Currently am in Taupo. Arrived here yesterday. On the way we stopped to do black water rafting, which was fantastic. We floated through caves, and saw milions of glow worms. Was amazing actually. In the afternoon we arrived in Taupo and wondered round town before having a meal with everyone and a good night out. Might try to sky dive tomorrow, depending on the weather..

Not alot happened today apart from heading to Waitomo, every one a bit uder the weather. We just chilled out in the sun. Really nice to relax a bit. Gettin gto know some of the other people on the bus really well. There is a good group of us now which is cool

Got to Rotorua today. Our first stop en route this morning was a visit to the Karangahake Scenic Reserve to explore a native bush clad gorge, swing bridges and a one kilometre long tunnel. Pretty beautiful. In the afternoon we went white water rafting! Was AWESOME! Loved ec Then went to a traditional Maori Hangi and Concert in the evening.Had amazing meal, and was really interesting. Had a crazy bus driver who made us sing alal the way home, and went round and ro...

After bay of islands, went back to Auckland for two nights, where stayed in a evry smelly hostel. On our first night in Auckland we had a meal on the revolving restaurant in the sky tower. Was great actually, and not expenisive. Yesterday, we explored Auckland, did some shopping, went to mission bay and the harbour. Today we got back on the bus and came to Mercury bay. We stopped at Cathedral cove and went on a long walk to the beach which was beautiful. Had a di...

So.. Got to Paihia yesterday. Its so beautiful in the bay of islands. Love it, the Kiwi experience bus took us around the are a bit to look at the views. All stunning! When we arrived in Paihia, we booked into hostel called the Pipi Patch, which is really nice, then we went and got a boat ride called the 'Excitor' Very fun, was quite a calm day though, so could have been bit more exciting, Still, we went extremely fast, to the point my eyes were watering! Today w...