So that's it, another country done! I am quite sad to be leaving New Zealand, as i have really enjoyed my time here. It has been my favourite country by a long way! It is a bit of a shame to have spent our last day here in Auckland, as it is my least favourite place, but it still isnt that bad! It is, as i expected it to be, nothing more than a big city. There isnt much to do here but shop, or spend money to leave the city, which we havent done. We have met up wi...

Hello all. We are currently in Auckland, New Zealand's most highly populated city (still only 1 million residents). We took our last bus journey on the kiwi experience this morning and have therefore finished all three experiences! We drove through a place called matamata which was where the Hobbiton set was created for 'The fellowship of the ring'. We didnt actually get to see the set, but apparantly there isnt really much left to see. So far we havent seen ...

Kia Ora from Rotorua. We (Jim and I) have been here for three days now and have just about got used to the smell. The sulphur lakes surrounding the area make everything and everywhere smell of strong egg.We spent our first few days walking around and taking in the sights, mainly the boiling mud pools as you can see. Today we decided that we should try to quench our new found thirst for adrenaline and go caving. We had an amazing time. I was originally going to go...

Look what I did!! We woke up this morning, as usual, had breakfast, had a shower, jumped out of a plane! Ha ha. It was amazing. We were incredibly lucky to have been able to jump from Taupo this morning, as some people had waited for six days without being able to jump due to the weather. We made our way to the sky dive centre at eight o clock this morning, got kitted up and boarded our plane. I was the last on, so obviously the first out. Everybody else got to ...

Hello hello. We are currently in Taupo after spending yesterday night in Wellington, New Zealand's capital. Luckily, our arrival in Wellington coincided with one of the Hurricane's (the wellington local rugby team) super 14's games against a south african team, the 'Cheetahs'. The Hurricanes team consisted of a few All Black players, eg Piri Weepu, Tana Umaga, Rodney So'oialo and Ma'a Nonu (im sure dad will know who they are) so the st...