Had a bit of a lie in this morning as my body's alarm clock seems to be set to 12am! Went down to the musient after some warm oats porridge and had a look around. Went for a 5km hike along the Waitomo Walkway which included mud, mud and more MUD! My shoes are no longer clean! Spent the afternoon reading and chatting to an English girl in the sun - VERY relaxing! Caught the bus to Rotorua at 3pm and arrived at 5:30pm. Have room number 21 in this trendy bacpack...

Woke up, had some porridge for breakfast and a cup of tea, got my bags and headed down to the reception to wait for my Magic Bus. It arrived at 7:40am driven by an awesome guy called Scotty. It was so cool - he played such good music all the way! We stopped at Mt. Eden on the way out of Auckland so we could get a better view of the city. WAS VERY CHILLY! It took us about 2.5hours to get to Hamilton. On the way we saw this amazing cemetary on a hill which members ...

Well today I arrived in Auckland at 5:30am after a flight that seemed to last forever on which I didn't sleep one wink! We got dinner about half an hour after take off and then all the lights went off so i had to entertain myself for 5 hours! I arrived in Auckland, went through immigration quite quickly (declaring all my stuff of course!) and then went and had a cup of coffee and a scone in the arrivals hall as it was still pitch black outside and i had to catch ...