hi all, well i did my heli-hike in franz as you can probably tell from the photos it was a pretty awesome day, it is the only glacier to have a rainforest next to it and the views were pretty spectacular from the helicopter - it was my first time in a helicopter and its pretty cool although my ears wouldnt stop popping, didnt do much after the heli-hike i was exhausted, climbing over snow and ice for two hours with big heavy boots with talons (big spikes) attat...

hi all, well i feel like im writing an essay everytime i manage to get online iv been getting up to that much stuff! so we set off on the early morning ferry from wellington to picton and suprisingly (sarcasm) i was sea sick which means i have now been sick in the ccok islands, fiji and new zealand - im sure i dont get this ill at home! lol. anyway the ferry was pretty amazing it had a cinema and everything, not that i made it down there. we got off the ferry at ...

hi all, well i left taupo and got on a new bus heading to river valley, there was very few people on the new bus, only 3 guys and 2 other girls - not including the driver, smiley. on the way to river valley everyone was fairly quiet and i was a bit gutted as the last bus i was on was so great and everyone got on well, we were meant to be doin a 2hr hike around mount doom after leaving taupo (lord of the rings fans alert) but obviously with my ankle i couldnt do...

hi all, well im back from the east and it was amazing it was very chilled especially as there was only 2 of us on the bus and the driver andy who was so cool. the first place we went to was a little village called gisbourne and we stayed at the surf chalet which we had to ourselves so we slobbed around aND WATCHED THE VIDEO OF 'WHALE RIDER' WHICH IS VERY AUTHENTIC AND FULL OF THE MAORI culture, i def reccommend it if anyone wants a taster as to maori life. the ...

hi all, first i wanna say happy birthday to sue, sharon and reece hope you have (had) a great time and celebrate(d) well! well from whitianga i went to rotorua the biggest geothermal area in new zealand, it was so cool to see steam coming off the rocks and boiling mud - the minus of that was that it stank!!! the cultural evening was pretty good but i was a little disapointed as i got told it was really authentic and it was in reality very touristy, although t...