Hey everyone! We are back in Auckland for a few days after heading down to the South Island and checking out Queenstown for the week. Had heard so much hype about the place, we thought we should check it out. Firstly, I can understand where the hype comes from. They call Queenstown the Adventure Capital of The World... and that it is. You can do everything there from rafting, bungy jumping, canyon swing, sky dive etc and the list goes on. However, for those...

Hello Again, Just got back to Auckland from our week of touring the North Island with Contiki. What a hectic week it has been. Three hospitalisations, 1 airpocket in a parachute while someone was skydiving, 1 near arrest, 1 police escort home, lots of money spent on Jagerbombs and lots of other madness. Everthing started Tuesday night. We found out the group were due to come to our hostel to have dinner, so decided to meet them their. Chatted to a lot of them a...

Hello and greetings from Wellington, New Zealand First of all we would both like to apologise for the lack of blogging since arrival. We have arrived here in the Land of Smiles and have been out exploring this lovely city and trying to spot ourselves some hobbits! Staying in a cool Nomads hostel right in the centre of city. Great hostel - known as a flashpackers. Nice size kitchen and all that jazz, they even provide free (snack size) meals ( can upgrade for ...