No suprise that I didn't manage to get up - my alarm went off at 6 and I switched it straight off. Had to get up at 8.30 thought to go on a two hour horse ride. It was amazing - we went along the beach - I had a nice long canter, although when I tried to get my horse to go in the surf she just bolted (I think she was called something like 'Just Juice' but I could be really wrong there). We also went up into the hills along so quite steep bits with big drops!...

After leaving Te Kaha we headed towards the most easterly part of New Zealand. The scenery was amazing, and it was great just to chill out in the bus, look at the scenery and listen to music like the Chili's and Blur. Climbed up to the East Cape Lighthouse - 742 steps - I was absolutely knackered when I reached the top. But it had amazing views and was the most easterly point (except for a few little islands) in NZ which was kind of cool. Stopped off at a litt...

Today I went on the Kiwi Experience trip - East As which takes you all round the East Cape. Left Lake Taupo about 9am. First stop was to a geothermally active mud pool, between Taupo and Rotorua. Only stopped for a short while in Rotorua (will have to spend longer there another time). Then we drove for a few hours until we reached Whakatane which is where you can go to visit white island which is an active volcano (but I didn't). The scenery was incredible, ...