Day 15 Today I took temporary leave of my senses and decided to jump out of a plane from 12,000 feet with a big hairy Kiwi strapped to my back. I was pretty nervous all morning but not as scared as I thought I would be because it all seemed a bit surreal. Although as I had to watch three people jump before me in the plane I started to get pretty terrified as they seemed to disappear into no where and not come back. Then as I was hovered out of the door I found...

Day 14 We had to wait for one of our drivers to do a skydive before starting our journey to Wanaka (honestly do they know who we are!). It was a smooth ride through more lakes and mountains, all Lord of the rings country.

Day 12. After a hard day hitching we slept in until the cleaners woke us up at 10.30. We really want to do a full day trip on the glacier as a half day is $80 and a full day is only $115, plus how many glaciers do you get the chance to walk on!? The glacier tours leave at 9 so we had missed that, but there were plenty of walks to do for free. We had a game of giant chess in the garden which Duncan won (he is winning the chess series 5-1 at mo! Although I&lsqu...

Day 13. Up early for the day on the Glacier. The pictures say it all really. It was an amazing experience and weird to think that I was actually standing on a huge bit of ice. The walk there was pretty scary as we had to hold on to a chain along narrow sections of the mountain and avoid the 150m sheer down on the other side (looking down was very scary). On the glacier itself the guide cut paths in the ice which took us toward the upper tier. The higher we got...

Day 9. We left Wellington on the 1pm ferry to Picton (crossing the Cook Strait to the South Island). It took about 3hrs but we took in some really nice views. As we along the side of the ferry toward the observation deck, I noticed something pop out of the water and on closer inspection it was a Whale! Neither of us had ever seen one before and we were really lucky as all the other passengers were at the front of the boat so they probably missed it! It was pre...