So i left you in a bit of a rush off to go kayaking in Franz joseph. That was a few days ago now, but the kayaking was brilliant, the lake was just vast and we were the only ones on it, and with some incredible mountains in the background it was pretty special. As with our trek in thailand, taz had a few errrm balance issues which led to him having a wee swim as he tipped out of his kayak. As the good friend i am, i laughed and ridiculed until i saw him lunging t...

The flight to Christchurch went without a hitch and we got an early indicator of the scenery ahead just as we began flying over it as a vast mountain range with snowy peaks loomed underneath us. The driver of our shuttle bus to the hostel issued the NZ catchphrase 'sweet as' within about 30 seconds of talking and australia was very obviously behind us. This was also demonstrated in the temperature, NZ is currently in the depths of winter and the lack of warm clot...