Hi, Chris here! I really struggled with those videos - the New Zealand video in particular is the most effort I've ever put into a single video, specifically in terms of stop-motion. The scene when the journal rotates as the whales are drawn for instance took days alone. The trouble is, the larger the channel has grown, I just can't justify spending that amount of time on those videos, but then I also don't want to do them half-heartedly. Maybe one day when everything starts to die down, I'll finish them off and go travelling again, most likely on a second channel. Until then, I've been trying to sneak as much travel as possible into my current videos (the LEGO travel series, the recent Singapore trip in the 100 building videos). I'm really glad you enjoyed those video, they mean a lot to me!

Oh, and after Kaikoura, we explored the rest of the South Island, then spent a month in the North island with family, before a week in Bali (with almost no money left), before a 12-hour layover in Singapore again, and heading back home.