Christmas in the sun I left the Irish and went to meet the Kiwis. i took a 2 hour bus from Lake Taupo to Napier. Scott and baby bro met me at the bus station. It was so good to see him and nice to have a porper hug (none of this awkward nonsense). We went back to his parents and i met the whole family who happened to be staying for xmas. i am far to shy for my own good....i wanted to hide lol. We got settled had some dinner, that evening we went to a party to m...

The boys picked me up from Johns doorstep as they had satnav. Dave and G are so sweet and took care of me. Im always travelling with guys huh???? Too bad my hearts in the UK. We ventured back into Auckland (Johns friend lives in the North Shore just outside of the city) for afew chores then set on the road to rotorua. Rotorua is a small town/city with ALOT of hot springs and mud pools. It was very pretty with plenty to explore. The first night we stopped at a v...

We checked out where the free camp sites where and went to the closest one. Omg....i love free camping. It was a simple camp site with nothing but beautiful views and a stream with the blueist/greenist (that doesnt make sense huh??) colour water ive ever seen. it was stunning. i jumped off the bank into the water (it took a good 10 mins i was a p**** ...it was freezing, cleary its mountain water that has recently melted. Still....i was in my element and voluntar...

Being as far away from as home Ill get during this trip... I arrived in auckland at stupid o clock am here on a Tuesday morning.....god knows what time my body was on. I stayed at a hostel right in town and made friends with 2 Irish guys called Dave and Gerrard who where on my flight from Santiago Chile. Auckland is full of sushi bars and bakeries.....lush!!!! We hung out for acouple of days, i went shopping with them as they were looking to hire a campervan...

Ok so from Mancora i got a 16 hour bus to Lima. From Lima 30 mins later i got a 22 hour bus to Tacna. From Tacna an hour later i got a 2 hour taxi Journey across the border to Arica in Chile. From Chile 30 mins later i got a 32 hour bus to Santiago. You do the Math....70 odd hours???? In all honesty i slept for about 68.8 hours of it lol. No i slept alot i obviously needed it. I can only sleep when my body feels im not wasting the day and as i had nothing else to...