The hostel that we are staying is called Kiwi Paka YHA, when we arrived there was a mix up with our room. The only way that we could all be in the same room was if we were in a 5 bed mixed dorm-we opted for this, although we weren't so enthusiastic we decided it was all part of the backpacking experience!! As it turns out there was no one else in our room for our first night here. We arrived in the afternoon and explored Rotorua and watched a bit of TV, befor...

Hey everyone We arrived in Rotorua today, but haven't got much to report as of yet. However we realised that the last journal entry from Paihia left out lots of funny moments. So thought we'd better fill you in. Firstly we forgot to tell you that we experienced 3 earthquakes while in Auckland on the second day. Each measured about 4 on the Richter scale, so were quite mild, although still very exciting. Our journey back from Paihia was very amusing. ...