Have to go sailing in 10 min. We are in Abel Tasman National Park. Real bush and this computer i deadly slow. I'll catch up when I can, Patti

Lauren and I managed to load a couple of pictures yesterday, so that was our caves outing. Thursday, we swan in a thermal heated pool and then yesterday we went skiing!! What an unbelievable range of actyivities here. Five of the young people that have been with us from the start have gone on an 8 hour hike at the top of the mountain today - was one of the events for yesterday that was cancelled due to weather. When I get to a city and an internet cafe, I wil...

We had a great dinner next door in downtown Tapoa. The group that started together in Auckland -2 went out to dinner tonight next door at a Western restaurant - Bu8ffalo Bill is the theme! We had a great meal, but now the people who were supposed to leave us think that they are coming becauase the group is so good and the activities that they wre staying to do are days away because of weather. The atmosphere at these hostaels is party orientated, even for a...

Hello everybody, I want you to know that I survived my caving experience with only one panicked moment. I went down the holes well - it was hiking this body up a rock wall into a tunnel at chin level that just about did me in!!! We went 70m underground and then climbed 70m back out. It was really hard and challenging, but fun. Today we visited a Maori village, hot mud springs and then we swam in a hot river. We travelled to Taupo where we are for the nigh...

We have had a great day looking at water falls and walking on the lava rock on the beach. Running out of time Patti