well, today i got up far too early and sat in my pjs with a blanket wrapped around me watching the sun rise hit the mountains and PHONED HOME!!!! he he he! yay. was great to talk to family, though a little strange to think of our voics thravelling around the world. how on earth does it work? if anyone knows can you post the answer? after that got the 8:30 bus back to queenstown and checked back into discovery lodge at about 10:00. all the rest of our str...

today were going to go for a walk but spent rather longer than expected lost in a maze at a place called puzzle world, so walked back and cooked tea of homemade tomatoe source and pasta (6 tomatoes chopped and covered in boiling water, stir and simmer until source-like then add some herbs and soft cheese. very good) we're going back to queens town tomorrow and on saturday to christchurch.this evening we're going to the cinema (to see confetti) where you ...

have fallen off two things since i last wrote, one was a bike, the other i'll come to in a bit. on monday i traveled to queenstown via haast (over the haast pass through the mountains) i think it rained. stopped for a bit in wanaka and decided to come back (hence the reason i'm here now) on way stopped off at kawara (i think thats right) bungy jump. first ever comercial bungy! didn't do that one, martin (the dutch one) did. me emma annabel, claire and annma...

today we left the stray group. is kinda odd not seeing them anymore.got bus to wanaka, and as the internet and some telephones had gone down on for the bottom of the south island, we didn't know where we were going to stay. anyway we're at teh YHA hostel, which is really nice.that afertnoon (after a lunch of chocolate spread and bannana sandwiches) we hired some bikes and went round the lake to Alfred town (i think) where we got an icecream, then took teh...

today we got up late. then we set off.first went up road to where we had to check in and get weighed (i weigh 62kg if anyones interested) then we sat and stewed for a bit before our bus was ready to take us out.arrived and got harnessed up. then took a gondola to the pod suspended 134m above the valley/canyon floor.in the pod they played rock music. ace. if you want to see what its like there i didn't byt a dvd so tough. but...... if you watch the extras on t...