Today we spent the morning on the internet trying to finish off South America - this website is not instant confirmation so byt he time they try to book the room they have gone!!!!!! The we drove to Auckland and headed off into the city to find a place to stay. We stayed in the posh Duxton Hotel - very nice!!! Pool, Gym etc - spleep has been avoiding both of us so we decided to treat ourselves We tried to go and see Harry Potter but the early showings where ...

On the 11th we did a bit of tidying up prior to having to get on another plane soon CD's to burn books to post home this holidaying lark takes a bit of planning but then again we should be good at that as we are both project managers!!!!!!!! Then we headed off to see the Geysers in the Te Puia park. We aklso got a Mauri concert in as well. We then headed off on a scenic drive to see the bue and green lakes around Rotorua which was nice. Then the chores kick...

On the 10th we headed off earlish to go on a thermal explore. We headed to Craters of the Moon first where we saw lots of craters and steam coming out for the ground. It was quite spooky!! The we headed off to the Thermal Wonderland at Waiotapu - this was great we saw the Lady Knox Geyser goings, mud pools and then we headed into the park and did the complete circuit. The photo's are the best way to appreciate what is there! Then we headed off to Rotorua and...

On the 9th we headed off up to the Tongario National Park - hoping to stay over and do a day walk but the day walk we wanted to do was covered in snow!! Winter months are not good for mountain walks unless guided We headed up to see as much of the Mt Raphaue as possible. Then we headed off to Lake Taupo were we went on a small explore to see the Huka Waterfalls and the thermal power station. We headed off for a Thai dinner that evening and boy did it bring b...

We headed off on our ferry today to the North Island. The crossing was a little bit rougher than coming over but can't complain. We then headed off into Wellington to do some sightseeing - we went to the Te papu musuem which is kind of like the Natural history musuem in london lots of different things to look at The headed out along the waterfront and up to the Mt Victoria lookout over the city - it was very beautiful and both Euge and I think it looks very ...