Sorry everyone for the delay in our update, i know there are a few of you eagerly awaiting updates as to how we are getting on.... We have had computer trouble and internet is expensive, like everything here on the South Island of New Zealand, so we are trying to limit ourselves, to logging on every few days!!!! The weather had been good, warming up slightly, so rather than staying in disappointing Westport, we decided to head to Franz Josef, to see the glacier....

Took the lunch time ferry from Wellington to Picton on Monday after trawling the town to find Lolly some ‘Sea legs’!! A local had also recommeded Ginger Beer so once on board we ordered fish and chips and some ginger beer to wash down the spectacular scenery on the cruise out of wellington into the cook straight and entering the Marlborough Sounds to Picton. We then procedded to make the mistake of checking into the seediest and most dodgy camp site for the n...

Arriving in Auckland, New Zealand, to heavy rain and a mid day temperature of 6 degrees , was what we could only describe as a severe shock to the system, having aclimatised nicely to the average 36 degrees we had just left behind in Fiji!!! Both freezing cold and looking like Brits abroad dressed unsuiatably in summer clothes, we got the bus in to Auckland to find our first proper hostel, BASE. Walking through the town and of course round some shops, we got sp...