In my one day in auckalnd i saw this view in the picture! I went out early and visited a shopping outlet, which wasnt all that! Then visited the famous queen street, quite lively and good atmosphere about it! Then i went up the sky tower which was pretty cool as it was a lovely day!! this is the view in the piccy! then back to my hostel to pack! To sum up new zealand, the south island really was breathtaking for me. never said oh my god so many times when viewing...

OK, after a brief overnight stop in auckland in a hostel in centre of town with freaks in the room i got no sleep but was up and out at 7am for my bus to the bay of islands, Paihia. Only took a couple of hours to get there, only 3 of us on the bus so made some great extra stops as we were ahead of time! saw the most amazing toilets ever, will prob put all photos up when i get home now (in 3 days!) Hostel very nice, small town, wnadered around it that afternoon an...

Only an hour to Rotorua from Taupo, was sad to leave Liesel, got to Rotorua and walked in the rain to my hostel..the funky green voyager was its name! Very environmentally friendly! Got chatting to roomy immediately, love it when that happens! We both wanted to go to the spa tomorrow so planned to go together! In the am i wandered round town, quite small! The met Heather and in her car..what a luxury we went to the spa! Gorgeous and hot is all i can say and oh as...

Left Wellington early morning and arrived in Taupo at lunch time, checked into Hostel and then rung Liesel..my bessie from UK..her and her boyf been travelling around the world, left similar time to me and we are meeting up here!!!! She picked me up and then we went to her hostel to watch all our skydiving dvds!!! Then we wandered into town had a drink and meal...an amazing thai meal, my first proper meal in ages, was grogeous and could only just finish it, how w...

Ok, so i made it to Picton to the ferry terminal, then caught the ferry over to Wellington- capital of New Zealand! Got to hostel, very cosy, met cool roomys and got advice what to do tomorrow! So i went to visit the Te PaPa museum, their national museum, 7 floors!!!! spent 2 and half hours there!!! Then i went in the cable car in the picture up to get some good views of the city, was going to visit the botanic gardens but heavy rain stopped me! After spending ti...