Well hello fair readers and welcome to my last instalment from Auckland (probably). I say this because tomorrow morning I will be heading out on a bus into the wild blue yonder or, more specifically, the Bay of Islands. It is a 3day trip officially, but I might try and make it last a bit longer depending on whether it is fun up there or not. However, it does come back to Auckland which is where I have to catch the next bus and there is a very good chance tha...

Well readers it's midnight and I'm in the internet cafe. Once again I'm at a loss as to what to do with myself because I don't especially want to head down to the bar on my own. I think I might just read in the lounge whilst eating a snack. I was in the Tv room watching the weirdest Kung Fu movie in the history of the world, but that is now finished and everyone  else fell asleep so I am alone in my wakingness. Ah well I think I wil...

Hi there,  very quick update as the computer is warning me thast I have very little time left on my card and it is going to cut me off! never mind I just added another hour to my time. Just to let you all know that I have now booked myself on a trip with a company called Stray, who run a hop on hop off bus. I'm booked onto a trip called sleep with Moe that will take me from Auckland to Christchurch in a very roundabout fashion that will allow me to ...

Good afternoon readers and welcome to the newest instalment. Right now I am frankly a little bored and surprisingly tired considering I've done very little in the past few days apart from walk around. I'm fairly certain that I have now seen nearly everything in this city, it's quite small considering it's the biggest city in New Zealand. I walked down to the harbour yesterday where it is very windy, although the entire country is supposedly f...

Hello, You will all be happy to know that my photos so far are now on the site! It was quite a mission so I apologise in advance for the fact that the descriptions get more and more brief! Not nuch has happened since I last wrote except a lot of rain and other precipitation, so I won't bore you with the lack of details. So I hope you all enjoy the photos. Love from Kate