I'm off to Fiji laster on today and thought I'd rub it in!!  Spent last night in Auckland but didn't do anything exciting.  I couldn't meet up with Simon (Jamie's mate) as he has an exam today!!  I've got a few hours to kill before heading to the airport so gonna have a wander around the city.  Will try and keep the site updated but as I am going to be in Fiji, it might not allow me to!  I'm home on 7 November,...

Leaving Paihia today after a lot of tome spent walking!  Went over to Russell yesterday on the ferry and did some walking and looking around.  Came back to Paihia for lunch then Aman and I went top Kerikeri and drove around the bays and looked round the shops.  Am now waiting for my bus back to Auckland where I will spend my last night before flying to Fiji tomorrow!  I've done that much walking I now have blisters so that will teach me fo...

Am I glad that I got out of Tauranga!  Although I did have a laugh I was glad to leave.  I stopped in Auckland for one night on Sunday and stayed in a hostel that was more like a hotel!  It was apartment style with 2 bedrooms and I had a room all to myself.  There was a shared bathroom and kitchenette and it was quite modern.  I left there at 8 on Monday and it was raining like never before.  I had a 4 hour bus trip up to Paihia...

After spending two nights in possibly one of the worst hostels I am so glad to be leaving here! Luckily for me I shared a dorm with 5 other nice girls/ladies. I made friends with a girl called Rachael who is a Kiwi and we went out for a few drinks on Friday night. We found a traditional English pub and stayed in there all night. Was quite good, they had a really good band on and the pub even had jugs hanging up everywhere just like The Castle! In fact, it wa...

I thought I'd spent far too long in Rotorua until last night.  On Wednesday night I went to the cinema for the first time on my own!  I saw John Tucker Must Die, which was pretty crap but better than sitting in a hostel with no TV and no English people.  So yesterday I was bored out of my brains and then I met a girl who was in my dorm, she was Aman from London.  So we got chatting and I started speaking to another girl called Hannah from ...