Tues 13th May - We were up at 5am to catch the flight to Wellington to begin our tour of the North Island so today has been a pretty long day. We arrived at the hostel at around 9am so still had the whole day to explore! We took a ride on the cable car tram to the top of a really steep hill and then checked out the cable car museum. It seems tha...

I had a blast on the kayak trip in Abel Tasman National Park. It was four hours in a sea kayak which seated two people. I was paired with Ricardo from Madrid, Spain. It was kind of weird paddling a boat while controlling the rudder with foot pedals. The weather was nice and the wind that did pick up just added to the fun by kicking up some waves...

From Paraparaumu we go strite to Wellington. We start our tour at the Te Papa museum. I advise you all , if you have time, to take the time in this museum and not to try to see it all in the same day. It's just to much for the mind to take. We walk on the see line and enjoyed walking in the city center. From the city center we took the car to Mt...

I'm really starting to learn some things about the roads in New Zealand. Looking at the map, certain roads are deemed "highways", so I thought it was a safe asumption that these roads would be quick. Not so much, and it ain't traffic that's causing the hold up. These are more like scenic by-ways would be in the U.S. New Zealand's idea of a highw...

Ok so this is going to be brief. We love you all, we miss you all, blah, blah blah...however, no time for words now, but pictures we've got. So sorry to disapoint you all. Please don't weep. You will all carry on with out our witt and rambling...enjoy the show... Love Kim and Dave

Hello and welcome once again to a very cold and windy New Zealand. We were in Wellington for 2 nights and it sure did live up to its name! Oh dear me! All it did, was rain and blow freezing cold gail force winds at us, which surprisingly, was not very welcoming!! It was the first time in a while, that Andy and myself could actually enjoy a lyin ...

Auckland Feb 20 - I arrived in Auckland at 5am after the 13 hour flight from SFO. I took a trip to an extinct volcano island called Rangitoto and hiked to the summit for some killer views. I booked a pass with a backpacker bus tour company called Stray. Hahei Feb 24 - Started the Stray tour today. We took a scenic drive out to Hahei. Most of the...

(See above photo) A friend at work put this note up for me as a friendly reminder...

Sunday:- The god of calm seas was obviously in a good mood today. I felt fine on the boat thank goodness and even managed a little sleep. Eventually found the hostel after walking past it twice. It is in an old hotel and quite fancy inside, marble tiles in the showers, sky TV in all the rooms, so quite luxurious. Wellington is known as the Windy...

right so i have now come to the end of my second leg of my travels and am leaving new zealand in the morning. after the skydive in taupo me and girls holly and vix went up to rotoroa and to a hungi, then we went caving in waitomo and saw a shed load of glow worms which was ace! anyhow i am back in wellington awaiting my next adventure, though am...