Wellington...So I may have slept through my alarm, and so did Tristan...I woke up at 6.55pm. We had planned to leave the hostel at 6.30am to be at the ferry for 7am. Ops! So I jumped out of bed, threw my bags on my back, grabbed Tristan out of his room and we jumped in a taxi down the road. Somehow we just made it in time Phhew!!! I haven't done that before J On the ferry everyone was sleeping...I did some research about the South Island and enjoyed the vi...

My 3 days in Wellington have been good fun, meeting new people, doing touristy things like museums, just taking a nice break from 'Stray' adventures really which I think I needed; So Monday I headed to the Zealandia Sanctuary and ended up spending the rest of the day with two German girls I met there. We walked around the botanical gardens, which was really pretty and had a good view of the city and then we went for coffee in the town. It was a very relaxed ...

I'm back...a week on and I have made it to windy Wellington. Whoo. It is actually a city known for being windy...and after today I entirely agree as I almost got blown over today - if it wasn't for the railings beside me I may well have fallen right on my arse. Anyway, let's rewind to a week ago... Parasailing, oh yes oh yes...it was much fun and the views were incredible. So the girls jumped straight onto the parasailing boat as soon as they arrived back f...

Tuesday 18th...was a very strange day. It's the first time I can honestly say I wasn't excited to get on the plane. I had so much fun in Oz and it was horrible to say goodbye to Stefan, who I had spent 6 solid weeks with, day in, day out. He was much fun to be around and we were always laughing together. But it was now time for a new adventure in New Zealand and I had to remember that. Stefan jumped on his 14 hour flight to Indonesia, and I got on my 3 hou...