Yo yo, I know I said that my last update would be my last from NZ but I am at the airport and a little bored so thought I might as well make the most of the free internet. Besides I had a fairly crazy afternoon. After leaving the internet place I had been holed up in for an hour or so I exited to find the streets lined with people. I had no idea what was going, I just thought it must have been a big fire scare or something but as I carried on down the s...

Alright guys, well, Im writing this on yet another low day as it is officially my last day in NZ (for this trip at least!). I cant believe another country is done and dusted! Its been an absolute blast over here though even with the frequent bad weather! So, Ive been in Auckland since Sunday night and its been pretty sweet. I hadnt heard very good things about this city but to be honest with you I have no idea what those people were talking about! I thi...

Alright folks its me again! My time on t'internet was a bit short for the last update so just thought I'd round things up a little. As you probably know, I am in the geothermal capital of NZ - Rotorua. Its a pretty unique place here as it sits within an extremely active thermal valley so no matter where you look you can see steam pouring out of every hole in the ground possible!! The sulpher dioxide evaporating everywhere also means that the whole place smel...

Alrighty folks, well, blow me has it been a busy few days or what!! I managed to grab a lift off some of the sky dive peeps so we headed upto Rotorua on wednesday and I have had a blast here in "Sulpher City" so far. The weather has been great which is a big bonus and I feel like I havent stopped yet! We checked into one of my fave hostels so far, called theFunky Green Voyager and then weds arvo we caught the Gondola up to a great lookout point over th...

Waahhhoooo!!! Alright folks! well, im writing this on the most momentous day of my life!!! Guess what i did today?? Only went and threw myself out of a plane at 12,000ft!!!!!!!! Yep, the boy with the worst fear of heights ever did the unthinkable and I survived!! Man it was insane!! but more on that later........ Fortunately, the weather forecasters have been totally wrong the past few days and the weather here in Taupo has been fine, especially in the ...