New Zealand - South Island

Spent a couple of days in Christchurch and it was ok but it was never going to beat Wellington.We didn't go out,just lazed around,went on the internet and went to the Antartica Centre which was pretty cool and we experienced -25C weather and saw some penguins!It was great preparation for the carnage that was to follow on the Kiwi Experience!

So we got on the bus and we were massively disappointed as there were only 17 people on the bus and a distinct lack of women.Luckily however,this was only because we were meeting up with another bus creating 2 buses and 90 people and that was more like it!!!Our first night was in Westport and we got smashed in our room and met some girls and 3 Irish guys- Rachael, Lizzie,Tom,Dave and Ross.We ended up going to the drivers' house they had for the night and stayed there until the wee hours and stole lots of peoples' booze.It was a pretty good start but I felt soooo rough the next day and annoyingly it was a long day on the bus!We were spending our 2nd night in the Poo Pub near Greymouth and the theme was the letter P.I decided to go as Pete Sampras in some very tight white shorts and full tennis gear,Greg went as a pirate,Pete a pikey,Tom party boy,Dave a prostitute and Ross a paedohile!It was an absolutely amazing night with pretty much all 90 of the people there getting smashed and there were some great costumes,my favourite being a Scandanvian girl going as a period; dressing in red and having used tampons and sanitary towels attached to her!

Surprisingly didn't feel to bad the next morning but luckily we stopped for a terrible full breakfast and to see some mountain goats,boars and possoms.Arrived in Franz Josef for 2 nights and me Greg Pete and Tom got a 4 bed dorm with Ross,Rachael x 2 and Nina next to us.Me and Pete did the Heli-Hike as we were feeling pretty lazy but it was wicked to go in a heliopter and to see ice formations most people don't usually get to see!Had a big night that night,with everyone in our room to play drinking games before heading to the bar where we spoke to the newbies on our bus who were all from Oxford so gradully got close to them over the next few days.Made our way to Wanaka the next day,stopping to see the Fox glacier and the mirror lake.In Wanaka Tom and Pete got a double while me and Greg got thrown in seperate rooms with randoms so I ended up sleeping in Nina's bed after getting pretty hammered in the boys' room and eventually looking after our driver Mangee who was absolutely hammered and was throwing up a lot.....confidence filling for the drive the next day!

Went to Puzzling World in the morning and this did not help the hangover as it messed with my head.We got to Queenstown and we immediately booked in at the hostel for 6 nights so we could hit it hard!Here we got into the routine of boozing in our room at 8,going to Altitude Bar downstairs at 11 then ending up in World Bar for cocktails in teapots and then doing activities the next day, power napping fro 5-7 then starting again!We ate a Fergburger everyday as they lived up to the hype,they were soooooo good words cannot really describe them!Did a canyon swing the 2nd day there,this is where you free fall for 60m then swing in an arc for 200m!I was so nervous and jumped off backwards (which wasn't a good idea for the 1st time) eventually after they messed with me for 10minutes not letting me jump and pretending things weren't attached!!!!The day after we did the Nevis bungy jump,this is 134m and the 3rd largest in the world.I wasn't as nervous for this but it was still scary....you'r not meant to go feet 1st but dive like you would when swimming...well i tried but couldn't fell my legs so my arms went out but I just fell feet 1st but it was such a rush and the 1st bounce back up is a great feeling!

So those were the only adrenaline filled activites I did in Queenstown which meant the rest of the time was spent boozing very hard...there were a few days of not wanting to but our little group (party room 108) did a good job of getting up for it with Tom and Dave dancing and singing every day between 8-9 in our room and the sight of Tom's penis became a regular occurence!Spent a lot of time with the Oxford crew who are absolute legends and it was good drinking with them,especially one night when the last men standing from our room were me Greg and Tom.Queenstown was so mental,the best part of the trip as it was pure drinking and so much happened that I couldn't tell it all if I tried.....and some I don't want to tell!It was cool having 2 buses to get to know and there was a lot of chatting to ladies which we all loved!

Got back to Christchurch on the 26th and am now staying about 15minutes outside of the centre with my cousin Jen and huband Si to just chill out,recharge our battries and prepare for more partying in Australia!