sure! It took a good couple of hours to reach the point of the waterfall, it looked fantastic and was in good flow. After a brief rest Rob wanted to carry on up to Mount Isobel, I didn’t mind carrying on a bit further but didn’t know if I fancied climbing the whole mountain. We got to a point where the views were outstanding and I decided that I’d had enough walking uphill for the day so stayed put while Rob continued. He didn’t actually make it to the top but did another half hour uphill before he turned and came back with stories of amazing views of snow capped mountain ranges over the ridge!! We were getting pretty tired but this didn’t bother us to much as we knew that once we got back down, we could get something to eat then head off to the spa to rest our aching legs!

All in all we had been out walking for around 4 and a half hours so it was good to finally get back to the

campsite, get something to eat then head off to the spa. The campsite had been invaded by students, they were on a field trip from Christchurch University and one of the lecturers was making mountains of coleslaw in the kitchen. He assured us that the students wouldn’t be drinking later on and that they should be well behaved! He was a really nice guy who had also done some travelling in Southeast Asia and had worked in Laos so it was good to talk to him.

Then it was spa time! The spa was outdoor and had a variety of pools all of varying temperatures. There were 9 pools in all and we managed to go in most of them. We were wondering how we would fair with it being outdoor but it was superb to be sat in a 40 degrees hot pool whilst looking out onto sunny snow capped mountains. After a good old soak we were ready to head back to the campsite, we left feeling very refreshed if a little s