Wow! Its been a while since the last blog, we've been meaning to write one for about a week so here we go... Last Sunday we started early, driving back from Franz Josef village to Fox Glacier, ready for our 9am flight on a helicopter up to the glacier. we had about a 10 minute flight up with a scenic fly around some caves and a waterfall. We landed about 650m above sea level, and after fitting crampons to make the walking so much easier off we headed to explor...

Hi everyone! We're in Franz Josef now, we've had an action packed week i guess since the last blog: on Saturday we went to puzzle world in Wanaka, where there are some really cool optical illusions such as a tilting room where water flows uphill and also a room where you find out how they made the hobbits so small in lord of th rings! got some great photos there! Spent about an hour just in the free room wheres theres lots of puzzles you can try (like the ones ...

Hello eveyone!!! Kia Ora We're in New Zealand now. since we last spoke this is what has happened: On Wednesday we started the day with a Fijian cooking demonstration - Jim and Baron from the hotel cooked 3 reef fish for us, some casava and coconut on an open fire, the fish was so fresh it was delicious with a bit of chili and lemon sauce. then we played some volleyball with the staff and guests at the hotel, and then for a little swim in the sea for Tom. The e...

Bula!!! Hello everyone, didnt think we would be able to get on the net until later in the week, but here we go: since we left you we travelled out to Mana island on the 'Mana Flyer'. on arrival on the island, we were met by Patrick from our accomodation who walked us down to the mana lagoon homestay. there we were greeted with a welcoming song, not just by the staff but all the other guests, a regular thing on the island. the people were all really nice on th...

Bula again! just a note to say hi and let you know our plans really, as the last couple of days have been spent doing nothing really, except the usual (beach pool hammocks food drinks etc...), but we did manage to get into gear yesterday and book a couple of outings, we leave tomorrow (Friday) morning for Mana Island, where we stay two nights. apparently the accommodation is a little basic, but the food is meant to be excellent and we have 3 meals a day included...