This is where the 'extreme' sports started. I have decided to start slowly with it and work my way to the scary stuff! Started with Zorbing - basically your put in this huge ball with water (they shove 2 or 3 of you in there) and then throw you down a hill... ha ha, good fun until your kicked in the head by one of the others in the ball with you!! The kiwi's do think of some strange stuff to do!!! Next came the Luge rides and the sky swing!!!!! Well...

So left Auckland on the Kiwi Experience, having a brilliant time! Weather has perked up so is nice and sunny! So we set off to Mercury Bay for the evening, We stopped at Mt Eden, which I finally got some exercise and climbed (hard bl**dy work) You get to see some pretty amazing views of Auckland from the top! We stopped in Thames for about an hour (louisa - is that where your family are from?) Once in Mercury Bay, two of the guys from the bus, Chris and Kyle and...

Hello Everyone!!! Well here I am in New Zealand, yes I did it! I got on a plane on my own and made it over here in one piece! In Auckland at the moment and here until Friday. On Friday I am off on the Kiwi Experience travelling around the North Island. Im staying in a lovely hostel, in a dorm where the receptionist put me in with 4 english boys, so apart from the smell boys give off, (ha ha) they are all really nice! I have so far, been on a walk around Auc...