Sunday, 11 Nov 2007 | Views [489]
Not much has happened over the past few days. We have just been chilling out in Auckland. We went a bar called minus 5 on Friday night, where everything was made out of ice including the glasses. Had to wear 2 pairs of gloves and a very classy eskimo ... Read more >
Tags: Chilling Out
Friday, 9 Nov 2007 | Views [604]
Had a manic 9 days trying to fit in everything we wanted to see before giving the van back today. We went on on a coach trip to Milford Sound from Queenstown which was really cool as we got to see a pengiun and seals on a boat cruise on the fjord. Stopped ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thursday, 1 Nov 2007 | Views [593]
We have just had a very amusing conversation with 2 girls from Finland who we are sharing a room with tonight. They are on the same wave length as us about swapping stories with other backpackers and the ritual that goes with it! We had difficulty explaining ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 | Views [553]
Had a great time with Lous rellies and her dads cousin took us bush walking and then to a really nice pub overlooking the beach. We stayed the night with them and left for Wellington early the next morning. Had just enough time to look around the Wellington ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Thursday, 25 Oct 2007 | Views [563]
We are now in New Zealand and have started our camper van road trip. We picked the van up on Tues only to discover that they didn't have any manuals left at the depot so were stuck with an automatic. As neither of us had ever driven an automatic before ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
