Awesome!

5 minutes to type up what i've just done in the internet cafe at the Hermatage hotel is not enough really, but that's all i've got.

Kiwi's use the word 'awesome' an awful lot, for the simplest of things like handing over your $4 for a pint of milk, but heading up towards mount Cook in a helicopter before landing on a snow shelf and having a wander around finally does the word justice. It truly was, and well worth the 100 quid plus per person it cost. Hopefully the girls will remember this for ever...i will.

The views are simply stunning, the landscape almost lunar. I can't wait to upload the photos. And in truth, going in a helicopter was excitement enough. I was dumbstruck for a while after we landed.

it's great to be on the road, as Wanaka, with it's two streets, had become a little familiar. Ahen we get back i hope to build up to Xmas and have fun that way, then i've only a couple of days before heading home. I'm told the UK is miserable right now...really looking forward to returning then.

The journal is going ok, although i'm about 10 days behind. Will publish idc.

See you soon

JH