So we've travelled from the wine region via our lovely motorised transportation to Kaikoura and our frist impression is not brilliant to be fair. The place is not very warm and welcoming but the main and only high street is fairly busy for a friday afternoon. We are a little early to check into our what turn out to be our fanastic digs for the next three days so Sarah, Bob, Liz and I decide to check out the Whale Watching and Sarah and I also book some Deep sea f...

So we are on our way to Renwick which is near Blenheim in the Marlborough wine region. We are very much looking forward to this section of the tour as we get to drink lots of wine. And then Sarah's wisdom tooth kicks off and she can't drink...Designated driver duties for the next five days then!! On our way to Renwick we stop off at Havelock. It is a 15 min emergency stop that turns into Brekkie as it is quite nice. We had some hot drinks and snacks and headed o...

Right then...Nelson...We had originally arranged for two nights here but on arrival at our accommodation I was required to do some nifty sidesteps so that our stay became one night ONLY!! Where we were staying was not as it was shown on the internet and it was raining again and all omens were not good. We dropped our bags and went into town to explore. Not very warm in town either shall we say and Liz wasn't feeling so good so Bob and Liz headed back to our V tem...

Stopped off for lunch here on our way up to Nelson. Grey it is as raining again. Not too much to write home about. Lunch is Ok. Sorry greymouth. Over and out

So we're on our way to Franz Josef from Wanaka. The road on the way to Franz Josef from Wanak is absolutely amazing and there are so many places that you can stop and go hiking or on shorter walks should you wish to. We stopped at the Blue Pools qwhich was just off the main highway. We walked down a track for abourt 10 mins and then across a 100m rope bridge 20/30ft above a river which could only accommodate 5 people at a time and had a tendancy to move up and do...