Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, was our final stop on the north island. Situated right on the coast amongst mountains and hills, it is certainly one of the most beautiful cities in the country. A group of us, who had become very good friends, took a long, scenic walk up to the top of Mount Victoria. You get a complete 360 degree view of the city from the top and was made all the more spectacular because we went up there as evening turned to night and...

We couldn't leave rotarua without doing one more activity. Well.....maybe two. After waking up the morning after the toga party with a mild hangover, we thought what better way to cure it than to roll down in a hill in a big ball! We had always planned on going zorbing so it was really great to be actually doing it. For those of you who haven't heard of it, you are taking up to the top of a hill to a place of lots of options. You can either be strapped to the ins...

Sixth day in New Zealand now! Suprisingly there have been less sheep than we expected, but a strange amount of cows. BUt more importantly on the first three days on the bus, we had some thrilling experiences! Its gonna be a long blog.............We left auckland on sunday for the 1st leg of our tour, to a coastal town called Mercury bay(Whitianga). We travel with a group of about 50 people of different nationalities (althohg mainly english), so its great to meet...

Second day in Auckland and i'm already falling deeper in love with the city. It has to be the most comfortable city on the planet. It's not too hot, but still hot enough, it's so clean, the pavements are ridiculously wide, the buttons for crossing the road have this really futuristic sound and there's a timer counting down from about 20 seconds at the crossings showing you how much time you have to cross the road. It makes something as simple as crossing the road...

Second day in Auckland and i'm already falling deeper in love with the city. It has to be the most comfortable city on the planet. It's not too hot, but still hot enough, it's so clean, the pavements are ridiculously wide, the buttons for crossing the road have this really futuristic sound and there's a timer counting down from about 20 seconds at the crossings showing you how much time you have to cross the road. It makes something as simple as crossing the road...