We left for Queenstown today but not before we went to Puzzling World. For $16 I got entry and a bacon sandwich, good times! This place was awesome, full of illusions and a room where you feel so drunk you can barely stand up! Really good laugh with the boys! We then were Queenstown bound, couldn't wait to link up with Lee, Drew and Andy again after meeting them all some time ago in the Bay of Islands. We checked into an 8 bed dorm which was quite spacious an...

We left Franz Josef and headed for Wanaka, the home of Puzzling World. We checked into a new hostel and shared a room with James and his Mrs Clare. Quite a nice sized room so can't complain. Me and Ben grilled some pizzas (bit dodgy) for lunch, they turned out to be quite nice actually and then met the Irish couple from our bus for a beer in the sun by the lake. In the evening the bar attached to the hostel were having games to win a bungee! I was well up f...

Today is the reason we came to Franz Josef, the Glacier Hike! It was a clear morning and we all heeded to the meeting point to get geared up for the hike. After getting all the essentials we walked down to the Heli Point to wait for our ride. After being safety briefed we jumped onto our helicopter and soared up into the mountains to the Glacier. It's like nothing I've seen before, really special place. We climbed off and met our tour guide Vince. He was a ...

Another early start to go to Franz Josef, where originally we were only staying for 1 night however we changed that to stay 2 nights instead meaning we would be staying with the group and also doing a Glacier Hike. We arrived after midday and checked into a nice little house for 4 which included a guy from our bus called Greg. Nice chap! The boys all went kayaking which I also was supposed to do but felt really rough so spent the afternoon sleeping as they wen...

Early morning walk to Cape Fowlwind where we saw a seal colony and then another walk to see the Pancake Rocks which were awesome. Me and Nick had hotdogs and ice cream for lunch which were average at best! Then a bus journey to Lake Mahinapua where we would be staying at the famous Poo Pub! This is the night where it's only open to the Kiwi Experience and everyone dresses up. Me and James raided a supermarket of all it's reduced inflatables and swimwear to go ...