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...

We were up just before 6 to walk into the hostel where my bus was picking me up. Tommy walked me to the bus and helped me carry my stuff which was nice because it was quite a long way and very early in the morning! I was really tired on the bus and very antisocial haha. Just listened to music the whole way. Had a subway for lunch. Met Dippy (my 2nd driver) at the lunch stop which was cool. There were 3 people from my previous bus on the journey but they all got...

We got up a bit earlier this morning to try and do a bit of sightseeing! Unfortunately it was a bit rainy but we tried to make the best of it anyway. We went and had a look at the civic centre which is really cool, then took the cable car up to the botanic gardens which were really nice but probably would have been better on a sunny/dry day! After that we had a look at the parliament building which I didn't really like the look of to be honest, and walked around ...

Today we had a major lazy day! Lazed around the flat until about 1 then I went into town to go to Te Papa museum and Tommy had a job interview. The museum was awesome! Really big, free, and really good exhibits! There was some really interesting stiff about earthquakes and volcanoes and even an earthquake room that shook and stuff when you were in it. There was also loads of stuff about Maori culture which was really cool, I love how the Maori culture is such a...

Today was my last day with that Stray bus! We left at 9.30 after the others got back from swimming with dolphins. The bus was still pretty packed but I managed two seat so it wasn't so bad. It was really funny going along the same route again though - having a different driver explaining the landscapes and stuff! I recognised loads of the scenery too, it really reminded me of the last time I had done it! We stopped at the same place for lunch as we had before, so...