined to win and thankfully i did! :) We then drove to Picto...

Hi all, Well i ended the trip to Queenstown with a thrilling 15,000 ft skydive!! I cant describe what an amazing experience it was and im so glad i did it. Although as you can imagine i was pretty nervous beforehand but Erin kindly came with me to calm my nerves. Unfortuntely my 'normally' good persuassion skills didnt work and Erin kept her feet firmly on the ground!! I havent seen the DVD of it yet, as they are sending it home for me but im sure it will provid...

Hey All, Erin has handed it back to me to update you on the next eg of our trip! From Kaikoura we went to Christchurch where we went to the International Antartic Centre and experienced a snow storm in -18 conditions, went on a Haggland snow mobile ride and watched little blue penguins being fed. From there we made the hell raising journey round the moutains to Akoroa to swim with dolphins. The long trip was well worth and the dolphins are very friendly, coming ...

Hi everyone! Erin here! Just a quick update on the blog - they charge us in New Zealand for using the internet which is why we haven't updated in a while! Anyway, we're having a great time in New Zealand so far - it's a beautiful country with really friendly people and loads of amazing things to do! We started off in Auckland, arriving at 6am in the morning, but unfortunately we weren't able to check into our hostel until 1pm later on that day, so we ended up h...