Last pics of New Zealand. Mt. Cook, Lake Tikapo, the Church of The Good Shepart and The Marlborough Sounds. *** WORLD CHANGE STARTS WITH EDUCATED CHILDREN! Give a girl the life long gift of education! Support my appeal 100 GIRLS BACK TO SCHOOL! Donate at: www.justgiving.com/100GirlsBackToSchool Hugs & Kisses, Vik 

Finally after a massive carbon footprint I have arrived in Wellington and it is southerly and extremely cold.  For those who know Welly, you will know the excitement of flying into Welly Airport in a southerly.  For those who dont, the plane comes in sideways whilst corkscrewing left and right and up and down.  a very exciting lan...

The last two weekends have been spent in Wellington, seeing what the weekends have to offer. Sunday 11th November, we went to Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, in Karori, a suburb just west of the city centre. It is called a wildlife park but the main attractions are the native birds you can see and/or hear. We managed to see a couple of kaka (bush par...

Well we finally left the South island and caught the inter-island ferry (a bit like the island car ferry). The highlight was probably the king size crunchie bar I had.We have now reached more urban territory and visits in each place have been pretty short and uneventful this far: *Wellington- Welly is definately the biggest city weve been to so ...

Napier war ne echt schoene Stadt! Schoene Promenade, nette Leute, gutes Hostel etc. Mittlerweile bin ich in Wellington, meiner Endstation angekommen. Der letzte Strich auf der Routenkarte tat besonders doll weh! Aber Wellington ist halt die schoenste und freundlichste Stadt in Neuseeland, deshalb faellt der Abschied von NZ umso schwerer. Uebermo...

Hello all, Well after spending nearly 3 months in New Zealand I finally got the chance to see and experience NZ's national sport... Rugby!! Now, I'm un-ashameably a footy fan (although supporting Man City I don't get to see much 'football') and openly admit to having never gone to a Rugby game in my life. But as this trip is all about new experi...

As soon as we could settle up, we hit the road. We headed south and east along the "highway" to Paihia and the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, where an immense contingent of Maori chiefs signed a treaty with the English in 1840. The treaty made the Maori British subjects, but apparently the Maori and English versions of the document do not quite say th...

On the bus from Rotarua to Wellington I met two girls, Nicole from South Africa and Masum from Germany. We decided to get a hostel together in Wellington for the next few nights. We didn't arrive until 7.00pm and so after checking in we headed up to the Carter Observatory to view Saturn through a telescope and then to hear a talk about the South...

Wellington is a fun place to be in Summer. Various locations like the Botanic Gardens have events on a daily basis, free to anyone who wishes to come along. Teddy Bears Picnic, beach volleyball, BMX and breakdancing competitions are just some of the cool freebies available. My favourite are the evening concerts which take place at the Botanic Ga...

Arrived in windy Wellington and discovered that it isn't just wind that Wellington gets. We had three days here and could hardly see anything because of rain, mist, low cloud etc. In fact ours was probaly among the last flights in or out of Wellinton for the three day period. Despite this we still enjoyed this spell in the Capital but hope for b...