We arrived in Fiji amidst the tsunami warnings and were bombarded with people trying to sell us packages and accommodation which we had luckily already sorted out! We found our bus and headed straight to our hostel called Horizon which wasn't the nicest place we could have stayed but we dumped our bags and headed to the hostel next door where we had a really nice dinner and some cocktails (thought it was only appropriate!) And that night they had traditional bu...

So we got the ferry across to the South Island and our first stop was a place called Nelson which was quite a quiet town and there we met and started our journey with Jamie, Spike and Wills bus and some of ours...at the crossing a lot of people wanted to stay for a few days so we split up! We stayed in a place called Fern Lodge and met some of our new bus mates, including the infamous Emma Randles and co! The next morning we headed east to Westport and stoppe...

Arriving in New Zealand Airport was a feeling of relief we never thought would come around so quickly! As I arrived off the plane I had my cousins Bev and Ron meeting me which was so nice to have family welcoming you after such a horrendous journey...although I barely had a minute to greet them before a man approached me with a camera, asked me if it was ok to ask me a few questions and I was on New Zealands news called TV One that night for being the first fligh...