Third and final time time in Auckland but this time I was solo! Bridie and Becki dropped me off at the airport where I thought I had plenty of time to spare. I checked in to be told we would be boarding the plan in 20 minutes. I was sat in the waiting room just people watching when i saw a young lad of a different origin fiddle about with his bag then walk off. Me being me my head started to do over drive and I started clock watching waiting for a bomb to go of...

Leaving Wanaka today and heading to the adrenline junky town of Queenstown. Wondering off the beaten track allows us to have a relaxing morning, so a perfect opportunity to have a nice lay in with a good breakfast and a lovely scenic walk. Nope that wasn't going to be the case, the weather had turned sour and it was raining so our morning walk was cancelled but we did sit back and relax enjoying the view from the comfort of our hostel playing cards. On the bus a...

With the adventure capital behind us we then headed to the Scotland of New Zealand, Dunedin. When we arrived at our hostel we both realised our mistake, we had rushed our transport decision and forgot to communicate with each other, as we should have stayed longer in Queenstown. Oh well determined not to let the slight mishaps keep us down we explored the city. We only had two options of tours here, one was a wildlife tour and the other was a Cadbury factory to...

Today we are driving to a place called Greymouth, we are both a little annoyed by this as we have to stop here but we want to head straight to Franz Joesph where Bridie and Mike are heading too. We sit and consider several options but decide we have to go with the Magic bus flow.  We stop again at many different destinations and luckliy for us the weather is nice and sunny and we get to really enjoy the scenary. Our final stop before Greymouth is to an area cal...

Today's the day we return back to traveling life, saying goodbye to our adopted Kiwi family and friends but