Hi Everyone I am so behind with this journal- we have been travelling round on our kiwi bus since we left Auckland and literally haven't stopped, heading from one place to the next until now where we have spent a few days in one place! ITs been soo good, but i have so much to tell you and so little time thanks to the expensive internet over here- but i will try and get going! After we left Paihia and Cape Reinga which is the furthest north we headed sou...

Well we were up and on our bus today by 7.15am to head off to Cape Reinga. Our driver was hilarious, he was called Auto like the bus driver from the simpsons and he was totally mental but brilliant at the same time. He was an honourary Maori and was fascinated about everything to do with the tribes and their culture and traditions. All the way we had an ongoing commentary from him about New Zealand which he was infatuated with and so enthusiastic or we listened t...

Hi Guys well we're currently sat in Paihia, which is tiny!!! We've had a really busy few days and are heading on today but the bus doesn't leave til 4 and this place is minute, so we're trying to take our time about things!! Internet is soooooooo much more expensive than SA, its rubbish!! So we left Auckland on Saturday morning at 7.15am and were picked up by BA BA our tour man who was very funny, the bus was quite full but everyone is really laid back and...

Hi Everyone Today is our 4th day in New Zealand, we arrived in Auckland on the 20th ( we didn't have the 19th- it was snatched from us on our flight over!). I was in 2 minds about coming to New Zealand because i absolutely loved our 2 months in South America and there is still so much i want to do there and so many other places to travel round, but i was also looking forward to being back in a country where i could speak to people without lots of pointing an...