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...

Hey everyone Today it rained! The rain refused to stop and we refused to risk our colds getting worse so we stayed in bed. Alex had been suffering from a cold for a couple of days and now Christina had developed one (however did that manage to happen?). Our illness hadn't been aided by the lack of sleep and the whole bus coughing, sneezing and infecting everyone with their germs, as well as the bus having rubbish air conditioning so we were all breathing the sa...

Hey everyone Today we went to Wanaka! We got up early as the bus was leaving at 7.15am, but we were a little delayed as a guy was sick after a heavy night of drinking - so sick in fact he gave himself a nosebleed. Poor boy. The reason we got up so early (before sunrise in fact) is so that we could get some amazing photos of Lake Matheson, a mirror-like lake surrounded buy the Southern Alps. Unfortunately, as the weather still hadn't cleared up and as the rain ...