Hi guys - great to see the trip is still going swimmingly. We LOVED NZ - did it in much the same way as you are in fact. It is strikingly friendly & utterly beautiful. Indeed we have even been looking at immigration possibilities in the longer term!

Keep making the most of your fantastic opportunity. Lots of love T & Clive xxx

Ugh, glowing poo! put me right off now. Can so picture the "eel" scene in the cave though, mingling with fish especially if they are likely to have teeth, is something you have to think carefully about!!!!

Zoorbing, me food for thought , how much water is in there and why????

So did you jump off the Skytower on the Zipwire ?? 182m straight down!

GLAD YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME KEEP IT UP,LIFE IS FOR LIVING ,YOU ARE A LONG TIME DEAD.WISH I HAD THE COURAGE AND THE MEANS TO DO IT ,LOVE YOU BOTH MUM XXXXXXX TAKE CARE X

So you have finally made it to NZ. I am glad to hear that you found it as nice as we do. We were there all Christmas and had a fantastic time, then we came back home to depression, snow, blizzards, more depression, credit crunch, and people feeling generally very miserable. We can't wait to get back out there. Trying to buy a house at the moment.

Sorry we won't be able to meet up whilst you are there, but have a great time won't you. When you get to Christchurch go up to Cashmere Hills and Major Aitken Drive and take a look at the view - that's where we decided to buy. Oh and there's a Belgian Beer bar near Victoria Sqaure. Lovely old place right by the river. And if you are there on a Friday night the comedy club is really good, and .., and .. Oh too much to write about.

Paul and Jane

Ta for the postcard! Have been keeping up with your travels especially on the freezing cold days. Glad to read that you are both working on maintaining the alcohol tolerance levels, probably best to only take photos of Jodie on those days though!!!!

Isn't San Pedro incredible, miles away from anywhere, a bank you can only deposit money in and one petrol station that is private. We turned up there in a hire car that was almost out of fuel and very little money - it was an interesting few days. If I remember well - the power goes off at about 10pm and doesn't come back on until 6am so getting ready for an early morning trip to the geysers is interesting - it gets dark in the country!

The night sky is amazing and its as cold as hell before the sun comes up.

Hope you guys have a great time.

James, you are still having too much fun!! It must be said that Jodie looked the better after the night sleeping out.....you really must work on your look before returning to the ever depressing UK. Keep having fun and stay safe.

I am soooooo unbelievably jealous of you two - you're in the one part of the world I haven't been and it looks fantastic. I will expect copious notes and recommendations on your return !

You should write- there's no argument at all about it ... the blog is exceellent, James will clearly never be able to wear loing trousers again, cut his hair etc, let alone fit into some dull, conventional 9-5 existance. Jodie is probably more adaptable ... but any-way, really enjoying the blog, missing you hugely and hoping to seee you in Aus in a few months ....