After a fab time in Wellington I hopped back on the big green bus to cross over to the south island on the ferry. Truth be told i didn't even look out of the window on this ferry, we were so knackered from the big night out before that we set up camp in the corner of the cafe a slept the whole way. Our first stop in the south was a little beach town called Kaiteriteri, this was a really relaxed stop, i sunbathed on the beach during the day and we had beach parties in the evening. I was only scheduled 2 nights here but i added on an extra night last minute because the weather and scenery was so beautiful. Next stop was Westport where I did a horse trek through the native bushes and through a number of stunning rivers too. I didn't get to the chance to see the town unfortunately but we had a beach bonfire which was pretty fun, we then had a 30 minute stumble back to the hostel ready for an early start in the morning. Our next destination was Lake Mahinapua which was essentially a pub in the middle of nowhere, the purpose of this stop was the infamous kiwi experience fancy dress party. Our theme was "i'm glad i'm not..." so naturally me and my friends Jade, Jess and Bex dressed up as these lads from our bus, they are farmers from Devon so our costume consisted of an "i love Devon" t shirt and farmer props such as a sheep and a pitch fork. Our costume came 3rd place and we won one bar crawl between the four of us...Franz Joseph was our next stop, famous for its glacier on the mountains.We managed to get ourselves a "flashpacker" room which had a bathroom, kettle and sky tv wooo. Franz Joseph town was lovely, some great restaurants and bakery's. Definitely the beast hostel we stayed at, great bar and a hot tub that could fit 20 people in! I did a few little walks of my own free will on my free day in Franz Joseph, didn't make it to the glacier though but could view it from afar. After potentially the longest and most horrific bus journey from Franz Joseph we arrived in Wanaka.Wanaka had a beautiful lake front and was surrounded by mountains.As a town it is the definitely the place the reminded me of Shoreham, small but still had stuff going on. It was the first time in a long time that we actually saw local people here, had a great evening out and by this point i was ready to get to Queenstown.On the way to Queenstown we stopped of to watch some bungy jumpers which was quite entertaining.I've got some exciting activities lined up for Queenstown including the Nevis swing which is the world biggest swing, you are suspended 160 meters from the canyon floor and then dropped.. My friends Jade, Jess and I have also treated ourselves to a wine tour, visiting a number of different vineyards and wineries.The next few days should be pretty sweet as.
J x
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