Today I paid someone £200 to push me out of an airplane at 13,000 feet. I am still asking myself why but I know the answer, it is because Tasha wanted to do it and she then persuaded Nick to join her; the small child in me could not bear to be left out so I had to join them! We did it over the Abel Tasman National Park which was nice as you could see the sea and the mountains - I will however not be repeating the exercise as I cannot see what all the fuss is abo...

It was very cold last night but wasn't too bad in the campervan. When we woke we opened the curtains to find we were surrounded by snow covered mountains. Went for a walk on the beach in Kaikura this morning and we saw a huge seal sunbathing on the beach. We then made our way to Kawatiri where we are parking up tonight. We are still amazed by how friendly everyone here is; everyone else in a campervan waves as they pass (Nick thinks it's fab of course whilst me a...