Looks like we've been neglecting the blog again. Far too busy on our mad dash around the south island; we've now reached Kaikoura, almost round the whole coast to where we started. I'm struggling to remember everything we've done on the way but a few highlights have been the Shotover jetboat, the Franz Joseph glacier, seals and pancake rocks, and we've been to the centre of New Zealand. We did a helihike on the glacier which was a bit of a shock, especially to Jo, since there was no soft tourist option on our hike because one of the two guides was doing a tour for one. That left the rest of us with mad Troy who, it turns out, usually does day hikes... but we only had two hours on the ice! If there was a flat bit he managed to navigate round it completely! It was fantastic though, and afterwards we decided we'd earned our fist night in a cabin, which included a free go in their spa! Nice!

Still no pics- none of these terminals have any kind of ports available! How does anyone post pictures on the road?! Might have to wait until we get home. Hopefully have some good ones if they survive the trip and tomorrow we're off to spot some whales, so should have loads of sea pictures too! (Still, we get an 80% discount if the whales don't show up... or is that a plastic whale I see at three miles due east?!)

Happy Easter everyone!