On our way out of Taupo we stopped at the Caters of The Moon geothernal area.  Most of the Taupo/Rotorua area is full of Geothermal activity.  It was raining and quite misty so we just had a quick look around.  We drove to Rotorua and went straight to the Agrodome.  We were jus in time to catch the sheep show.  I had seen the show last time I was here and had enjoyed it so thought  that Mum and Andrew might like it ...

After breakfast we left Waitomo and started drving towards Taupo which is home of New Zealands largest lake.  On the drive into town, Mum got her first sighting of a snow covered mountain.  We had lunch in Taupo then Andrew went off in search of a golf course whilst Mum and I walked around the lake a little bit.  The first time I was in Taupo with Contiki, I don't think I had ever really noticed the view but the scenery here is beautiful. ...

We were picked up at the hotel by the car rental company at 10am.  I was pleaseed to be getting out of the city.  Auckland is a nice city but I have seen most of the things it has to offer and was looking forward to getting out on the road and revisiting some of the places I'd been to 3 years ago.  We collected the car and set off down highway 1 towards Waitomo.Our first stop of the day was a place called Ngaruawahia.  The Maori Queen had ...

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 seeing as I haven't added an entry for a while, thought it was about time to do so!!! After my fantastic weekend in Wellington I caught the bus back to Auckland and then a bus up to KeriKeri which is just past Paihia in The Bay of Islands (up North). I was staying at a place called the Hideaway lodge. I met two English girls who had told me about this place saying that the the guy who runs it find peope work in the local area and seeing as I had three...