Arrived in Rotorua late afternoon, found a campsite right on the lake so decided to feed the nice friendly looking black swans that then attacked us, luckily we ran away really fast. Then we found a supermarket where we spent hours getting all stocked up for the road. Cooked some dinner and hit the sack.The next day we went to the park in Rotorua, have I mentioned the town stinks of Sulphur (rotting eggs) because its a geothermal area, and so got amazed by the bu...

So we made into Auckland just fine no plane crashes, although Kate got really hasselled by the Immigration guy on a power trip. Just about to declare that we had no food in our bags and go through customs when we realised we had a pack of Tim Tams which are a nicer version of Penguin bars and so stuffed ourselves with Tim Tams while queueing for customs. Got to our massive hostel found our bed met a Welsh girl and a guy from Chicago and as there was free beer at...