Lake Rotoiti (if that's spelled right..) where I spent a weekend with the Brass Band in September. Oh and if you're wondering what that strange person's doing on the footbridge there are eals in the lake which you can see the best when you're laying on the floor ;-)

The longest kiwi swingbridge...quite scary!

Earthquake - the ground fell

Such a nice spot beneath the swing bridge...

The daisies so reminded me of Switzerland!

West Coast - nice waves, can't wait for the Surf Camp in January!



Schwöschderli ich vermiss dich



Pancake rocks

Haven't seen a ny sunsets right at the beach like that before. So romantic :-P

Like that photo..taken by mee!

Shantytown



Me driving a train :-)



Moss Bed

Walkways at Arthur's Pass

Walkway through the cave

Looks like Switzerland :-)



These birds named Kea only live in New Zealand. They like to sit on cars to take the rubber off...
"Fatty", the one on the right was picking stones off the road :-P Must be yummy.



Nice feather sticking out!

  

And this one didn't want to fly off the car when we drove to Arthur's Pass

 

Mummy, Daddy and I :-)



We went on a little tiki tour round some massive rocks...it was a bit steep :-)



Do you recognize it? Lord of the Rings was filmed here! 

Caves on the way to Christchurch where you can go caving, but you need a wetsuit.

I did not take any photos of Christchurch. After the second earthquake in the beginning of the year, it's devastated. For example, some houses just sunk into the ground. Some of the houses lost their chimneys and the road dropped below the level of the Avon river. The bridges are pretty much torn apart and there are cracks through them. It is amazing how some of the places can be so destroyed while other areas still seem to be in their normal shape. The whole centre of Christchurch is not accessable and also many old buildings are destroyed. It's so hard to see the devestation of such a big city and it doesn't seem to be possible to fix it all.



"This monument was erected by the runholders of the MacKenzie county and those who also appreciate the value of the Collie Dog, without the help of which the grazing of this mountain country would be impossible."



Lake Tekapo with its famous little church

Sunset at Lake Tekapo with Mummy :-)

The next day we went to the glaciers...



In front of the glaciers on the boat



Our picnic spot on  the way back to Christchurch...

...where we couldn't be bothered going home and decided to extend our holidays and to go to Hanmer Springs for a night :-)





This is nice. And the hot springs there are even nicer. Haha Jess and I liked the slides as well although it was freezing outside.

I just want to say Thank you to my host family. It's so amazing that you take me to these awesome spots around the country. I so love to be here with you! :-)