After a very scenic drive from Wanaka through the Crown Range we got our first bird's eye view of Queenstown as we wound our way down the mountain and into town. After checking into the aptly named Bungi Backpacker's and bagging ourselves bunkbeds in our dorm (small and quite smelly with 4 people jammed in), we headed into town to witness for ourselves the town that has self styled itself as New Zealand's outdoor adventure capital and the place to party. We ac...

So we find ourselves in Wanaka staying at the Purple Cow Hostel with a fantastic view of the lake and mountains and the best kitted out kitchen yet! We fell immediately in love with Wanaka - its just gorgeous. Everything is so clean and fresh and everyone is so happy to be outdoors - there really are more reasons to be outside even though the weather is getting colder by the day. So we spent our time walking around the lake, or sitting by the lake drinking co...

So, after just over 6 months we bade farewell to Asia. Having spent 4 days back in Bali doing very little it was time to catch our flight to New Zealand and begin on the next part of our journey in a completely new destination. We have so many amazing memories of our time in Asia from landing in Delhi back in November and thinking 'what the hell have we done' to the laid back life, frequent power cuts and the lovely locals in Indonesia more recently. We both f...