yesterday, I was woken up by a cat creeping into my bed (see picture). Some of the group were a bit worse for where after the BBQ so our bus driver sent us on a big walk at cape foulwind to walk it off. We saw a seal colony and some nice views along the way. We stopped at Punakaiki (pancake rocks) for lunch - not that exciting and lots of old people and children around. Later in the afternoon we went hunting for fancy dress outfits for our party last night. T...

Hi everyone, I'm a bit behind on this! On the 18th, i left nelson for westport on the westcoast. I hadn't had much sleep as this young guy year old boy was on the top bunk pissed and came in and started to chat to me when i was trying to sleep. He seemed ok though. We stopped at nelson lakes national park (lake roraiti) for a bush walk and a picnic. It looked kind of like loch lomond but with less noise (see pic above)! From there we headed through the...

hi all! Here is what i have been up to the past few days......... I left christchurch on the 14th on the kiwi experience bus. Managed to forget my phone in the hostel so the driver drove back for it -we were only just out of the city so it wasn't too bad. It took us until midday to get to kai koura where we stayed for the night. Our hostel was like a little shack/house. i shared a room with a japanese, german, and australian girl. The australian girl and ...

hi all, just a quick not as my pennies are running low on the computer. I am now in new zealand - woo woo! What a mission today! left at 3in he morning, got a flight to brisbane then another flight to christchurch. There was not one screaming child, but two on the plane. I seriously struggled to cope with them. needless to say i didn't get much nap time. My day got worse when i got to custome - they are EVIL! the guy seemed really suspicious of me for some ...