Hiya, we have made it back to Auckland from Paihia (Paihia is the place we were staying in the bay of Islands), few, it was an eventful few days. We spent 4 nights in Paihia, the day we arrived it was nice weather, we had a wander and an ice cream and it was all good. The next morning we woke up to torrential rain, "Oh dear we are not having much luck with the weather" we said. That was an under statement, over the next 48 hours Paihia received 3 times ...

Rotarua was really cool, i have lots to say about here because there where lots of fairly cheap things to do! The day we arrived we checked into our hostel and then had a wander around the town, then that night we went to a Moari culture night at Tamaki Maori village, it was boss! When we arrived we were given a pep talk about how the Moari people may reject us from their village if they feel threatened or dislike us, it was all an act like but good fun. The Mo...

Hi, we have arrived in Taupo, yet again another beautiful place, Lake Taupo is massive. Apparently it is big enough for Singapore to fit in the middle and you could still drive a boat around the outside?? I have lovely tonsalitus so I have been to the docs today, not what I want to be spending my money on but hey, at least I should be better in a few days. We have had a good look around Taupo and taken a few pictures of the Lake and stuff, we have been to see Huk...

Hello, I have arrived on the North Island now. Since leaving Queenstown we have revisited Christchurch and Kaikoura and we got the ferry from Nelson to Wellington yesterday. While we were in Christchurch we went to see a local rugby match and had a few pints of cider for Paddys day, I will hopefully put a few pictures of this in the Christchurch album. We didn’t do anything in Kaikoura second time round apart from eat some more yummy fish and chips.So, Well...

Hiya, We have spent a good 4 days in Queenstown. Yet again it is a beautiful place. A sprinkling of snow has appeared on the mountain tops while we have been here. The group who we have travelled down the West Coast with has mostly separated now, some have gone home, some have rushed to Christchurch for flights elsewhere and some are just staying in Queenstown longer. Its been a really good couple of weeks. We have had a few celebratory/farewell drinks in Queenst...