Fourth day went black water rafting. Basically went into a cave for an hour and a half on a rubber ring and made our way through tight spaces and jumping off rapid bits. When we turned off our helmet torches we could see the glow worms on the cave ceiling so it looked liked stars. It was a bit scary considering we were 200 ft below the ground and could totally have hurt ourselves down there. At Taupo we stayed wit...

Third day went Whakarewarewa (hope I spelled that one right) it's a thermal reserve with loads geysers and bubbling mud, it bloody smelled. On to Waitomo where we went to a waterfall and had to walk in and out through big loads of mud but the waterfall was huge and gorgeous. Everyone fell getting there too - so funny. Kozi our driver made everyone wash off in this river. At the hostel which was had some awesome views we had a Barbie, yummy yum a...

Second day of the bus got the bus super early and went to smelly Roturua/ Rottenrua before passing through Matamata - you might know it as hobbiton in Lord of the Rings. Anyways Roturua smells like rotten eggs or farts. It's a geothermal area where there's boiling mud pools and so smelly sulphur dioxide gas steaming up wherever you wander. Went to a Maori village in the eve to see their traditional dancing, the Haka and had a traditional diner call...

oops should be the 31st April: Agh back to civilisation has its ups and downs! Auckland basically is full of lots of bloody hills and I mean steep too! Its on a harbour with lots of dormant volcanoes!It seems like a really new and clean city and I didn`t see any NED/CHAV type around. Its quite multicultural and cheap enough so could be a nice city to live in. We only had one day here before starting our Kiwi experience bus! So went to the sky tower as you can...

First day of Kiwi Experience bus today we headed from Auckland to Hot water beach where we got to dig a hole near the thermal outlet and soaked in the hole. It was way too fecking hot though. Then headed out to Cathedral Cove which was a really scenic walk but my god it was like constant up and down and bloody hurt I nearly collapsed. Anyway it was a gorgeous beach and worth it. It was straight to Whitianga. The hostel/hotel was gorgeous and got to know the grou...