I only have a couple of minutes on this computer, so as usual I'll try to be brief, but I may not succeed. I'm in a restaurant at the foot of Mount Cook, since my last post I've travelled to the South Island. We drove to Taupo yesterday to fly to Wellington, which seemed a little pointless as we could have driven, but our tickets are confusing and allow us a certain amount of internal flights. I'll have to do something to try and offset the emissions a little, plant a few trees or something. Anyway, that plane was tiny - made only of window seats and a...

OK it has been several weeks since I wrote that, too much has happened for me to update everything now but I will once I get home which will not be useful at all. I've had SO many adventures, have moved from NZ to the USA, been in LA, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, and am on my way to Yosemite. I have eaten almost nothing but burgers and steak for the past 3 days. We've stopped off... somewhere. I have no idea where this motel is. I'm back on saturday afternoon then so let's make some plans! Raratonga was amazing, I went scuba diving! I've seen tropical fish, turtles and giant clams in raratonga, and whales, sea otters, elephant seals, sea lions, pelicans and a potential dolphin during our drive on the coastal road in California. Only a few days left, how strange? Leaving NZ was hard. Can't stay and chat, parents and chloe are waiting upstairs, I think we're about to hit the hay so that we can set off for Yosemite early tomorrow. Missing you all, see you soon. I'll have to tell you most things first hand, sorry! I broke my promise about updating, but internet is expensive! I'll try to get on again soon.

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