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....

7th February 2011 Today I got up at 5.30am :o/ We had to be on the bus at 6.30am to head towards Tongariro as some people wanted to do the crossing which takes all day to do. I decided not to do it as I am far too lazy for all that. We got to the tour guide station and everyone who was doing the hike got off the bus - the weather wasn't good so apparently they had to do it today as the mountain would be closed for sure tomorrow. And they had to take a guide to...

6th February 2011 Last night I slept with a sheet over my head - cocooned! I was so bloody warm but it meant I didn't get bitten by anything and nothing crawled into any orifices so it's all good. We all slept on the floor of the main hall and some people slept outside. I was up at 6.30am for a shower as there were only 2 between us and I was first in. When I woke up there was a middle aged woman walking around in her underwear and she looked AMAZING. Life isn'...