Hi everyone, Arrived in Rarotonga in the pouring rain at 2.30am.but finally arriving at our hotel 4.30pm, because of rain and the welcome ceremony of presenting garlands to everyone. When we awoke in the morning our view out of the hotel window was 'paradise'. After breakfast we just vegged out on loungers and went for a swim. The water was so clear we could see the fish swimming around the clumps of rock, very beautiful. Next day went into town to look aroun...

Hi everyone, Thanks for all your messages - lovely to hear from you. Good news Liz, and Rachel - keep smiling; there's nothing you can do about it now! Mark & David: Mum didn't think she would be able to do the hi rise and scary rides but she's done them but now has more grey hairs. Ann: we haven't lost any weight and will have to go on a diet on our return. Our journey to Dunedin went smoothly and we had a lovely view of some dolphins playing around a c...

Hi everyone, Not so many pictures to show you this time as we have had trouble loading them up. These will have to do for the time being. Today we travelled from Te Anau to Invercargill in a leisurely fashion. It rained last night (first time of the holiday but it didn't keep us awake much). The highlight of the day was stopping at two lovely little places; one for lunch right by the beach and the other was to buy fish at Riverton. We were told to go to 'Ba...

Hello everyone, Here we are at Queenstown in luxury apartments for three nights. Bliss! Had a good journey down from Franz Josef, stopping at various places, but it was over 400 k so it took about 6 hours. As everyone says, Queenstown is a lovely place with loads to do. Our first visit was to the bungy jumping site, where we had an overview of the history of how it started, what they do, how they make the ropes, etc. etc. It was a fascinating place and we c...

Hi everyone, Thank you all for John's birthday wishes, much appreciated. Mo - I will be more than happy to advise you on your trip to NZ for next year. We will have to have a get-together when we get back. Sarah - thanks for your message, and also Nick & Jan. Rachel - hope the bump is doing well. You must be getting quite big by now! David - good news about the car. Glad that you didn't have to pay out any more money! Everyone else - thanks for all y...