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'...

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...