I started today with a mini milestone, I finally had a shower! I had to endure an agonizing wait for it because the cleaner wasn't finished so I had to stand there looking like a zombie drooling at the human flesh which probably freaked the cleaner out. So after the mood in the camp were extremely upbeat as we went to Cadbury chocolate factory. We had booked a tour and there were loads of laughs as I was forced to wear a hygiene mask which covers my rapidly gr...

After a long sleep which we all needed after the aftermath of the airport disaster, we woke up to a beautiful turquoise coloured lake. It was start of countless stunning sceneries we was lucky to see in NZ. None of us used the shower after the weegate of yesterday. This meant the showerless streak would extend to three days which is probably the longest I went without a shower in my life! Eventually we set off We passed some mountains decorated with snows on t...

Finally, we boarded the plane and landed in Christchurch, it were deserted and we rather gamely decided to sleep rough in the airport. We found a deserted section of the gate lobby that won't be in use for a while. We settled down for the night or should I say morning at this time? I had to make do with a freebie blanket and my rucksack for the pillow. Next morning, I woke up freezing, I was so miserable at this stage and my mood wasn't helped by the others st...

We arrived at the airport just before 3am, I was eager to proceed to check in because I realised we were be first customers to check in at Melbourne Airport today. There were few competitors for this distinction from the fellow passengers but luckily we timed our run to perfection and managed to get in the front of the queue in the time! We got in the airplane and arrived in Auckland at 11am the local time. We quickly dashed to the domestic terminal for our ch...