Hiya, firstly apologies for the long delay in writing this message and getting you all up to date. Picking up from the last entry i have now left New Zealand and am currently in Penang, Malaysia where I have been for about the last week. The last couple of days while in New Zealand were pretty relaxed, and just involved walking round Auckland and enjoying the sun there with the last remaining members of the group that I did most of my travelling with while I was...

Well when I left you I was about to do a canyon swing in Queenstown. Well now I have done it (obviously), infact twice as it was only $10 more. The second time I even jumped with a garden chair in tow! (dont ask - just see the DVD when I get back). Since then we had a chlled day in Queenstown on the 4th playing a bit of footy at the local park, walking round the shops and stuff and then a sunday roast in the evening. On the 5th we moved on to Christchurch for on...

Hi All Firstly carrying on from the last entry, the glacier walk went badly! because of all teh rain the river was rising too high so we never reched the glacier its self but got soaked trying anyway! Luckily we did get a full refund though and the walk we did have was kinda enjoyable as well strangley. The next day we headed on to Wanaka, the weather was ok and the scenery around New Zealand is breathtaking so there's always something to look at out the windo...

Hello All Sorry it's been a while but I am finally back to update on the latest progress. Please bear in mind teh following is all from memory so may not be exact! After Taupo we headed south to River Valley to a nice country hostel where we were all in one dorm room together and basically sharing a bed with three others! We also had a great roast dinner and I indulged in some horse trekking which produced some amazing views! Then we moved down to Wellington wh...

Hello All Well I have done a lot since the last entry to the Blog so i will try and keep it brief with just the highlights. Left Auckland on the 18th for the Coramandel (Mercury Bay), really nice place and we hired some bikes to go out and see a bit more and then had a quiet night with homecooked spag bol for dinner and some darts and pool with the guys I had just met on the new south bound bus. Then on the 19th we went down to Rotorua where there are lots of ...