Thursday 8th Nov We woke up early for the minibus pick up at 7.45am to take us to Black Water Rafting. We were quite excited as we didn't know what to expect. We were given the "nice" wetsuit to wear which was difficult to get on! We went back onto the minibus again to go to the cave. Before we proceeded, we had a quick training on abseiling. We had to abseil down into the tiny hole which was 35 metres deep. It was quite scary to have the rocks surro...

Wednesday 7th Nov Another early start for our coach pick up at 8.30am. Before we headed out towards Waitomo, we visited to Te Puia, which is New Zealand's most well known thermal area complete with geysers, boiling mud, a live Maori Arts and Crafts Centre and a kiwi bird house. It was a 90 mins guided tour. Luckily for us, our guide was easy to follow and was quite interesting to see all the thermal areas. To our surprise, it wasn't smelly as w...

Tuesday 6th Nov Our alarm clock were setted for 6am but unfortunately we forgotten to have our alarm clock under our pillows, causing us to wake up at 7am!! 30mins to get ready and packing everything!! We rushed around, panicking!! No breakfast or tea for us. *Sobs* Guess it was lucky that we did wake up in time, thanks to the movement or vibrations from our dorm mates and smelling their shower gels! If it wasn't for them, we would have missed the coach! Moving...

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...