Kia ora! I am currently in a lovely and warm internet café in cold, cold, cold Queenstown. There isn't anything too exciting to report from me. As its winter over here, the whole town is pretty much geared up to the hounds of skiers and snowboarders which have descended. I will not be joining them as I have neither the burning desire nor the $$$ to spend a day going arse first down a mountain. Hmmm how else can I occupy my time..... Well my gr...

Hey - have you read my North Island entry yet? Do that first. Nelson was our base for the next few days. After spending rather too much $$$ over the past week, I decided to have an activity free day. After walking around town and reading my thrilling book on US Foreign Policy since 1938 on the beach (sad, I know) we headed off to a Karaoke bar. After watching the crazy Danes go and do their now infamous rendition of 'Ghost Busters' and Karen the Californ...

Kia ora! Sorry about the lack of update over the past week and a bit, I have just been having too much of a good time to sit down and try and remember what I have been up to! Well the North Island (the smaller of NZ two main islands) was a good few days! After meeting the rest of my group in Auckland and being introduced to our host and driver (Scottie and Scot respectively) we rocked off on our longest journey of the tour - all the way to Auckland's S...

Howdy. Well I am In Auckland now. Not much to report really as I only got here yesterday and I am about to head off on a tour that will take up most of the next two weeks! Coming through customs was infinitely easier than Australia - they only wanted to see my boots this time and resisted the urge to search my entire bag and accuse me of being hooked on horse tranquilizers. Not too sure what I am doing exactly on my tour but with any luck there will b...