Wakefield Quay House Nelson

... accidently lunge into a fellow passengers eyeball with it ..GEE...it really is rediculous even writing this!!! grrrr!

my question to the airlines who make these decisions...how is a darning needle, smaller than my pinky, more harmful than a sharpened pencil, pen or cutlery the airline hand out ????? hmmmmmmmmmmm???? here is the dotted line to fill in the answer ...

... had passed that about an hour ago, near where we had started walking. We told her, disappointed, thinking she would be turning around to go in the opposite direction, but our day was immediately brightened when she asked if we wanted to come with her and then she would take us to Takaka, a town about 20 km away that was on the main highway we needed to be on to get to Blenheim. We accepted, of course, and hopped in.

It was a bit ...

... worm Waitomo Caves. It took a lot of driving back and forth, asking people and searching, but eventually we found the caves. Unfortunately we couldn’t really get into the caves as they looked like they needed professional caving gear -and they had waterfalls pouring into them, but it was a scenic walk through the fields to go find them - and there was a ‘rock forest’ which was really cool - huge boulders and rocks popping out of the ground. We also went to ...

... a brithday sky dive- the perfect way to spend your 19th. Unfortunately the group was unable to do it again due to bad weather but as an antidote we headed to the 'centre of New Zealand' for some cheap thrills. Despite the slightly horizontal climb, the views were absolutely breath taking and as it was just before sunset the atmosphere couldn't have been more calm. Once back at the hostel, the girls ...

... when I realised that the rest of my dorm, primarily young year out type English, Welsh and Irish were out partying also. No need to worry about disturburbing them when I bowled in which was sometime after 3am. However most of others in my dorm went straight to the TV room and camped out for a 6am start to watch the culmination of the Six Nations with a shoot out between Wales and Ireland.

... 51k (or a marathon) most of it in the high hills (mini mountains) around the beaches and coves of the Able Tasman National Park. Somewhere along the line we must have been good as the weather was perfect again - the sun shone but there was a cooling breeze. We were told it was the easiest walk in the area but it was pretty up and down at times but certainly not a climb. The paths were often narrow with steep drops down to the sea, but then we'd be walking in ...

... met a man named Tom who I had to put all my trust in and jumped into a small plane. The jump was from 13,000 meters with a 50 second free fall. I was last to jump out of the plane and the feeling is undescribable. I really felt like I was flying!!! I have about 100 photos and a full video from my jumop that I will upload as quickly as I can... it's difficult with such slow computeres but I will do my best for you all because it is quite enjoyable! :) After ...

... to kill them!!!! Our next stop was a bit impromptu!!! :( If you look carefully at the photo of the lorry, you see that the road has ben carved out of the rock face. Only one vehicle can pass at one time, it's a dodgy to say the least!! Our last stop on the way to Nelson was at the Beechwoods Cafe in Murchinson, this was yet another good rest stop with plenty of food etc. We then finally arrived at Nelson, this had been a long drive but at least it had stopped raining!!!

... t believe our luck! We thought we'd missed out on that! Apparently he is the only Magic bus driver who stops there so that was doubly lucky. It was very posh and me and mummy tried 4 wines. 2 different Sauvignon Blancs, a lovey Pinot Noir and a very sweet Semillon. I had my own glass so by the time I'd had four of them I was a bit sozzled! Mummy took my picture and then one of the ladies who works there took a picture of both of us ...

I appologize to those of you who have patiently waited for an update. I was washing my hair. Anyway, it's actually march 26th but I'm going back in time to tell you what I've been up to for the last three and a half weeks, so I figured I'd back date the entry to when I last did something touristy in New Zealand. Thank god I decided to keep a travel log for this trip, or all I could tell you is that I went for a tramp in abel tasman national park for two days. I went ...