So I woke up in Rotorua on my second day to find out it was absolutely chucking it down! Now when I was planning my travels it didn't cross my mind that it would rain at all whilst I was away so I don't really have sensible shoes or a rain coat, so I decided to spend a while in the hostel. So when it stopped raining I thought I would head out and look for a cardigan or a raincoat. I went with Leslie and Jen. Jen want off on her own for the day so me and Leslie ...

We left waitamo at 8.45am and went for a hike around the caves we went black water rafting in, it was cool and good to see where we went in the cave and came back out. A lot of photo taking and chatting a long the way. After that we had the opportunity to visit hobbiton, which is where they filmed lord of the rings and the hobbit films. I'm not a massive fan of the films, but have watched a couple of them so thought I would go. This trip is all about doing thin...

Kia Ora! This means welcome and how are you so had to say this a lot during my trip to the mauri village. Our bus driver Wallace picked us up at 7pm and took us on the 20 minute bus journey to the mauri village just outside Rotorua. Wallace taught us lots of mauri sayings (I can only remember Kia Ora, aye meaning yes and paki paki meaning clap) on the bus we had to decide who was going to be chief of our bus. There were 12 of us staying in a dorm room 11 girls...

So we were up early and stopped off at a hike. New Zealanders love their hikes! We were at an old gold mine and had to cross swinging bridges (scared the life out of me!) and travel through tunnels over the railway lines that were used in the mine. It was really cool actually and a lot of good photos although a lot of them are on my camera. I think we were there about an hour and then made our way to book on to the black water rafting at the waitamo caves. We h...

Well I arrived safe and sound after 30 hours of travelling. I walked out the airport and found the bus into the city. I met two guys who had arrived on their own and we chatted on the 20 min journey into the centre. Then I got off the bus, met a girl called Sarah who was staying in my hostel and we both checked in and arranged to meet in an hour. Sarah was travelling on her own and had flown in from the northern territories in Australia. We went for Mexican for...