Rotorura was a very smelly place - this was due to the sulphur, definitley wouldn't want to stay longer than a night or 2, this evening we went to a Maori village where they had recreated what it would of been like, this was very interesting and was followed by a massive feast of all you can eat! The next day we headed to Taupo, the lake is meant to be the same size as Singapore. We both had decided to do a skydive, so excited but petrified at the same time, we b...

Leaving our secluded and loved wooden cabin in river valley we started out journey to Wellington with plenty of stories to tell and hear from the group from the day and night! The majority of the day was spent travelling and stopping off a various lakes and waterfalls (including the one were Gollum was found fishing) and jumping off in the water! By the time we arrived in Wellington we all felt for a chilled night as we'd been travelling all day, we checked into ...

After a long 9 hour wait a KL airport (even though we got the shuttle into the city it was midnight and so dead so bit of a silly idea), got to New Zealand at night but the time difference was all over the place so headed straight for a long sleep! We were staying with my mums cousin Chris and his wife Marilyn, they drove us around to see the areas and beaches around them and despite it being very very cold (compared to 7 weeks in Asia) the sun was shining and ev...