After my fishing in Kaikoura I said bye to lovely Lucy and then spent the whole day being super lazy watching films and eating rubbish. The day after, 20th August, I got the bus from Kaikoura back to Christchurch and met Alice who's lovely auntie and uncle said I could stay with them for my last few days in Christchurch. We went to their house, and it's unreal how nice it felt to be in a proper house with sofas and carpets and just being round a family felt...

Again, another early start but this should be my last one for a while so it's all good. It was a relatively short drive to Kaikoura and the hostel we were staying at seemed really nice and cosy: we quickly had time to make dinner which involved me burning myself with hot water making noodles... Culinary master, me! Then we dropped a few people at a dolphin encounter place, went to visit a seal colony and then myself, Lucy, Stuart and Val got taken to this old gu...

Today was the day I would finally get to Christchurch and should have been my final stop with the magic bus but Vale said he would take me up to Kaikoura and I would just have to get a different bus back down which was really nice of him. Anyway, we get to Christchurch and the first thing I noticed was how uneven most of the roads are and how many are just closed off altogether (for anyone reading who's been hiding under a rock, Christchurch had several earthqua...

Again, another early start, another scramble through my bag in a dark room and packing in the dark. Met the new driver, Vale, seems pretty nice even if he has got shorts and leggings on... Must be a New Zealand thing lol!!! On the bus were also some Irish girls that we'd met before in Picton and they seemed really nice. On the way to Lake Tekapo we stopped at another beautiful lake where if you're very lucky you can see Mount Cook, New Zealand's tallest mount...

Tim, Lucy, Alice and myself had all booked to go on a day trip to Milford sound today which would be our last day as a four! Sad times!! We got picked up at 620, which of course meant a very early start and of course this also meant the bus didn't turn up until 635: I mean who doesn't like standing in the cold at that time right?!? Lucy's friend Rachel was also joining us and after we picked everyone else up, it was a 4 hour drive to where we would get on our b...