Wellington We arrived pretty late into Wellington, the capitol city of New Zealand. Half of our bus decided that one night wasn't long enough in the capitol so we decided to stay and get on the next bus, the other half of the bus kept going and had to leave really early the next day. This was really sad as none of us wanted to split up so we went on one last night out in Wellington. During our few days in Wellington we came to realise why it is nicknamed the wi...

River Valley The next stop for our kiwi bus was River Valley; So remote we had to walk the last part down a huge slope as the bus couldn't get down it! All we saw for miles were sheep but they were really, really cute and there were lots of lambs so I didn't mind. The landscape looked a lot like Hobbiton with lush green rolling hills for as far as the eye could see. The sole reason for the nights stop in River Valley is for the opportunity to go whitewater rafti...

Taupo The next stop was a small town called Taupo. On the edge of the gorgeous lake Taupo, the town is made up of a small square of houses and shops in a grid system, you could walk through it in 10 minutes, it was really cute! Here we had another big night out and watched the all blacks rugby match in a pub which was fun! One of the guys we were with got a little too drunk and decided he wanted to go skinny dipping, or skippy dipping as he said it, in Taupo lak...

Hobbiton and Rotarua Despite only being on the bus for 2 days our group has already got on so well, we are like one big family and are having a blast! I was a bit worried from things I've heard about the kiwi bus that it would be full of very young travellers who just want to get drunk. Now don't get me wrong our group can certainly drink but we all really want to see what New Zealand has to offer as well and don't want to miss out on any experience so we are al...

Auckland-hot water beach - Waitomo So as I didn't spend 3 days in Paihia I ended up on a different bus with just a few people I had already met. And what a great thing that turned out to be!! Everyone was really nice and I got chatting to some girls at the back. The driver was different but just as good as the last one, very funny and very knowledgable about NZ. He gave us loads of info about where we were going and the hostel etc. on the way to Hot Beach we sto...