Queenstown summary...... Got on a bus, 9 and a half hours later we arrived in Queenstown and went to find our 8 bed dorm, where we were faced with 6 boys to share our 8 bedded dorm with, we could tell this as soon as we walked in as there was clothes and mess all over the floor, but we didnt freak, we take alot of things in our stride these days!! So first day in Queenstown we went to explore, could tell as soon as we got here that it was going to be a much mor...

hello- liz here! well we got on the road to hanmer after a relaxed morning in kaikoura. i took the wheel and lauren guided through the very complex road system they seem to have around here! NOT. very similar to the road up to kaikoura, just long and bendy with not a lot of traffic so nice and easy.. lauren took a piece of video which was funny and we had a fun time singing a long to some classics on the ipod and new zealand radio isnt really up to much! Arrive...

HI, Lauren here...... 1st things first our bags arrived on Sunday evening so thats all sorted now, and we were then ready to embark on our next part of the adventure our Jucy Crib Camper van... its actually more like a converted Toyota people carrier but its perfect for us seats in the back by day and a spacious double bed by night!! To give you a menal picture its bright green with purple and white graphics so we definatley stand out!!!! We collected it and th...

it all begins with a slightly strange man collecting us from the hostel in our shuttle bus who asked us which airline we were flying with. when we told him american airlines he laughed and said are you sure your flights not cancelled becuase they're having a lot of problems! we thought he was just trying to scare 2 innocent girls from england until we got there and out 16.10 scheduled flight to LA was in fact CANCELLED. great so got in the queue at the most un he...