Hello! Well, I hope you are sitting comfortably, as it has been a busy week or so, covering Wellington, Nelson, Abel Tasman, The Glaciers, Queenstown, Milford Sounds, Dunedin, Otago Peninsula and Lake Tekapo! Those that are familiar with New Zealand will know that this is basically a big loop around the South Island. Last time I came on here we had just got to Wellington, which now seems like years ago (yes, a week travels fast when you are having fun!). Wellin...

Kia-Ora! Well, we have made it to the most laid-back capital city on this earth...Wellington! After a tantalisingly boring day on a bus, with the worlds most irritating driver, that insisted on saying 'sweet as' after even the most in appropriate sentence ('I nearly hit that truck...sweet asssssss!') we were herded into another lovely hostel called 'Downtown Backpackers'. Actually, its a lot nicer than it sounds. It has clean showers and a nice communal area, al...

HI, It's me (Tom) this time as I wanted a go. Last time we blogged we had just got to Auckland. Well since then we have spent three days there, a day in Hamilton with Liz's family and a day in Waitomo working our way to Rotorua where we are now. We had a great time in Auckland being a bit of a traditional tourist. The first day we had a lovely walk over to an aquarium. We saw penguins that reminded us of Happy Feet as they were kind of just standing there, we...

Hey Folks! Well, we have left Fiji (boohoo!), and I am writing from Albert Park Backpackers in Auckland, New Zealand, which is a slightly shabby but cheap (whey!) hostel in the centre of the city, a stones throw from the harbour and Sky Tower. So, it has been a week since we last had internet access, and a busy week it has been, with a cyclone, a shark sighting, sunburn and a sea rescue mission! Literally the day after I last came on here we were visited by a ...