Monday 5th Nov 8.30am is the time for the coach to pick us up to go to Mercury Bay, so its a final goodbye to Auckland! While we were waiting for the coach, the weather was miserable and raining, just like UK but bit warmer, we would imagine! Before leaving Auckland, we were taken to the top of Maugawhau (Mt Eden), one of 70 dormant volcanoes in the region. It was apparently the best spot in Auckland to get 360 degrees views of Auckland City. Unfortunately whe...

Sunday 4th Nov It was our last day before returning back to Auckland. We had a free day to do what we want till 3pm pick up. Previously mentioned earlier, we have booked the Kayaking session for the morning around the islands which starts at 9am. So not too early wake up call for us! Unforutnately the weather wasn't looking any good, showers and windy! We thought that it might be called off due to the conditions. We made our way to the beach hut and it was sti...

Saturday 3rd Nov 5.50am wake up call again for 7.10am coach pick up. We didn't manage to have breakfast as the kitchen was closed! We needed a cuppa!! This time, we went on the coach that was run by Awesome Adventure. Unfortunately for us, we couldn't understand the driver as the coach was too noisy! Though the driver did make sure that we are getting the important information. The first stop was at the Puketi Kauri Forest to check out some majestic trees that...

Friday 2nd Nov 5.50am wake up call to catch the Kiwi Ex coach at 7.10am to go to the Bay of Islands. We did stop at the small cafe for mid morning break to have breakfast. The driver was great as he was certainly deaf aware and made sure that we know what was happening on our journey. If we didn't catch what he was saying, he had an extra help on the coach called Amy on stand-by for us to ask. The journey was about 5 hours journey. We arrived to Paihia at about...

Thursday 1st Nov 10:15am start for our free day trip around Auckland outside the hostel. On our coach, there was a dog called Ruby, keeping us amused for our coach journey! We made our way to Auckland Harbour Bridge to do climbing for free! Unfortunately Daniel couldn't take part of it due to him wearing the Flip Flops. It wasn't allowed for safely reasons. Daniel was gutted and just hung around till everybody finished their bridge climb. Lisa went ahead, climb...