Hey everyone Today was blog writing day. We woke up late as we were tired from the long day yesterday, and releasing we were so far behind with the blog, decided to relax a bit and spend the day writing about what we've been up to in New Zealand. In the morning Alex wrote the blog and Christina did a Su Doku, and in the afternoon Alex wrote the blog and Christina had a nap. Then in the evening we watched the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, then re...

Hey everyone Today we went to Milford Sound! Our day began early as we got the coach at 8am from outside our hostel. The driver seemed friendly and we sat at the front to give ourselves a good view of the scenery going by. It was a long journey to Milford Sound - about 5 hours - but thankfully it was broken up by a few stops. Our first was at Te Anau, where we would have phone signal for the last time for many hours. It has a huge lake, but we were really there...

Hey everyone Today we explored Queenstown. We reluctantly got out of bed as it was freezing, but got ready and put our coats and gloves on and braved the cold. We went into town and Christina spotted a souvenir shop, and after Alex's exasperated 'not another one' she reminded him she had been in very little in New Zealand and had to get her fix. We bought some presents and some New Zealand wooly hats to keep out the cold. After looking in other shops and doin...

Hey everyone Today we went to Queenstown. We were up and out early to make sure we got good seats on the coach to Queenstown, and to make sure we were actually booked on the coach. We took our bags to the coach and found the very grumpy driver (Domonionic). Fortunately we were booked on, and fortunately we only had to put up with the driver for one short journey. When we were on the coach we asked the driver if he could book our trip to Milford Sound, but we w...

Hey everyone Today we explored Wanaka! The rain finally stopped today, for a short while anyway, so we went out and walked to the lakefront. The views were stunning, as the lake is surrounded by a snow topped mountain range, which we hadn't seen before through all the rainclouds. We walked around the lakeshore down to the jetty and took pictures of the lake with the amazing backdrop. We then headed up for a walk around the town and looked in some shops. We fo...