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, climbed up to the halfway of the bridge where they did the bungee jump. The staff showed us how the bungee jump worked. Nobody from our group did the jump! After 10 mins presentation on the bungee jump, we made our way back again. It was very windy and cold but surprisely it wasn't that cold once we reached to the bungee jump area.

Back on the coach again for our journey to the beach. We walked along on the cliffs to see the Auckland City/Harbour views.

Time for lunch! We had Fish and Chips in the park nearby. It was yummy but Daniel says its not as good as at home! Quick look around the shops before going back to the hostel at 3pm. Once we were back at the hostel, we made our way to the travel desk to confirm our booking with Kiwi Experience after receiving the discounts. We did try and ask if we could get further discounts as we missed out alot of guided information from the driver. We felt that it would be unfair for us to pay the full price when we aren't getting the full package. Unfortunately they couldn't do anything. We still decided to go ahead and book it. We are on "Sheepdog" route but before that, we are doing "Awesome and top bit" which is booked for tomorrow at 7:10am!!! Hostel is also booked for 2 nights too. Guess its a early night for us tonight!!

NB We may not access to the internet for the next couple of weeks due to us being on the Kiwi Experience. So bear with us with updating on this blog!