Slept really well because I'd had a few pints last night. Checked out. Didn't rush around because of the weather. It was that really light rain that gets you soaking wet without you properly realising. We went for breakfast and ended up watching Yes Man in the communal tv room which somebody had just put on. Busy in there as well with the weather like it was. That's a really funny film - watch it asap if you haven't already. One of Jim Carey's best, I think. At...

I really could've killed the guy in our room last night. He nearly choked himself to death snoring, and woke himself up. Snorers should be banned from hostels. Or they should all be put in the same room. I've slept in the same room with mates who snore before and like to hold their nose - that wakes them up. I couldn't get to sleep to start with and then this guy was snoring so it was around 1.30am when I got to sleep. And we were up at 6.30am! Tired. Just afte...

Up early for our 8am Stray bus out of Auckland to go north to stay in a place called Paihia. Our driver today is called Gollum. He hasn't explained why yet. Absolute bonus on the bus...free WiFi! We're not getting a sim card for NZ because it's too expensive and they give a really useless package for Internet. So at least now we can contact family for free on the bus. Another cool thing was being able to Skype message Dan at the Stray office and book in a free da...