This morning we were up at 8.00am and spent a couple of hours sorting our bags out before checking out at 10.00am and catching the bus to the airport. The journey took around an hour and we were soon checked in ready for our flight to Fiji. We spent our time at the airport browsing duty free then boarded on time at around 1.45pm. The flight was good and we enjoyed Fish with noodles, carrots and spinach with pavlova for pud - yum! We landed in Nadi just before 4....

We started the day bright and early, getting up just before 6.00am, much to the delight of our fellow dorm sleepers, who hadn't arrived in until just before 4.00am (luckily they had to be up early as well!). Our bus departed at 6.50am and it was a long, boring, tiring day travelling back up to Auckland. We made a few stops en-route for a stretch of the legs, the longest stop being in Taupo for 30 minutes where we managed to grab a sandwich from the petrol statio...

Yesterday morning we were up early and outside by 7.45am ready to depart with our new (DJ wanabe) driver, Bagginz (who we thought was a woman at first!). We left Christchurch and headed up the East coast, calling for a breakfast stop en-route. We pulled into the seaside town of Kaikoura around 12.00pm and after a quick tour and a kodak moment at the lookout point, we checked into the Adelphi Lodge (unfortunately with the creepy Italian, Dario in our room!). We en...

Yesterday morning we were up early and our bus (with new driver Kathie) departed around 8.00am. It was a long drive straight across country to Christchurch, to break the journey we had a break in a small town in the morning, where, obviously, we had to purchase a New Zealand delicacy - Hokey Pokey biscuits! Following this break we had a couple of stops along some glacial lakes which were overlooked by the stunning Southern Alps and New Zealand highest mountains -...

OH MY GOD! SARAH ONLY DID A BUNGY TODAY!! No, neither of us can believe it either! The day started like any other day on the road, cept we got a proper lie-in today - until 10.00am! Lovely! We had a lazy morning getting ready and settled with a early lunch of baked beans and meat balls on toast (that's right! Just the stuff!) in front of 'The Wedding' episode of Friends. We left the hostel at about 12.45pm and headed straight for the 'Gondola' upto the hi...