The next morning we drove through yet more Lord of the rings Scees in the Tongariro national park to the River Valley Lodge, a gorgeous little hostel set in a very scenic river valley. After a very close game of volleyball there was more drinking to see in Jen's 22nd birthday at midnight. Very funny night indeed and our group managed to make a few more enemies on the bus by chatting all night in a dorm of 30 people! 3rd record broken - most naked people at t...

Saturday was the day of doom! but not for me! yay! Yes, i am too much of a wimp for any of these bungy antics but Jen on the other hand is hard core! So being the awesome friend I am i paid to go and watch her. Little did I know that this experience alone would be enough to scare the craP out of me! The Nevis is the highest bungy in NZ at 134m! its high! The bungy itself is suspended in the middle of a gorge so you have to take a cable car over t this pod in the ...

Another very early start to get teh bus to Milford Sound, but well worth it for the stunning views on the way. We stopped at the mirror lakes to check out the amazing reflections of the mountains, the n to more Lord of the rings scenes. The mountains and waterfalls were really beautiful (for a change). The photos dont do it justice! Once we reached Milford sound we took a boat trip on the Fiord out to the the tasman sea, spotting seals on the way and going throug...

After leaving Franz we headed to Lake matheson to check out the mirror reflection of Mt Cook and the Southern Alps. This was stunning (check out pics). As we moved south and inland from the coast the scenery changed dramatically. Lots of turquoise rivers and lakes and mountains. We arrived in Wanaka, a cute little fishing a ski town for another chilled night. After a brief trip to Puzzle world 9very strange place that belongs in the 80s for sure) we headed to th...

17th March - My 22nd! St Paddy's day!!! Oh dear - woke up with possibly the worst hangover of my life!! Altho the hangover didnt really kick in until midday as i was still drunk all morning. Jackie the legend who i love agreed to let us sneak on teh bus to Franz Josef! Stopped at this dodgy museum thing - no interest! On teh next leg of the journey i proceed to puke in a bag on the bus and jackie has to pull over - classy girl! i think the rest of the bus (o...