Due to a huge group of Christians/Annoying teenagers that have booked out every single bed in the hostel, we had to move hostels this morning to the less appealing options, The Fat Camel. This becomes a slight nightmare at times as checkout is 10 am and check in is 2pm, so we have to leave our backpacks in a unmonitored store room that is open to any man and his dog to wonder in. But seen as we had signed up to the 10 km walk up Mt Eden this was our only option. ...

Rotorua - Auckland We were not looking forward to venturing back to Auckland as there is literally nothing to do but it is a must to allow us to catch our flight. So that is what we have done....literally nothing. We wandered the streets aimlessly wasting away the hours and watching the interesting array of homeless street art. One thing that we needed to do whilst here was to find a suitable place to get Matt's hair cut. By suitable we mean dirt cheap. And tha...

Taupo - Rotorua Any day that starts with a curry for breakfast is a good day. So we were intrigued as to what the rest of it may hold in store. Once we had arrived in Rotorua, another geothermal hotspot, we ventured out to the mud pools we had heard so much about. Fully kitted with swim wear and towels we prepared ourselves to get a full body mud pack. Arriving at the pools soon brought our plans crashing down. It turns out that they are 800 degrees Celsius (ye...

It took all day but...... INDIA IS PLANNED. Oh and the couple that moved into our room couldn't smell sick. BONUS! M & C xxxx

Looks like we had another casualty last night...... 3.30am - char awoken by Matt being sick.... On the floor of the dorm. After trying to get him to the toilet Matt told her that "it's ok the room will clean it." Char sat with her head in her hands for a while, not knowing what to do before sneaking around the hostel in the dark and raiding the cleaners storage for supplies. We left the spew half cleaned up with a bed sheet over the floor. Gilly and Scott h...