Saturday afternoon I decided to look for a gym and to have a few days on a detox after a very alcoholic and expensive three weeks! I joined a local fight school for a week and from sat till wed I went there every day to train and also joined in with the boxing and jujitsu classes, the rest of the time I spent on the beach or doing more walks with a cheeky heavy night included on the sun! On Wednesday I got on the bottom bus which takes you to the very southern p...

We got off the ferry in Picton and headed down to Marlborough Sounds to see one of the Marlborough vin yards. I'm a big fan of a Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc so really enjoyed the wine tasting and purchased a nice bottle there. We boarded the coach again and headed down to Kaiteriteri. On route our driver decided to do a bus competition, you had to eat a weetabix dry as fast as you can. I got a time of 58 seconds which won it and as a prize I have a free bar crawl...

After settling in to the hostel (which had a rooftop hot tub!) i met the guys i was sharing a dorm with and went for a few drinks on my first night. The following day we got on a ferry out of Auckland to Waiheke Island and spent the day on the beach eating fish an chips! The following day I was up early doors to start my kiwi experience! I was on the bus at 7am and it was a 3 hour drive up to the bay of islands. Here I checked in, grabbed some food then went off...