In the morning we got showered, cooked breakfast then set out on another 3 hour drive to get to the very north of New Zealand. We were heading here to see the famous '90 mile beach' and also do some sand-boarding in the huge sand dunes they have around the area. We needed to fill up with diesel after a while, but it only cost us around £12 each for a full tank - it is much cheaper than England for diesel! After driving along the coast all the way up, admir...

As we drove to Paihia we realised why most people say this is the most beautiful place in the world. Everything just looked amazing. The scenery along the way was full of beaches, mountains, forests, lakes, valleys, rivers etc. There is so much wildlife too, with many different types of birds including lots of Harrier Hawks which are just flying around hunting for prey, and lots of farm animals…. Sheep, goats, cows and even llamas. You could drive for ages wi...

The flight to New Zealand went from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur ( 1hr flight ), where we had a 2hr stop off. Originally we were supposed to be visiting here for a few days, but after hearing there wasn't much to do, and it was very expensive, we decided to miss it out and stay longer in Thailand instead - but at least we can say we have been there, to the airport anyway! Then we had around a 10 hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to NZ. We had a bit of a touch on the f...