After Paihia we eaded back to Auckalnd again for one night before heading off to Rotorus. We did however make time to meet up with one of Marias old work colleagues and we hada really nice evening in a Mexican restaurant. We arrived in Rotorua in the afternoon. Its in a very volcanic region so its surrounded by geysers, hot pools, craters BUT stinks of sul[phur (rotten eggs to you!). Apart from that its cool! We stayed in a really nice hostel- probably the best...

Magic Bus oh Magic Bus! We booked our trip to the bay of islands with a company called Magic and jesus does it take an age to get anywhere with them!! They are a touristy bus so take you to every little stop possible no matter how unexciting it is! Anyway we eventually got to our destination in the late afternoon and Paihia the main town up on the Bay of Islands was a pleasant surprise. Its a little beach town thats really pretty. The main reason we went up ther...

So we left the paradise islands of Fiji...and it was raining...hahaha! We arrived in New Zealand early afternoon ready for adventure as New Zealand is the adventure capital of the world! After checking into our hostel we were less than adventurous and just popped to the shops for some dinner. As much as we both loved Fiji it was nice to get some proper food down us! Auckland is quite a boring city...sorry! Its just a city really with no exceptional sights. We e...

So we eventually left the paradise resort of The Beachouse! What are we going to do without out afternoon tea and scones!! We left early in the morning and headed for the port to get the boat up to the Yasawa Islands. After about a 5 hour boat ride we eventually arrived at our first destination - Nanuya lailai island. the resort was called GoldCoast and couldn't be further away from The Beachouse! Firstly there were only about 6 people there and secondly we h...

It was strange leaving Australia...it seems to have gone way too fast! It made it all better however knowing we were flying to Fiji! Tom and I had pre-booked all our accomodation and had decided to spend 6 nights at a place called The Beachouse on the Coral coast in the mainland of Fiji as our first stop. This was pre-booked back in August when we were still at home so we had completely forgotten where it was or what it looked like. Anyway we jumped into a taxi ...