Rotorua is mainly famous for lake, its geo-thermal land and it's very distintive stench! (from the sulphur). Day 48 - Wed 17th Dec - Rotorua centre Spent the day walking around the central town area, I went to some sulphur pools that are on the edge of the lake, then along the edge of the lake, then to the park which has lots of sulphur mud pools bubbling away. With a stop for lunch in between all of this this took most of the day. Cooked a meal in the hostel ...

Day 45 - Sun 14th Dec - Auckland After 46 hours of travelling, one lost day and a 15 hour time difference, I finally arrived in Auckland about 7am on Sunday. First of all I had to deal with the NZ customs, they had sniffer dogs patrolling the baggage claim area. Now, I don't know what image your mind conjures up when you think of sniffer dogs, but I bet its not the cutest looking beagle puppy sniffing your bags for, fruit. Yes, seriously they want to make sure y...