i arrived late on tuesday night to Franz Josef - had the choice to either stop in Fox or FJ for the night but got told FJ was more lively. LOL got told it was like Queenstown.... well, it s about 50 times small with its 300 permanent resident!anyway, it was a good place to spend couple of nights - on my arrival that first evening, i went straight to the booking office for my heli-hike for the next day then had a good night rest after my long drive of that day.the...

I left Dunedin on sunday morning and carried on driving to the south through the Catlins and towards Invercargill. the drive is very scenic and a must see in the South Island - farm lands, forest, rugged coast line, its all there to take your breath away!�I drove on a coastal scenic road, which had more than 50km of gravel road - it was great fun to drive on it but�scared myself couple of time by driving and trying to break on the gravels......

After 9 days in Christchurch area, it was time for me to move on.� So i hired myself a Nissan sunny automatic - not bad for $NZ36 per day! Easy to drive but got no power on a hill! ah well, it still would take me from A to B and i will have fun with it.i� drove south on the East coast and stopped for the first night at Ashburton, a very quiet little town with nothing happening there - i stayed in a motel that was really run down - it fe...

After a very long flight from Tokyo to Singapore and then Christchurch, i finally arrived in New Zealand. and strangely it felt homely - probably because i came here 5 years ago and i already knew the area!it was nice just spending time reading my book, having coffees and lots of nice lunches, enjoying the sunny days in the amazing botanic garden or by the river! i would recommend Christchurch to anyone that wants to spend some relaxing time.on saturday night, i ...

Leaving Krabi, i flew to Singapore where i would spend the night at the airport in waiting for my next flight to Tokyo at 7am the next morning - i figured out that it wasnt worth staying at an hotel for 5 hours. Anyhow, its not like i need my sleep, i am on a long holiday! LOL After an interesting flight where i spend most of the time talking to a Pensylvannian German American Lady, who had just been in Malaysia doing charity work and who kept taking to me about ...