Our final entry from New Zealand on the day that we fly to Santiago for the last leg of our trip... The second half of our trip around New Zealand was in a camper van that we rented from 'Jucy', which turned out to be a great company, easy to get hold of and pretty good value for money. We picked up the van in Christchurch and from there drove straight up the coast to Kaikoura, to do a whale-watching trip in the afternoon. It was a fantastic few hours out on th...

This is a quick summary of our fantastic time in South Island, New Zealand, aboard the Magic Bus with a great group of travelling buddies! We flew into Christchurch and spent two days seeing the sights of strangely English city... Another tram ride took us around the major sights, including the Canterbury Museum, Botanical Gardens, Art Gallery, parliament buildings, Arts centre and to see some traditional Cambridge-style punters on the river. We stayed at Base B...