Hiya everyone!! Apologies for the lack of blogging but as most of you probably know, I have been working at my hostel in the mornings and so haven't had much to reprt back on!! However, I am finally starting my travelling on Monday so thought now would be a good time to give you an update on the little things that I have done over the past 5 weeks!! BLOCKHOUSE BAY Sue and Peter live in Blockhouse Bay, which is in the south west of Auckland, and I spent an aft...

Hello from Kiwi Land!! Well I arrived last Monday and can't believe I have already been here a week!! I arrived after a short flight but didn't get much sleep so was pretty shattered!! Luckily Tony offered to come and pick me up (for those of you that don't know, I have some family friends who I've never met out here!). After a nice shower and lunch at Tony and Elizabeth's house, which was well needed, I met Sue (Tony's sister) who took me over to her house! Th...