Nov 2005

OK... so the wedding is probably going to be our excuse for not planning our travel in the immediate future... but I think it's a pretty good excuse...

We are really looking forward to travelling... and in the meantime, we get to honeymoon in the South Island... Yay!

Day 1 - Auckland - Christchurch on Qantas (Stay at Charlie B's backpackers)

Day 2 - Christchurch - Dunedin in Rental Car. (Stay at Adventure Backpackers)

Day 3 - Dunedin - Milford Sound in Rental Car (Stay at Milford Sound Lodge)

Day 4 - Sea Kayak on Milford Sound then on to Te Anau... (Kayaks with Fiordland Sea Kayaks and Staying at Kingsgate Te Anau)

Day 5 - Te Anau - Queenstown (Stay at Parklands Lodge)

Day 6 - Queenstown - Wanaka (Stay at Purple Cow)

Day 7 - Wanaka - Franz Josef (Stay at YHA)

Day 8 - Tramp on Franz Josef Glacier (8hrs) - Stay at YHA

Day 9 - FJosef - Greymouth - Blackwater Rafting in the Afternoon - Stay at Noah's Ark Backpackers (awesome place)

Day 10 - Free day in and around GReymouth

Day 11 - Back to CHCH

Day 12 - Back to AKL!

Well... we went to the travel expo on Sunday and had our sharp little eyes peeled for the best deal on a one-way fare to the UK... we saw many and came across a little $959 doozy on royal brunei http://www.bruneiair.com/. We now get to visit the part of the world where I really wanted to go on our Honeymoon! We are real excited about it all!

We fly out of Auckland on April 30th next year and fly through Brisbane on our way to Brunei. We will spend around a week and a bit checking out Brunei and Sabah and climb Mt Kinabalu, the highest point in South East Asia.

From there we fly to Dubai for a couple of days and then on to Heathrow... We are excited, but a little bit freaked... there is no turning back, we are definitely on our way to the UK!

If anyone you know has been to any of these places, then we would definitely appreciate any pointers etc...