Franz josef We arrived here today at the rainforest retreat..pretty cool nestled in the snow capped mountains but green all around you. Snuck into one bed again and got picked up for our skydive. 5 of us did it. Voted #2 most scenic jump in the world. They drove us to the airspace...I was surprisingly calm and excited mart stu and another went first was so weird watching them they were soooo high up! They came down and the first thing I saw was mart and stu hav...

Crossed the ferry into the south how cold! Stopped in kaiteriteri for a night...then Westport where me and mart got away with one bed...carried on through to punakaiki to see the amazing west coast pancake rocks and blow holes. We then spent a night in lake mahinapua absolutely beautiful they've had fresh snowfall so the mountains are all snow capped but then u look the other way and the sea and beach is there. We actually paid extra for a meal at the hostel big ...

So we went to lake taupo..its bloody huge, you can fit singapore into it! walked around a bit and took some beers down to this lake we had heard about...amazing was a natural hot pool sat in there for ages! managed to get our hostel a few dollars cheaper billy who we're with we have named dell boy = he could sell snow to an eskimo. got a right good bunch of lads with us at the moment...we;ve been given a free sat nav and scott has offered us his car when were i...

started the kiwi experience... got a driver called bob...thats not his real name...but he told us it was and that he had 2 B's tattood on his arse cheeks.. hes a strange bloke...pretty funny.. a;though he keeps talking about bum rape....every town we get to he tells us to be careful incase we get bummed?? everyone on our bus is sound...made mates with loads of cockney lads...mart keeps pissing himself because they keep calling everyone a melt or A psy. some del...

We left beautiful Fiji and flew 3 hours to Auckland New Zealand. Flight was full of crying children so was glad it was a short one. Emigration is interesting in nz.. I declared my dream catcher from monument valley but they allowed it through thank god. We found a shuttle bus which took us directly to Luke's apartment in mount Wellington. It's absolutely Massive..big pool table in the lounge. Luke had to work so we went along with him to the bar and succeeded i...