What a f***ing roller coaster....... Myself, Pete, Steve, Dan, the Jills, and Lolo (a German we picked up along the way) left Taupo on Monday to head to Auckland. Apparently in terms of land mass it's the 4th biggest city in the world. On arrival, we checked into Base hostel. We got an 8 bed dorm and took 7 of the beds. We knew a couple of others staying in the hostel and 10 of us then went out to play some bowling. First game wasn't great and our team lost by ...

Stopped at Rotorua for 20 minutes yesterday. Smelt a bit. Had a panini. It was nice :)

Yesterday we went for a day trip from Taupo to Waitomo to take part in some black water rafting. Bav and I took the cheaper option of caving and rafting. Pete, Steve, and Dan took the full day which included absailing, zip wires, and waterfall climbing too. Waitomo is the only place in the world that you can do black water rafting. It's not at all like white water rafting. You go under ground about 60m below land and float on a tube through the water that flows ...

Currently we are on the way to Waitomo to do some black water rafting and we have spent about 24 hours in Taupo. We arrived there yesterday afternoon, checked in to Base and got dropped off at the Huka Falls. From here we walked back. Took us just under 2 hours which included a stop off at some hot springs on the way. That evening we cooked a massive Mexican meal between us. Fajitas and nachos. Amazing meal but not cheap. We grabbed some goon and then headed to ...

"Queenstown - Disneyland for adults" So last Sunday we set off from Wanaka and after visiting Puzzle World quite a few of us attempted the goon box challenge. This consists of buying a 3 litre box of wine (4 bottles) and drinking it all throughout the day. I gave it a go and succeeded (if you can call it a success). On the way we also stopped at a bungee bridge so that those jumping to could book for the date they wanted and pay. Dan, Steve and Pete jumped off t...