After rocking up mid-afternoon, I had an afternoon nap... not really deserved, but definately needed! Then after dinner (or more accurately the leftovers from Nine Iron's chicken pasta!) we watched Prince Caspian in the TV room. Then, after trawling over town to find some change for the internet, spoke to Natalie before hitting the sack. Next morning it was raining pretty heavily, but went to Nelson Lakes National Park, where you could jump off a jetty into th...

Arrived in Wellington evening time, immediately went and got some booze for the evening. Me and Andy were leaving early the next morning but we had a "leaving party"!! After drinking in some of the lad's room, we headed out. A messy night was had!! Next morning, feeling very rough, we headed off to get the bus to the ferry. After getting onboard, the three hour boat ride seemed to last a lot longer!! Eventually arrived in the South Island and headed ...

Arrived in River Valley late afternoon. We had to walk the last mile or so while our bags were taken down on the back of a truck!! Once there we settled into our "Orgie Room".... basically a dorm with two giant bunk beds where everyone just slept side by side! After an awful dinner made in the tiny kitchen, we chilled in the common area with a roaring fire in the centre. Next morning we were up early for our white water rafting trip. Nine Iron, Oz, N...

A good deal of the guys from the bus were doing the Black Water Rafting, a mix of caving and tubing, but I had decided to save my money for other things so enjoyed a lay-in. Those who didn't do this went for a walk nearby, saw some caves and beautiful forest. After jumping back on the bus we headed over to pick up our intrepid adventurers from the caves. We then headed for Taupo. Just before arriving in Taupo we went to the Huka Falls, a huge flowing falls near ...

After getting up, we headed to Agroventures (sort of a country theme park)... and a bit s***! Rather than pay money to do anything, most of us just watched a few people Zorb down a hill... entertaining enough!! After this we headed towards Waitomo with a couple of stops in between. At Waitomo (in the middle of nowhere!) we checked in at the KiwiPaka, a pretty cool hostel WITHOUT bunkbeds!!! Wow! The afternoon was filed by a giant game of football on a pitch op...