Another early start was slightly harder as we had to pack in the dark in silence but we bumped into mum and dad in the supermarket whilst both shopping for our breakfasts! We all ate breakfast together back in their hotel room with some nice tea and coffee before saying goodbye and we got our bus out to the airport to get our much anticipated flight to Fiji!! Yayh!! New Zealand has been amazing! I wasn't sure what to expect as Garth had organised this one, I th...

We had an early start, getting everything packed and ready for us to get our bus to the airport at 9am. We changed in town only for the bus driver to tell us he couldn't actually take us into the airport but found drop us a 5 min walk away?! Garth jumped out a few stops before to return the map back to the car hire company (he forgot it yesterday) while I carried on to the airport. The walk wasn't too bad and I waited 20mins for Garth to catch up. We had a quic...

We packed everything up. Went through the whole can and cleaned. Folded up all the sheets and put them back under the bed. We also booked our flights to France and Cape Town to Joburg!! Exciting! We then bought 2 replacement plates and a plastic container for the van and stopped for lunch by the sea! We got to our hostel early (which happened to be just across the road from our campsite last night) by 30 minutes and were told we were way too early and to go a...

We had a nice lazy start and bought new toothbrushes from Kathmandu and a $30 (!!!!!) toaster from warehouse! :( We drove to Christchurch where we eventually found a campsite to stay in. There were no cheap campsite so we had to pay $41 :( We tried to drive through the town centre but a lot was blocked off and there were a few rubble piles where buildings used to be and lots of empty buildings fenced off. The roads were pretty bad. They have obviously patched u...

It was a VERY windy night. So much so that the van was shaking and rocking with every big gust and my flip flops were blown away. Fortunately Garth went on a walk and found both of them in the morning! It was still overcast and we couldn't see Mt Cook so Garth took a 1 hour walk up to a glacier lake with floating ice and I read in the van. We then drove to Ashburton stopping at Lake Tekapo for lunch on the way. We had a close call in the van and Garth had to ...