Saturday 27th February We woke up at 6.15am with our aim to watched the sunrise for 7am and visit hot water beach which was a short walk down the road. I didn't feel well in having a heavy head and blocked nose, I think I either caught something on the plane or got poorly from sleeping with the air con on cold in the hotel room. We'd rented a spade the evening before so wrapped up and walked down. By the time we got down there it was 6.45am and the tide was comi...

Friday 26th February After taking Nightols and still hardly being able to sleep, I woke up at 4.30am to get changed and get the 5am shuttle to meet Nick who was expecting to land at 5.15am. All kinds of feelings came back to me from the last time I met him at Bangkok airport after a significant time away from one another. It had been 8 long weeks and it was finally all over, no more relationship with a mobile phone but my boyfriend and best friend to be here to ...

Thursday 25th February I woke up at 5am very excited to be going to the airport for my flight to Auckland, New Zealand. Six nights in Gilligans hostel had well and truly been more than enough. I hugged Lisa goodbye and made my way downstairs for the shuttle bus. A phone call to my mum and dad on the bus nearly left me in tears with delight that I was soon to be arriving in a new country and would not long be back with Nick. The 5 hour flight was easy, I had th...