We were up nice and early to catch the kiwi bus up to the very top of the north island to a place called the bay of islands where we were staying for the next 3 nights at a little town called Paihia. We had a brand new bus driver and coach full of people which was different coz they were all stiffs and that includes the bus driver, so the next 3 days were a nice bit of time just the 2 of us. We arrived at noon and were impressed with the weather..after all it is ...

We arrived into Picton on the south island at around 12 pm and headed straight to Nelson for the night. We were both still feeling worse for wear even after a little sleep on the ferry so we treated ourselves to a thai green curry from the pub restaurant at the english owned hostel/pub we stayed at. it was mint! and sorted us right out. We chilled with a few dvds that night and met a group of girls from kent who were our new friends for the next few days. We left...

We left L.A on the 4th of November but didn't get to Auckland until the 6th as we lost a whole day due to travelling and time differences. We landed in auckland at around 9am but couldnt chech in to our Base hostel until 1 in the city centre which wasnt good as we both only managed about half an hours sleep on the 13 hour flight. We checked in and straight away booked our kiwi experience bus as this was going to be our transport for the time in NZ. After that we ...