Spending our last few days in New Zealand in the Bay of islands was such a good idea! The weather has been beautiful, we have met some great people and had loads of fun! We spent our time staying at Pipi Patch Base in Pahia which is a lovely seaside town. Our first day was spent exploring and laying on the beach with a book. We had a few drinks with everyone from the bus at the hostel bar which was good fun. The second day was great, we had our first sleep in i...

Queenstown has definitely been my favourite place in New Zealand. We spent a whole 8 nights there, it was such a beautiful place with loads of things to do. We stayed at lovely hostel; nomads which had an open fire in the common room with comfy sofas etc. it was as close as home you can get really! We spent some of our nights out drinking together as a bus as it would be the last time we'd be together as a group. Lucy did a bungee jump the following day- she's ...

I have had a lovely few days in franz Josef despite the awful weather! We spent the two days chilling in hot tub, cooking meals and having drinks at the bar. I was hoping to do the 'ice explorer' trip which involved a helicopter ride up the franz Josef glacier and exploring the ice caves, however due to the bad storms we couldn't go up on the helicopter! Instead, we climbed the fox glacier which was nearby and a lot cheaper. It was amazing how fast the glaci...

We spent yesterday evening and this morning in the lovely and secluded 'River Valley'. It was in the middle f nowhere and the scenery around it was beautiful!! When we arrived we were cooked a delicious roast dinner and we then watched a rugby game between the New Zealand all blacks and the Australian wallabies. I actually quitr enjoyed watching it with everyone with a hot chocolate in hand. This morning we checked out and spent a few hours in a hot tub in t...

We have spent the last two days in Taupo. It has been lovely- we have got to know a great group of people! Yesterday Lucy did her skydive! There wasn't room for me in the car for me to come and watch but it sounds like she had an amazing time! Yesterday we went for some more walks and explored the town, we have discovered 'Pack and Save' which like a New Zealand version of Lidl! We decided to go out for a few drinks together which turned into many at te back...