NEW ZEALAND - NORTH ISLAND...PLUS A SPONTANEOUS WEEK IN TONGA!! Wow how time flys...I feel like I just wrote the last one but it was 3weeks ago!! Apologies about this one as I am shattered from an 11 hour flight and jet lag from Auckland to Santiago. I managed to get on the bus out of Queenstown on a cancellation which I think may have saved my vital organs! After leaving the mayhem and feeling terrible we traveled North via Christchurch and Kaikoura again ...

BLOG - NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH - 24th mar to 29th mar The Wizard, Dyslexia and Akaroa Dolphin Swimming… Much to my surprise I was pulled aside and tested for any signs of handling explosives upon leaving Melbourne airport. Sensibly I'd avoided any C4 in recent weeks and was passed through fairly swiftly. I landed in the land of the white cloud (named so by a tropical dwelling explorer who upon seeing NZ for the 1st time mistook the snow capped mountains as...