Yesterday we arrived in Queenstown - apparently the party capital of the Kiwi Experience. If last night was anything to go by, they were not wrong! Since leaving Franz Josef, we continued our journey south along the west coast, and stopped in a small town called Wanaka. It was a small, quaint place, but had everything you needed. It felt like an old fashioned American city, with white picket fences everywhere, and everyone greeting each other as if they had kno...

Today was our ice adventurer training. Our mission was to conquer the Franz Joseph glacier - and of course we did. The mission wasn't really that hard, as we were led the whole way by a professional, who jacked out steps and ledges all the way up and down, but we beat it nonetheless. Something else to tick off the list! It was a bizarre experience, walking along what is essentially a river, but just frozen solid - flowing 100,000 times sloer than the average ...

Back by popular demand - me! I am sorry it's been a few days - I have heard that a few people have been missing hearing about our exploits, and so now, here, today, I will fully update you on the last few days. So take a breathe, and get ready, because there is a bit to say! After Wellington we had to get the ferry to the South Island. It took three hours, and we all went out the night before, so there were a few green faces on the journey as people began to r...

The new Indiana Jones film comes out this month. But who needs it when you have got us. Sure we lack Nazis, archaeology and a whip. But I do have the hat. Since our walk through Middle Earth we headed to a really small, quaint little place called River Valley. We had to stay in a lodge, which is exactly as it sounds probably - a chalet type building with a roaring fire in the middle of it and great big comfy sofas. We got there at about three in the afternoon...

Today, we really entered Lord of The Rings country - and what a country it is. We booked ourselves on an 18km trek - yes Dan too - to finally see just how perfect this country is. We were picked up at 6.20 (after a night out on the beer - not the best idea we have had) and driven straight to the real Mount Doom, the start and setting for the first third of the trek. The walk itself is known as the Tongariro Northern Circuit, and is rated as one of the best one d...