So I think we were in Tongariro National Park on the 19th... it is close enough!!! We had spent a day in Taupo the day before, but we didnt really do anything because there wasnt anything to do, and the weather was a bit blah... We went for a walk to go see another smelly volcano bath thing place called the craters of the moon, and it was a lovely walk there through the forrest, but when we got there ya had to pay to get in and since we had seen them already in R...

So, off we went anyway to a place called Raglan. It is very much a surfer town by the indications we got. We got there and went for a swim almost straight away (another hot day in the car). The beach is just down the road, and the waves were fun, but with lots of surf boards heading our way we decided to head back up to the hostel to get dinner on... it was dinner time too which helped. The hostel itself is made up of a series of old train carriages, some of whic...

Ok, so after Cape Reinga we headed south for Auckland again, this was a yucky sticky long drive and when we got to Auckland we were too tired for anything except eating and going to bed (we may have read our books for a little bit too, imagine the excitement of it all). The next morning we woke up and the rain was bucketing down just like home.... strange coincidence then that we had just met our first Irish person of the trip.....!!!! It was Monday morning I thi...

So where are we... its been soooo long again and I am struggling to remember things, plus I really dont like working to these deadlines the internet keeps setting me!!!!Well, we left Paihia behind and headed north to Cape Reigna and the 90 mile beach. Not too long a drive and just as scenic as we are getting used to (very very scenic). It is like driving around in a golfcourse. So we get to the start of the 90 Mile beach and decide we should drive down and have a...

So we headed up north, I am pretty sure I told you all about that. We stayed in a town called Paihia, very nice little coastal beach resort town. The first day we just chilled out by the beach and soaked up the rays (very nice weather I am afraid to say). We walked around and explored a bit and it was all very nice. The second day we were there we had booked ourselves onto an overnight boat cruise in the bay.... the bay of islands of course. The cruise is called ...