Woke up this morning and checked into the hostel for another night rather than go through the hassle of packing lol. I had booked on to a free tour of Auckland that Stray offer for that day. We left at 10.30 and went to the Sky Tower which one of the girls won a jump off - it didn't look hugely scary, decided I wouldn't bother trying it lol. Next we went to a lookout point and a park and then for lunch at a pretty expensive bar where I had some nice wedges. Met s...

We left Rotarua at 9.30 this morning. Feeling pretty homesick today - think it's getting too close now, I just wanna get home! I reckon when I get on my bus south and meet some people it'll be grand but I'm not in the mood for short term friends anymore! Bus journey wasn't too long. We stopped at Matamata for a break on the way which is where Hobbiton is - I'll go see it on the next go around! We arrived into Auckland around 1. There was about 5 of us checking...