We got off the ferry about 6pm in Wellington and headed to Base hostel to park in their car park. Then we used the hostels facilities to cook dinner and have a shower etc. It was Wednesday night which is student night here and one of the cheapest and best nights to go out… so we thought we may as well! We started in the hostel bar and had a few games of pool before heading up the road into the city where we spent the rest of the night. Next morning we got...

We arrived in Wellington in the evening and headed to Base Backpackers which is the hostels where all the Kiwi Bus people stay. It is cheaper for us to park in their car park and use all the hostel facilities, than it is to get a pitch at a campsite. Also it means we can socialise with other travellers. However there was no room that night at Base, so they suggested another hostel just around the corner where we could do the same thing there. We cooked dinner a...