5th February 2011 Today we left the hostel in Raglan at 7.45am and drove through to Waitomo where we did a tour called 'Spellbound' which takes you through glow worm caves and was pretty amazing :o) There were four of us in the group - me, Livvy, Rose and Claire and it was great fun. Although it was boiling hot and I was wearing my jeans again! GAH! After we did that, we went for some lunch and then walked 10 minutes down the road (in the blistering heat) to m...

4th February 2011 We left Hahei at 7.30am and drove to Hamilton for a lunch stop. The weather is SO rainy and misty today and I wore shorts because I was too hot yesterday! Grrrrrrrr. We eventually got to our hostel, which is in the mdidle of what looks like a rainforest. Handy - as it's raining. Some of us went down to a boat for a ride and a BBQ but couldn't see much as it was so misty. Also, there is a guy with the MOST annoying laugh in the world which is ...

I didn't sleep well at all last night :0( it was really hot and stuffy and the other girls in my dorm kept coming in and out - also I just didn't really feel tired and when I did nod off it was only a very light sleep :0( I was waiting outside for the bus at 7.30am and it came at 7.45. Not many people got on but we did a few pick ups from various hostels and pretty soon the bus was nearly full. A girl from my last bus, Lauren, got on and I was pleased to have so...

28th January 2011 Today Dave had a couple of jobs to do in the morning (he is an airport shuttle driver) and after we went for a coffee at the mall and spent the rest of the day chilling out. They grow their own veg and we had some corn on the cob with lunch which was SO good. And so nice to be able to eat it now my braces are gone! They asked me to spend less time in the shower as all their water is rain water and gets stored in tanks...oops. Cyclone Wilma is...

27th January 2011 This morning we left Mount Cook at 9.50am and drove along the road for a short walk to the Alpine Memorial, which was dedicated to all the people that have died on the mountains. It was very sad. Jon is staying for 3 nights so we had to leave him behind at the hostel which was weird as we had spent nearly 2 weeks with him. I will probably visit him in San Fransisco when i'm there though. We drove drove drove and stopped for lunch in a place I...