today up early as picked up at 6.45am journery to TE PUIA - got to see some mud pools geothermal valley- pohuto geysers- pretty amazing, took us a couple of hours to walk around- pretty intrestin- amamzing how earth creates some much. Then we had some lunch with a english couple - that are friends with two doors away- small world- We had fish and chips- very yummy. Then we went to see maoria concert where they performed the haka. Pretty good dancing- showing th...

up early had breakfast in a little cafe walked around the city for a while went to a local market- then we walked down to the habour- rae decided she wanted to go on a boat ride so we booked up the 360 boat trip for 3pm- cost $20 which is really cheap- got to see Neval base- devon port- north heads- rangitio volcanic islands but ot active. Then bean rock lighthouse- bastion point- underwater world auckland habour bridge and whitehaven marina and the fishman wha...

Hey arrived in auckland bout 16.35- after a long journery to the airports as rae had hangover from night before- arrived safe and sound and got a shuttle to new hostel called the kiwi international hotel- was pretty clean and friendly very quiet those. which is great as both needed to cacth up with sleep- got to hotel bout 6- had some dinner at hostel as quiet cheap and went to bed early- quiet a boring day as traveling alot- nice airplane food those for change- ...