Was up around 6:45 as had to be at the dive school for 7:45 so polished off yet another toasty and did a final pack of all my gear and dumped it into reception, took a hasty walk to the dive shop as I was running a wee bit late, when I arrived I signed in and then got all my gear together, first cold water dive so was given a 2 piece 7mm wet suit, it was like wearing a polar bear! When I had all my gear together in my dive bag we bundled it in the back of the tra...

Woke up without even a hint of a hangover which was an added bonus, had a bit of a lie in and then some munch, I messaged the Swedish girls and went over to their hostel and watched Hot Fuzz, such a good film! After that I popped to the dive shop to confirm the next day ad ask what I needed etc. I then headed back and joined the girls on the beach for a couple hours, it started to get a bit chilly so we went back to their hostel and shoved on transformers, they t...

After an awesomely refreshing shower me and demolishing a cheese and ham toasty myself and Sarah decided to do the Paihia to Ohua coastal walk, it was a really decent walk and literally started on the coast, the first part of the walk was all the way along the beach which was awesome as the sun was shining! We then went up into the cliffs and walked along for a couple hours and arrive at 'Peggy's' view point which did have some incredible views, the weather was l...

After the morning routine myself and Sarah (German girl I met) decided to head over to Russell so I could check it out when I wasn't hungover, we got the passenger ferry from the main pier and after a short journey we pulled up to the harbour in Russell, we took a walk around the town and then decided to walk up to the look out which was a mighty up hill walk, we got to the top and there were some really good views as sites so after a few snaps we walked down aro...

Woke up on the couch of a randomers apartment feeling slightly ropey, all a sign of a good night! Team Kiwi had to check out by 10am so myself and the girls took the walk back to the backpackers and they got their gear together, when they were all packed up we said our sad goodbyes and said we'd hang out when I was back in Auckland! They shot off and I migrated to the bean bags on the lounge to assume the fetal position and surfed the web a little bit and played ...