Base Christchurch

We then went back to Christchurch to set up camp for the night. We went searching there for this place which apparently does the best fish and chips in New Zealand. Couldn't find it so settled on McDonalds. Nice. The campsite was fine but we later found out that it was situated in the ghetto which we had kinda thought when we saw the clientele in McDonalds. It was fien though. back tot he campsite tv room and in walks an annoying man just as we're getting sucked in to CSI New York. he went on...

Did you know that New Zealand has more sheep than people? Did you know that the Lord of the Rings was shot in New Zealand by a Kiwi director, Peter Jackson? Well, these two facts have been repeated by various locals hundreds of times since I've been in New Zealand, so you know now, if you didn't before, obviously. Anyhows, an all night session in Brisbane is not the perfect preparation for two flights to another country, but after comfortably making the initial flight to Auckland and the conn...

The Friday in Queenstown had been the last day that the original group of Sharon's Kiwi bus, and by Saturday morning I quickly realised just how lucky we had been to have had such a quality bus driver and group. Perhaps we should have seen such annoyance coming; only the day before as we were watching Pembo's, the Smee's and Scott's various Nevis bungee jumps and Canyon Swing DVD's and my skydive effort, some bloke had come in and tried to mug me off in front of my mates by criticising my eff...

26th June - We walked around Christchurch and saw ANOTHER giant chess set! Em got a hair cut. I bought a fleece! We bought tickets for All Blacks v Italy, we cooked pasta, went on the internet and went to bed. We were all kind of tired from the no sleep lol. I skyped with people! :-)
27th June - Got up and skyped to my munchkin :-) and it was the best start to the day. Then we went to Cathedral Square where there was a war rememberance thing going on and there was a brass band and everythi...

So, we've made it to New Zealand!!! I ended up having a 8 hour wait in Auckland for my connecting flight to Christchurch and then Ames and Emma's flight was delayed so we were eventually reunited at 3am on Friday monring!!! We got to our hostel and ended up talking until 7am and then decided to go and get breakfast before going to sleep for a few hours!


Yesterday we spent the afternoon wandering around the town which was really lovely and bought some warm clothes as it is SO SO S...

A change of scenery for a few days, as Rick & Marilyn had to work this week. Christchurch is a beautiful city, and not too large, which is always appealing. It is the third largest city in NZ, after Auckland and Wellington, but it's still just a nice size at 330,000+. I went to McD's for a quick bite to eat. I forgot that the prices of eating out are double than that of Canada. Yuck! Even at Rotten Ronnie's a burger is over $6. So, looking for something unique, I ordered a Kiwi Burger (as...

We left Queenstown to go to Dunedin. We spent two nights here and spent an hour or so at Cadbury World! Chocolate in Australia was horrible but it's nice in New Zealand so I couldn't really pass up going to Cadburys. I had envisaged our tour as my golden ticket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but somehow it just didn't live up to the hype! Unfortunately the factory closes at the weekend so our visit was a bit shorter than a normal tour. Myself and John were the only people on the tour ...

Hey, Well here I am and I have managed to get myself logged into this page, I'm doing well. The trip so far has been fantastic, I'm so glad to be here. The only thing missing in this country is Phil! The flight i dreaded but it turned out not to be so bad. The airport was hard saying goodbye to Phil but its not for long. I had no one beside me on the Londaon LA flight so didn't use the voice at all which had completely gone and I leaving Ireland. I slept for 9 hrs from LA to NZ, thank God for...

Hey, Well here I am and I have managed to get myself logged into this page, I'm doing well. The trip so far has been fantastic, I'm so glad to be here. The only thing missing in this country is Phil! The flight i dreaded but it turned out not to be so bad. The airport was hard saying goodbye to Phil but its not for long. I had no one beside me on the Londaon LA flight so didn't use the voice at all which had completely gone and I leaving Ireland. I slept for 9 hrs from LA to NZ, thank God for...

17.47 - Last night turned out to be really fun, especially because I pulled. Yes, I can't believe it either but it definitely happened. She was not a bad looker too although I think she might have done it for a bet! Anyway, it was just a kiss then it was all over, no overnight action followed. Today has been very long and tiring. We had to get up pretty early which thankfully wasn't too bad as I didn't have too much to drink last night so there was no hangover. We were supposed to be off by 0...