Friday the 27th of June, the day the kids arrived. We got assigned our bunks a few days before so Pete and I prepared the bunk for their arrival. They all arrived in one go on the NY coach late afternoon. The evening consisted of getting to know you games around camp, before getting the kids into bed, lights off at 9pm. The first evening went incredibly well, clearly they were all tired from travelling all day. The first morning started early, 6am to be exact. P...

My greyhound arrived into Wimslow, Maine at 9pm and I was picked by Alex Rottmen and driven the short journey to camp. The first evening consisted of meet and greets and an early night after being assigned a bunk for orientation. We had 9 days of orientation before the kids were going to arrive. During this time we had countless talks and lectures from all the directors and other speeches about what it takes to be a great councillor. The highlight was a 3 hour wo...

I arrived into New York in the afternoon of the 15th and got a taxi with 3 people I'd met before the flight who were with CCUSA. After arriving at our hostel in NY we headed out in the evening to have a wander around Central Park. We only walked round a small section before it started getting dark then we headed back via a NY pizza place where I order the classic big slice NY pizza. The next morning i made my way to the bus terminal which was walking distance fro...

After spending the evening of the 10th in Auckland we were up early again to head down to Hot water beach. I signed up for sea kayaking when we arrived. After pairing up we set off along the coast line to cathedral cove where the water has created caves all along the beaches. After about an hour or so we landed on a beach and our instructors surprised us all with hot drinks and they catered for all. We set off again for another hour before heading back home just ...

After an emotional goodbye to everyone at Brado's on Tuesday morning I got on the plane to Auckland arriving at nomads fat camel hostel at 2am. This was my shortest stay at any hostel to date by checking out at 6.45am for the first leg of my kiwi bus. I headed north up towards the bay of Islands. The coach arrived at 11.30am and my dolphin boat tour was set to start at 12.30pm. The boat ride lasted for close to four hours and we did see lots of dolphins in close...