I got up and treated myself to a nice soak in the bath before packing up the rest of my stuff and checking out of the hotel. Mum had payed all the bills the night before but they still tried to charge me for a dinner I hadn't eaten. Someone had charged their food to my room!! I got a lift to the airport on the hotel shuttle bus and checked in for my flight to Auckland. I was flying to Auckland to meet up with Emma before we set off for Fiji. I was sad that Mu...

I spent the morning running around Auckland trying to get prices for flights and trying to find a bikini.  Emma had invited me to go to Fiji with her and I was very tempted to go with her.  The plan was to chat to Mum about it and see what she thought, then if I could afford it I would go.  I caught the bus out to the airport to meet Mum and Andrew.  I had to wait about half an hour before they came out and I had my little welcome sign ready t...

Well, its been a long and slightly boring week. I'm still in Auckland but leaving the city tonight!! Yeah!!! Sunday was a beautiful day!! The sun was shining and it was really warm. I even had on shorts and a t-shirt. For all of you thinking big deal, its boiling in England, let me just remind you that its WINTER here!!!! I had a few jobs to do in the morning (book accomodation and stuff for when Mum and Andrew come out) but once that was done I had al...

Well, I'm still in Auckland! Not really done very much for the last few days. I now have a NZ bank account (still trying to figure out how to get money from my English account into it though), in a few days my tax number will be issued and I have a postal address. I have moved to a different hostel as the one I was in was a bit too quiet and I was hoping to meet a few people around my age. The only problem with the new place is that I'm sharing a room with bo...

Just a quick one to let everyone know that I have arrived safely in New Zealand. I am actually on dry land, not floating about in the sea like the red dot on my map would suggest but I can't get the stupid thing to go onto the North Island!!! I landed at 3pm local time and am now in my hostel. I will be in the hostel for 5 nights so that should give me enough time to plan out my next few weeks. I had an early start this morning, I was up at 5.30am so I'm going ...