I woke up to a turquoise coloured lake which was extremely beautiful to see and it was the perfect start of the first proper day in New Zealand. It was 10.30am when we woke up which was deservedly needed after two long days previously. We arrived at the lake in the evening so we didn't have a chance to see the turquoise coloured lake properly, we was glad that we decided to stop there in the area of waimate junction. After putting our sheets, duvets, and pillows...

I was mentally exhausted and sleep deprived that I didn't care I was going to sleep in a row of hard chairs in the waiting area at Christchurch airport after arriving at 3.30am from Auckland. It was so freezing I had my hoodie on with three layers of vests underneath with my waterproof coat and a blanket wrapped over. I went to sleep at 4am until 7.30am when I was woken by Asher complaining that he couldn't sleep properly! We all woke up around the same time so w...

We all stayed up late until 2pm for the shuttle bus to take us to the airport as we had to catch a flight to Auckland scheduled at 6am from Melbourne. I stayed awake throughout the day and night as I thought it was not worth it to go sleep for just 3 hours confusing my body clock so I just chatted with other people in the hostel such as Bernie, she shares the same dorm with us and from Ireland, Dublin. I felt a bit sorry for her because she came to Melbourne with...