21st February 2011 Last night we arrived at our hostel and it is SO much nicer than the last one! It's a USA hostel and we have a twin room with a fridge and a TV - simple things make you happy when you're travelling! Clean sheets for one! We went on the internet for a bit (there's meant to be free WiFi but it wasn't working unfortnuately) and then watched TV and went to bed! TODAY WAS SEAWORLD DAY! We bought our tickets from the reception at the hostel as it...

17th February 2011 This day - round two! Feels weird going back in time... The flight was great! I watched Due Date (disappointing), ate some airline food which wasn't too bad and fell asleep. When I woke up there was only two hours of the flight left so I watched a documentary on the Topp Twins (Kiwi lesbian comedians), ate my breakfast then it was time for landing! All in all a very painless experience! I arrived in LAX at about 2pm and had to wait for Sarah...

16th February 2011 This morning Tina took me to the bus station in Whangarei to catch the bus to Auckland at 11.45am. It was sad saying goodbye to her but hopefully I will see her soon in Guernsey :o) I slept on the bus and got to Auckland at 2.45pm where Kate met me. I had never met her before but I felt at ease straight away and we chatted a lot. We got back to their house and her husband, Ray, rang and said that he had broken down in town and could we please...

14th February 2011 Last night me and James went to his Dad, Guy's, house for tea. It was nice because i'd never met him before and I also met his partner Sue. We had roast chicken and a nice chat :o) Lisa came later as she had netball trials and when we left I drove home as James had had one too many! When we got in we watched Law Abiding Citizen and went to bed as they had work in the morning. Today Lisa woke me up to say goodbye before she went off to work a...

12th February 2011 I have been with San and Dave again since 9th but nothing to report from there so I figured I would skip writing about it! We left their house at about 9am and they drove me to Whangarei to meet Tina. She met me and drove me to James and Lisa's house (my cousin and his wife). Their house is gorgeous! They have a boxer dog called Taz and James had his two kids, Chloe (8) and Cameron (3), with him for the weekend so it was nice to meet them too....