Lake Tekapo is so pretty but the town itself is very small and doesn't even have a cash machine, we were there for two days and didn't really get up to much. We were hoping to go horse riding but it was too windy and certain people were too hung over from the night before to even think about going outside. As Tekapo is so small it was quite an achievment to manage to stay out till half past four. The only bar in town had a band on which Katherine and Emma...

After a nice relaxing week in Queenstown we headed off to Dunedin, a nice sort of place where the NZ Cadbury World is and the Speigths brewery. Our hostel was nice but one of the ladies that worked that was so rude to us so if you find yourself in Duendin do not stay at On Top backpackers as you are treated like a child and the kitchen is rank. Cadbury world on the other hand is really good as you get to go on a tour of the factory where they make the chocolate a...

Wanaka is so beautiful, our hostel over looked the lake and you can see the snow capped mountains in the background and it's so peaceful. Isn't really that much to do apart from go to Puzzling World which is really fun and go the cinema where you sit on sofas which was good. It took us four hours to get round Puzzling World but that did include the maze which Emma and I completed without cheating. There is a room there that really messes with your head,...

From Nelson we stopped over in a place called Greymouth where we went on a brewery tour and went the pub to watch the GBR rugby league team get beat, again, but did stay in one of the nicest hostel we've stayed in, it was called Neptunes and it's so clean and the beds are really comfy. Another early morning to get the newly named 'Tragic' bus over to Franz Josef, we were a little bored on the journey from Nelson to Greymouth so we borrowed the sig...

After the events of our last night in Wellington we were in bed by half nine, it must be our age! The next day we headed over to Abel Tasmen national park for a spot of sea kayaking and tramping, the weather was really good so we got some really good pictures which I should hopefully be able to put on soon. The whole area is so beautiful with some really good beaches, we also discovered the best cookies in the world ever! Our hostel wasn't the best but we wer...