This is carrying on from the last blog: Day 5: Did a long drive today from Queenstown up the West coast to Fox Glacier. It was a really pretty drive through the mountains, which also unfortunately meant the road was pretty gnarly - especially the 'shortcut' we took to Wanaka throught he crown range - so we took it very slowly and stopped off at several places for refreshments. We stopped in Wanaka for fuel and to see if they were showing Harry Potter, but the c...

We finally left Blenheim! We all agreed it was kind of a backpackers purgatory, you get sucked into it and find it very hard to leave - even though you really want to!! We were there for a total of six weeks, which we spent working to earn enough money to carry on travelling around New Zealand. Unfortunately, this 'we' is just me and Tom, Eddie is still working in Auckland and wants to do the travelling at a later date when hes got more money and can take his ti...