Spent most of Thursday (6th) travelling back up to Auckland with nakedbus and after a cheapy dominoes in the evening with Natalie we headed to bed early aiming for an early night. It didnt quite go to plan as the other girls had gone out on the Thursday frenzi bar crawl and needed a little bit of looking after when they came in but it was quite entertaining I suppose! On friday Natalie and I got the ferry over to Waiheke island and had a very peaceful tour with ...

Hello Kiwi-land!!! Arrived safe and sound on Monday evening. I got the shuttle bus from just outside the airport for $16 which I was told would take me directly to the hostels in the city centre. Despite all my concerns about leaving Australia, I quickly realised that New Zealand is actually extremely similar to Aus and the UK and straight away I met two fellow travellers on the shuttle bus who were both themselves travelling to the hostels too, which made me a f...