After a long windy journey out of the mountains and into the city, we arrived in Wellington! Day and I had stayed in quite a few different hostels to our buddies along the way on the kiwi bus as we found double rooms didn't cost much more than the dorms everyone else was staying in. But as this was our last stop in NZ - and our big farewell to half of Team Doom - we bunked in with everyone in the dorms in Base. We pre drank on the dorm room floor (obvs), then all...

Next up after Taupo was River Valley, an exclusive stop in the middle of nowhere for Kiwi Experience only, with Bridge, our latest and grumpiest driver. I have to say, one thing I've been disappointed with has been the bus drivers on our trip. We were expecting holiday rep style people but instead they have all been pretty miserable and boring, with the exception of Jarrad, our hilariously foul-mouthed driver up to BOI. The location of River Valley was stunning ...

After 4 nights in Rotorua we headed to Taupo with our latest bus driver, Cuddles. We passed on the geyser tour in the morning as we'd had enough of the smell of rotten eggs and didn't want to pay to walk round in the rain with a peg on our nose. The weather was frustrating though as we couldnt do a couple of the planned walks en route to Taupo due to the torrential rain. We did stop at Huka Falls though just outside of Taupo to walk around the top of the waterfal...

Maori Experience After an afternoon in Hobbiton, we arrived back into Rotorua with just enough time to change clothes, grab some cash then head off to the Maori Experience! We got on the bus which really resembled a little school bus and the bus driver started telling us a bit about the Maori culture and what to expect for the night ahead. We were going to be greeted by the chief of a Maori tribe, and a short ceremony welcoming us and ensuring we were there for ...

One of the things on our must do list in New Zealand was to visit Hobbiton! And this was the first activity on offer in Rotorua, so when we arrived we had to rush to our hostel to drop our bags, then set off in another bus cameras at the ready to Hobbiton! Out of our group of friends on the bus, it was only Day, Tim, Leo and I who were actually interested in going, but we were all pretty excited about seeing it! As we appraoched Hobbiton, Uncle Ben (the bus drive...