Woke up in time to FaceTime my mum and others. The connection was so rubbish though, it didn't work! And it's New Zealand, you'd have thought it would be better than South America but no lol! Went out instead and bought last minute essentials for Thailand - suncream and so on. Went back to the apartment and decided what to post home. Ended up posting home a huge parcel with all my winter clothes. It was ridiculously expensive but worth it for all the extra spa...

Woke up early - my body is definitely used to early mornings! Went to the hairdressers as I needed a tidy up. I really should have left it as I have the worst haircut ever! The hairdresser cut off 3 times the amount that I asked for! The style is awful too. So depressing! :( Ah well. I'll get used to it eventually. I was hoping to go up the sky tower but it was raining so I postponed it to tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be better then. Went shopping inst...

In Auckland, my last destination in New Zealand! Left straight after breakfast and headed to Whangarei Falls where we went for a short walk to see the falls. Arrived in Auckland at lunchtime. Said goodbye to everyone, it was weird after being with them for the past 17 days. But a new adventure begins soon! Checked in my apartment. Yes, I'm staying in this lush apartment for the next three nights as a treat to myself as it was on special offer. It's so nice! I ...

A free day today! Was hoping that the rain would stay away - in the morning it did. Decided to explore Paihia today. Had breakfast before heading out. I was contemplating whether to take my coat or not as it was warm outside. Ended up taking it with me and I'm glad I did! Walked over to Waitangi and decided to go for a walk to the waterfalls. It was 5k each way so ended up walking 10k which was nice. But it poured with rain halfway through! So I was very glad I...

In the Northland! Had an early start as always, headed up to Auckland where our first stop was. Said goodbye to people, most of them had been with us since Christchurch. So now there aren't many of us originals left now :( Had an hour in Auckland for lunch. It was like 10.30am when we arrived which was wayyy too early for lunch! So I just had a wander around and bought some lunch to eat later on. Got back on the coach and welcomed more people on board. It's fu...