Kia Ora Sorry its been a few days since we last wrote, but we are now on another Contiki tour - which has been very busy so far. Monday the 20th October (Teresa's Birthday) we got up at 3.30am for our booked Hot Air Balloon Ride - we had to ring up the tour provider to check that the weather was good and that the flight was going ahead! Unfortunately there was bad news - it was cancelled!! So we therefore went back to sleep. We woke up again at 8am and Teresa ...

Kia Ora Today we got up at 9.30am after 10hours of well deserved sleep!!! We first got the tram ride around Christchurch's main square and saw the main sites, such as :- the Botanical Gardens, The River Avon where you can go punting, The Cathedral, Art Galleries and Museums! This took around 30minutes to do, so after this we took several pictures and ventured by bus to the Gondola which is near a place called.....Norwich!!! There were also towns called Lincol...

Hey We have just arrived safely in New Zealand and eveything looks really nice especially the Base Backpackers where we are staying for the next three nights. Well yesterday we did our Jet Boat - and it definately was a great experience. We went slowly across the Harbour and under the Bridge before being thrown at 360 degree angles left and right and then going really fast and coming to a sudden hault!!! This took 50 minutes and was well worth the money - altho...