After a quick last minute packing and bite to eat for breakfast we left for River Valley (a remote lodge in the middle of nowhere!!) We stopped a couple of times along the way for some photo opportunitues and then a long 3 hour trip there and back to a waterfall for a picnic. The walk was pretty nice and we got to see lots of scenery along the way. After getting back to the bus we took one more stop at a ice cream shop.....3 scoops for 2 dollars. Bargain! We were...

We left from Rotorua pretty early and stopped off at some hot thermal mud pools where we were given a guided tour. This place smelt awful because of the sulphur coming out of the pools, basically smelt of rotten egg. After walking around there for a couple of hours it was time to hit the road ready to arrive in Taupo and our SKYDIVE!! We were both in the first group to skydive and after arriving at the centre I think we were both getting a little nervous. Amy was...

We left Waitomo pretty early in the morning and set off on our journey to Rotorua. On the way we stopped off to do a couple of little walks. None of the caves seemed as impressive as the ones we had been in yesterday though! We arrived in Rotorua just after lunch and this place had a very bad smell. It's something to do with the sulphur under the earths surface comes out more because the surface is thinner there I think? Anyway the rotten egg smell was something ...

After an early start we got back on the bus and had a long journey to Waitomo a little town where the bus goes so we can go caving. We booked ourselves to do the Black abyss trip as we were told from everyone we met its amazin, a five hire trip through a limestone cave. After getting into our wetsuits our goupr of nine headed for the caves with our instructors Inga and Matty and first stop was absailing. After a brief practice run we were up and absailing alone ...

We woke up nice and early on my bday (YAY) and left Dom's flat after opening my cards, thanks guys, and headed for Base hostel where we were meeting everyone to join the Kiwi Experience bus. Arriving at the stop we waited a while with everyone and had a quick look at who we would be on the bus with, luckily no weirdos were around and everyone seemed fun! We got on the Kiwi bus and were on our way to the beach, after everything was explained about our trip our bus...