Wow..... Rangitata Rafts! After the last few days of clocking up KM's in the car and visiting as many towns as possible including Ashburton, Geraldine, Winchester, Temuka, Timaru, Pleasant Point and Fairlie...... this included 1 night sleeping in the car as all these towns seem to slip into a coma after 5pm, Jo wanted to bang down the door of one motel to avoid the car but I didnt fancy being shot at by some disgruntled small town motel owner! We arrived at th...

So we arrived in Christchurch after the worlds shortest flight ever... albeit with some turbulance!! We had left sunny Auckland to a not so sunny Christchurch! So Craig was a little bit upset! He He! We checked into our accommodation which was a gorg hotel called the Copthorne which we got a great deal on working out the same price as a regular hostel... so was very chuffed with that!! Ensuite again.. yey! We had a blast in Christchurch.... booked a 2 hr horse...

Hey guys..... finally got on here to post our first entry overseas! Arrived in Auckland on time despite all the snow back in London, the flight was over 20 hours with a short stop in Hong Kong! Craig spent the whole time watching movies from a choice of 84 and I wouldnt shut up about the blueberry pancakes!!! The weather when we arrived was amazing, beautiful sunshine! Checked in to our first hostel (Auckland Central Backpackers).... stayed here two nights in o...