So I managed to blag a cheeky bit of unlimited internet so I can complete my story up to date. So Uluru/ Kata Tjuta/ Kings Canyon tour: Day 1: Picked up at 6.30 am (urgh!) We got on our bus and were very very excited by the free pillows which are those tube shaped bean bag type things- we didnt even know we got to keep them at that point, but seriously, they are AMAZING. I have a lot of love for my bean bag pillow. It makes bus trips totally easy! So Anyway, ...

Right so I realise I have been slacking a bit- I've actually had to make notes in my flight diary so I remember what I've done. So Here's a little catch up... From Franz Josef we went to Wanaka- the scenery started to get more and more incredible- they'd just had 2 days of snow on the top iof the mountains so the drive was actually pretty cool with all the snow capped mountains and gergeous blue lakes everywhere (the lakes are a strange sort of transluscent tu...

We spent a couple more nights in Wellington- Basically had a bit of a lazy time, enjoying the luxury of not having to pack and leave early in the morning. We went to Te Papa museum, which was good, but I think we had all had enough after a couple of hours. Went out again in the evening- it turns out that whatever night that was, it was crazy people night in Wellington- we ended up in some gangster club somewhere feeling totally out of place and not drunk enough (...

OK I have all of about 10 minutes, so I'll try to be quick with just the basics. We went from Aukland to Paihia in the north of the North Island, hoping to find some other people who were not just about to end their trip and who we may actually be able to spend more than one day with (we did! yay!). It was pretty grim weather wise and we had a nice afternoon nap, waking up to find Bart, our new roommate sitting watching us sleep... slightly creepy! Turns out the ...

Firstly, yes I know my spelling was bad- the last computer I used had buttons in all the wrong places. We have begun our Kiwi experience- yay! We discovered pretty quickly on the first leg of the bus trip that we werent allowed to do the route we'd wanted, unless we paid more, so new plan- we have rushed it up to Aukland and are going to work our way down the north island and then do south, then fly back up to Aukland to catch our next 2 flights... how I love a ...