Still can't believe I did a skydive! AH still on a high from it, it was just so incredible! Anyway, we didn't get up to much today, we had a bit of a lie in and then wondered around the town. We found some hotsprings this afternoon on the way to Huka Falls, they were free, and no fences or anything just natural environment. So we sat in them for a while, it was so so hot when I first got in, it actually burnt, and it was crazy as the river a few metres below was ...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Just did a skydive!!! It was AMAZING! so much fun, can't believe I did it, it was just incredible! You fall so fast - 200km/h - yet it doesn't even feel like you're falling, you get such amazing views, and the sun was shining so we could see the East and West coast of NZ (and Mount Doom too!) It was just the best thing I've ever done, would do it again definately! I was quite nervous on the plane ride up, but as soon as you're out the plan...

We are now in Wellington, unfortunately, due to the buses not running everyday, we can only stay 1 night which is a shame as we would have liked to have been able to see a bit of the capital! There is also apparently a lot of free stuff to do around here, so that would have been an added bonus! Oh well. Yesterday we left Queenstown and had a horribly long journey up to Kaikoura, with a bus change in Christchurch. It was weird being back in the same hostel we had ...

Milford Sound was beautiful. We had a pretty early start, and the weather looked grim, so I had my fingers crossed it would clear up, which it luckily did (first sun in 2 weeks there!) The bus journey from Queenstown takes about 4 hours there, so slept most of it. We hopped out a couple of times to get some shots of the landscape, once a Mirror Lake and then again just before the Homer Tunnel (1km long). The scenery was again stunning, and there was lots of mist ...

Had a good night out last night. Everyone on our bus went for pizza first, we paid $10 for all you can eat pizza, so I was in heaven!! (though nowhere near mamma mia/pizza express standard!) There was a bar tab for us at one of the bars we went too, so got a few free drinks out of that, but the tab ran out in about 4 minutes! There was also a Jager train, which was pretty cool (video on Arthur's facebook) where they lined up all the jager bombs, but balanced the ...