On the way out of Rotorua we went to see the geothermal reserve and we saw the mud pools and then the guys learnt the Haka (very funny) and the girls learnt a dance, not as funny as the Haka!!! Then onto see some rabbit shearing, so funny, the funniest thing ive seen in a long time, have a look at the pics. On a new bus, nice bunch of people, when we got to waitomo we stayed in a Cabin type place in the middle of nowhere, played touch rugby in the afternoon and t...

We left auckland on the kiwi bus and headed for a little known location called cathdral cove. after a 30min walk down we finally reached an amazing beach. after staying there for a couple of hours we jumped back on the bus and headed for our overnight stop called whitianga. a small town located in the mercury islands. spent the night drinking with some guys from the bus at the hostal as there was nothing else to do. Up bright and early the next moning heading for...

So after falling asleep at 6pm on wednesday evening we set off bright and early for the skytower thursday morning which we enjoyed. Then after a series of phone calls we set out on the number 50 bus in search of alan and jeans house (kts relatives) situated in the suburb of howick! We then spent the afternoon at their house and then off to Claire and Bretts house, who lived not far from there. Today we walked in the glorious sunshine around the harbour/shops ...

Just a quick note to say we are here safe and sound after the longest journey ever and changing through so many different time zones, i feel like all i have done is eaten on the plane, non stop food!! Very jet lagged at the moment but we are trying to stay awake to get used to the time zone. Start Kiwi experience on sat, so only a few days to enjoy Auckland!! Lost my pashmina already on the first flight, such an idiot (but an excuse to buy something!!) And Lu...