hi everyone. hope your all well. thought i would update you on my travels. went to milford sounds on monday. spent most of the time on the bus to get there,but was well worth it for the scenery was fantastic. it does'nt matter if it's raining or it's sunny it still looks great.tuesday we went to dunedin which was settled by the scottish originally.there you go bit of knowledge for ya!! when we arrived we went straight out on a trip. elm wildlife tour. took us to the beach. first we saw some fur seals.there was loads of them. quite a few baby ones aswell. next we went a different part of the beach to see the sea lions!! man these things are huge!! the good thing aswell we was only about 5m away from them!! they were having play fights with each other which was cool to watch.look in the photo's and you will see how big they are.they can run up to 20mph and you would'nt think it.next part of the beach was to see the yellow eyed penguins. these are funny creatures. you should see the way they come out of the sea and then start waddleling up the beach.i thought it was so funny. next stop was a small town called lake tekapo. very small but it has a chinese and a sushi bar!!! had an early night that night next christchurch where we met up with hayley again. she is house sitting for a friend,cool. we 've got our own little house. makes a change from not sharing with loads of other people. we got internet,big ass tv with surround sound dvd,stereo!! so we are sorted there are five of us here me,anna,hayley,louis and lorna. first night we went to see the new star wars movie. did'nt go much on it. that's the thing,all the movies are too hyped up!! it spoils it when you actually see them. last night we hit the town. anna stayed at the house! we started at 7pm and finished at 5am!! what a heavy night!! had a really good laugh. especially me and lorna doing salsa!! that girl can dance. i was just about to go when i bumped into 2 guys i met in south america!! that was crazy!!got there emails this time so we can stay in touch.cool guys. as usual phil had pulled a fit bird!! you got to have a look at the photo's!! could be another messy one tonight because it's the rugby. but got to be up early tomorrow as hayley is going back to queenstown. louis is going with her and we might be going with lorna to hammer springs. then we off to kaikoura to swim with the dolphins at sea!! well i've got sore fingers now so it's time to say good bye.speak to you all soon al