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 ...

A lazy start led us to go and book my sky five at 1.30pm!!! Eeek!! We drove 2.5hrs to Queenstown only to be told that they were not skydiving today due to the weather (it was too windy). :( We had a pie for lunch and then drove 4hrs up to Mt Cook where we camped at the foot of the mountains. We only saw the tip of Mt Cook as there were a few clouds!

Woke as an unhappy bunny due to no sleep. We set off at 9.15 and had a zombified day to be honest. We were so tired from not sleeping that it blurred by slightly which is a shame but we were the first to arrive at the finish point - The Divide. Day 3; 12kms over 4 hours descending 500ft and up 250ft. The walk was 90% in the forest which was cool, twisted and moss covered but not quite as magical as yesterday's. The path was mostly uneven rocks (like the inca...

The morning was filled with hours of rustling packing noises and 'shhhh's from a room with 25 people waking up at different times. I couldn't believe how noisy some people were; talking (almost shouting) whilst surrounded by sleeping people! I can't believe how educated people can be so stupid! We got dressed quickly (as was still very chilly) and set off. Day 2 11.3km, up 1200feet and down 1500 feet. We left at 9am and arrived at 4pm! A long but beautiful d...

We work at 5 and packed. Garth was worried we wouldn't be ready in time and made me rush and I accidentally smashed our 2 big plates!!! Which not only probably woke the whole camp site but we are now 2 plates and a toaster down! :( We parked our van at the back of the campsite and at 7am got a 2.5hr mini bus back to Queenstown. We had a 2.5hr wait where we ate an early lunch and looked around town a bit before getting another bus up to the Routeburn shelter wher...